Today’s session on ideas around learning landscapes went a bit off track–well not really–but it definitely went off PowerPoint and we never made it beyond the first slide.
One of the discussion points that I keep pondering since, is that of how much risk-taking we are engaging with as educators. I mean here risks to ourselves, the risks that are inherent in being authentic, fully shaped human, in front of our learners.
How much of “me” do we share, how much is necessary, and how much is save?
This is a topic I have been pondering ever since at a conference in 2013 a colleague from another institution called me a risk taker. I was rather surprised by this assessment.
I never considered sharing some vulnerabilities with my students as taking risks. I always thought about this as being human.
- What is your experience?
- Which risks do you take, and which ones not?
- How do we connect with our learners if being authentic is too much of a risk?
Nathalie Tasler, PhD, SFHEA, MPhil, PGDip CCM, PGCert LTHE 