Category: TWU Online

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Annotating U

Before starting this activity, I only pay attention to the advantages of online learning.  As Manifesto declares, it is privilege that we can learn anytime anywhere at any pace.

While I do this activity, I started to realize learning online is totally different from learning face-to-face and it is much harder to study online as an international student whose first language isn’t English. I have to understand all the contents by reading , even the classmates’ comments and opinions!  In the classroom, I can stop the teacher and the classmates to ask questions to make sure I properly understand using gesture or drawing. Stating opinions to others is is the same way. I don’t need to be too careful to cause misunderstanding because I can expect the listeners will response me.  However in online study, I have to read and re-read to try not to misunderstand every contents by myself.  I feel so isolated with this activity that hardly get helped. At the classroom, communications come to me, but in online world, I need to go to get them carefully.

Now I realize the scenery of my journey is totally different from what I thought  before start. I would be positively challenge to enjoy this new way of learning.

 

 

 

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Introduction

Hello, everyone!

I feel great and a little nervous to be connected in this way because this is my first experience to write a blog.

My Name is Hiromi.
I am from Japan and had worked as a plastic surgeon for 15 years when I lived in Japan.
Throughout my career, while my main role was that of a clinician, I was also promoted to become more directly involved with the hospital management teams and with various personnel affairs.
This role has reinforced my interest in studying how best to become a good team leader. The number of physicians and general medical staff members are chronically insufficient in many parts of Japan. Therefore, great leadership and management skills are essential to organize and maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of these limited teams to work to their greatest potential.

4 years ago, I take sabbatical leave from my work and moved to Canada with my three children to enhance and expand their education experience in the assurance that they would learn more about different cultures outside Japan and also for myself. Also, it was my choice to focus on the care and upbringing our three children which afforded me the opportunity to work at home with them, while my husband keeps working in Japan. As our children have settled well into their school-life here in Canada, I have found myself with more free time. Therefore, I began to think that I would make better use of my free time to enhance my medical career by going back to the higher education school system.

I am excited with my new journey and look forward to meeting you!