#innovation can be exciting and scary at the same time. #OER #oextend @cambriancollege @eCampusOntario @ontarioextend
— Laura Killam (@NurseKillam) August 17, 2017
A desire to make a difference is at the core of what drives me to be innovative. I tend to come up with big ideas about how I want to do something. Some people think these ideas are crazy! Fore example, in 2013 I published a paper about the use of Facebook for nursing education.
Many nursing educators would question the use of Facebook in education because of issues around privacy and professionalism. When I was doing it I was being criticized by my peers. Criticism is a good thing. The bottom line is that being innovative is scary – you are literally doing experiments that may very well fail or even hurt your reputation. But failure is ok – we just need to learn from it.
Sometimes people question if what I am planning is allowed within the confines of my collective agreement. One such example is the creation of open access resources.
#openaccess is a revolutionary idea I can get behiend. Thank you @ontarioextend for prompting my interest in this. https://t.co/VvovGZQqXI
— Laura Killam (@NurseKillam) August 17, 2017
I am not going to get into a discussion of open access resources right now. What I want to point out is that there is a fear the experiments you do may have potential to get you in trouble at work. I am not sure how much of this fear is founded in truth but because of that I need to take the time to check if I am allowed to try some things.
I have decided to push some boundaries, find out what the possibilities are and keep being innovative. One project at a time I hope to make learning better for everyone. 🙂
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