Dear Commons Community,

I just finished the first part of a workshop for about forty faculty and instructional designers at the North-West University.  The title of the workshop is, Blending with Purpose:  Designing Pedagogially Rich Learning Environments.  The audience was very enthusiastic and appears willing to take the plunge into blended learning.  It was quite enjoyable sharing experiences with the participants.

I leave in an hour to spend the weekend with colleagues at  Esmarie Styrdom’s cattle farm in an area known as The Dome.  Esmarie is the Director of Academic Development and Services at the Vaal Trangle Campus of North-West University.  We will not have Internet access while at the farm but we will have beautiful scenery and sunsets.  I’ll take the scenery and sunsets any day.

My next posting will probably not be until late Sunday or Monday.

Tony