Rolling stone gathers no mass?

I really don't feel like the stone that did not gather anything rolling in the river. On the contrary the journey through this amazing on-line teaching has been very insightful, rich in focused knowledge, huge opportunity for creativity and incredible on-line interactions with strange peers who contributed to exponential growth in learning.

Learning on-line to teach on-line almost borders the definition of circular reference but some how we were not stuck in that infinite loop. The diversity of age, skill sets, gender, hobbies and passions wove a tapestry of knowledge fabric which made the entire journey of learning to teach on-line both frustrating some times and very positive learning curve most of the times.

The knowledge and pedagogy followed by the instructors were excellent examples to emulate and learn. More importantly the creativity of the "learning mob" took the knowledge gathering to new heights through discussion groups and on-line forums. some of these techniques will be almost essential for any new courses that I will be developing.

As I am going through the school visit ritual with my son for his college admission, we went to Claremont-McKenna College in Los Angeles, which reminded of the famous management guru Peter Drucker who used to teach there and his famous quote on learning that is so true.

“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” ~Peter Drucker

In this connected world, on-line learning is the way forward and I am so prepared to learn and teach!