My name is Catherine Easton, and I am a lecturer in the speech pathology program on the Albury campus of CSU. While I am a speech pathologist, first I was a linguist...and consequently I teach the subjects in linguistics and child language acquisition in program. Before coming to CSU, I taught a variety of linguistics subjects at a number of Melbourne based universities.
My introduction in distance education was when I took yr 12 music as a distance subject. Last semester I began exploring the use of a number of apps and websites with my first year linguistics students. Recently, I have been working on a new CSU distance education Masters in Speech Pathology course. Now that it has been approved, the daunting task of creating the subjects is beginning...so this subject could not be better timed for me!
Teaching is something that I love doing. Learning is also something that I love doing. Through experiences as a teacher and learning in cross cultural contexts, I began to explore the roles of the various participants. Who is the learner? Who is the teacher? How comfortable do I feel when these boundaries are blurred. As a new semester has begun, I have been reflecting on the idea of my role in a learning 'partnership' with the students. This is now my third subject in the Grad Cert, and the experience of being a student has been very beneficial to my teaching practice.
When I'm not at work...I'm loving the country life of Albury. As a recent migrant from Melbourne, I have been exploring the area, and being inspired to get into photography (an ongoing goal of mine since my days of PhD fieldwork). I'm also a musician and have joined a community singing group, a local church music team, and am enjoying the piano that was delivered to my house four weeks ago.
This portfolio is a collection of what I've been thinking about and doing with my teaching over the past year or so. It has a focus on blended and flexible learning...but really, I hope that I always teach in a way that engages in multifacited, multisensory ways that are responsive to the needs and experiences of my students. I chose the photo above from my PhD fieldwork as the key image for this portfolio because of the contrasts it sets before us in terms of teaching, learning and technology.
My introduction in distance education was when I took yr 12 music as a distance subject. Last semester I began exploring the use of a number of apps and websites with my first year linguistics students. Recently, I have been working on a new CSU distance education Masters in Speech Pathology course. Now that it has been approved, the daunting task of creating the subjects is beginning...so this subject could not be better timed for me!
Teaching is something that I love doing. Learning is also something that I love doing. Through experiences as a teacher and learning in cross cultural contexts, I began to explore the roles of the various participants. Who is the learner? Who is the teacher? How comfortable do I feel when these boundaries are blurred. As a new semester has begun, I have been reflecting on the idea of my role in a learning 'partnership' with the students. This is now my third subject in the Grad Cert, and the experience of being a student has been very beneficial to my teaching practice.
When I'm not at work...I'm loving the country life of Albury. As a recent migrant from Melbourne, I have been exploring the area, and being inspired to get into photography (an ongoing goal of mine since my days of PhD fieldwork). I'm also a musician and have joined a community singing group, a local church music team, and am enjoying the piano that was delivered to my house four weeks ago.
This portfolio is a collection of what I've been thinking about and doing with my teaching over the past year or so. It has a focus on blended and flexible learning...but really, I hope that I always teach in a way that engages in multifacited, multisensory ways that are responsive to the needs and experiences of my students. I chose the photo above from my PhD fieldwork as the key image for this portfolio because of the contrasts it sets before us in terms of teaching, learning and technology.