The reflective process involved in part 2 of the TMA has involved assessing our approach to writing this report. It is challenging as having completed an assignment often the last thing we want to do is to think about it!
I have enjoyed and benefited from the theme of reflection that exists on all the OU courses I have completed, I believe my submissions have increased in quality as a result. It has also helped in sharing thoughts with colleagues, and finding tools to aid the reflective process. I think the course may benefit from a post-TMA thread where reflections can be shared.
Having used a mind-mapping approach on this TMA to document some thoughts and help with structuring a short word count, I decided I would pop them up here:
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Very helpful to see your trains of thought, Karl, thanks. What mindmapping tool did you use, out of interest? I've just started with Xmind, which is OK, but yours looks better!New comment
Thanks Carolyn
I find mind mapping effective when I doing some individual brainstorming, it reduces the chances of forgetting some bursts of thought. MM though is not the answer to everything or everyone, it's amazing how some will try to develop a whole industry out of one concept. So I won't be one of Tony Buzan's Master Mind Mappers!
For this mind map I used bubblus it's simple if a bit slow and can be collaborated on.
Karl