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Hi everyone!!

I am a bit late on the assignment but as Winnie and Ciaran from this class, I also work for Refinery as a Program Manager. As many companies, we had to adapt to a virtual learning environment and we have successfully done so but we  are always looking for ways to improve, hence the reason why we enrolled in this course :)

For the travel destination, I would say Bali. I have several countries on my Wishlist but I have a feeling Bali will be fun and a bit of sun and amazing beaches are not bad at all.

I am looking forward to meet you all!!

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Hello everyone! I'm Jacqueline. My apologies for the late entry. I've enjoyed reading your introductions, and I'm looking forward to our time together. I live in Victoria, BC, and am a generalist social work practitioner. Currently, I'm part of the research team for a digital literacy project and the project lead for a municipal policy review project.

Re: travel, I'd love to return to Italy, Croatia and Thailand. I was in a Zoom meeting last week and one of the committee members joined us from Zanzibar, Tanzania. That was never a place on my travel wish list, but it is now! I'd also like to visit the islands of the Caribbean, besides Jamaica, which is where I'm from and my primary travel destination.

The pic I've posted is of me in the backyard of my home in Falmouth, JA. I'm holding a breadfruit - delicious when roasted! I'd like to turn the yard into an oasis of flowers, fruit trees and a sanctuary for birds and other little creatures. Flexibility and the ability to work remotely are two of the main reasons I'm interested in E-learning.

Warmly,
Jacqueline

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Hi Everyone! Apologies for the late introduction, I've been playing catchup after a long Christmas break.

I'm Ciaran, I've been living in Vancouver for nearly two years now, and since the start of last year I've been working for Refinery (hi Winnie!) where I mainly run support for virtual workshops.

Online adult learning is a big part of what we do, and teaching and training has been a part of almost every role I've held, so I'm very excited to see what tools and perspectives this course will bring. I'm also looking forward to getting to know and learn about all of you!

I've been lucky to have traveled a lot so far- I'm originally from Ireland, and have loved living in Canada so far! Next I would love to go somewhere completely different to anywhere I've been so far, like Iceland or the Caribbean.

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Howdy team! My sincere apologies for the delay, I have been off the grid for the past week at an avalanche safety training course in the Purcell mountain range. I have posted a pic of me from this trip :)

I am a Learning & Development Analyst in the electricity industry in Calgary, AB. If I could travel anywhere in the world, it would likely be France! My sister and her partner live there with their 8 month old and I miss them so much! I love to travel, so long as there are fun adventures to be had (biking, skiing, eating, etc.) then I am happy to go anywhere!

Really looking forward to learning alongside each and every one of you! Thanks for the awesome intro's so far, I've had fun reading them.

-Mary Cameron

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Hi Everyone – sorry I am late to the party!

My name is Mary Winchell. This is me with my husband and lovely boys when we finally made a trip off the island this past summer!

I am a Human Resources Manager and as part of my role, I oversee our internal employee training and professional development program. I am hoping to implement more e-learning resources for staff so thought this course would provide me with some excellent background. I do not have much experience developing formal teaching curriculum so I am looking forward to learning more from all of you!

I definitely agree with Winnie on travel – I would be happy to go anywhere! I saw something the other day that said “The trick to getting through life is to always have a vacation planned to look forward to”. I agree! Portugal, Croatia and an African Safari are high on my wish list for places I hope to get to sometime soon!?

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I hope that you're all having a great start to 2022 and I'm really looking forward to taking this course with all of you. It's been such a pleasure reading your introductions. My name's Randy and I have my own business delivering leadership and team development workshops and coaching. I'm doing most of it virtually now through Zoom and Teams, and would like to also offer more self-directed on demand courses, which brings me to this class and what I hope to learn more about. As for places to travel, there are many - mostly more around Europe, and definitely a safari one day somewhere in Africa! My partner and I actually have our first little trip planned since Covid at the end of April to Grand Canyon. We have four days, and would welcome any suggestions!

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Hi class! My name is Lawrence and I am located in Richmond, BC. I recently started my new role as an Instructional Designer. My first project is about cake decoration and I am learning a lot since I had close to zero prior experience in that subject. Eating doesn't count haha. My background is mainly in graphic design and this is my 2nd semester in the CACE program. I am looking forward to learning with everyone here.

My travel destination would be Tokyo. My fiance and I had visited Tokyo separately in the past but never together. We hope to go once Covid is over.

Cheers,
Lawrence

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Pleased to meet you!  This is me, Lorena, in the year 2019 at Billabong Sanctuary in Queensland, Australia.  It's an important memory because I spent a lot of time travelling that year while on deferred salary and then BAM! we all know what happened on March 16th of 2020.  I thank the gods for the blessing of that year as it gave me time to reflect on both the passion and purpose of my current career path.  Like many of you, I am an educator through and through,  but it's time for a shake up!  In audience that is.  I want to reclaim my passion for learning and teaching and hope to transition to some form of adult education.  Don't get me wrong, I love kids, just not all the other 'baggage' that goes along with public education. I currently live in Alberta but am a born and raised BC girl (shout out to Bella Coola Valley)!  If I could go anywhere in the world..........definitely the Mediterranean countries are on my list.  I look forward to getting to know y'all,  and hope we find some opportunities to connect despite our busy schedules.   Gratitude.  

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Pleased to meet you!  This is me, Lorena, in the year 2019 at Billabong Sanctuary in Queensland, Australia.  It's an important memory because I spent a lot of time travelling that year while on deferred salary and then BAM! we all know what happened on March 16th of 2020.  I thank the gods for the blessing of that year as it gave me time to reflect on both the passion and purpose of my current career path.  Like many of you, I am an educator through and through,  but it's time for a shake up!  In audience that is.  I want to reclaim my passion for learning and teaching and hope to transition to some form of adult education.  Don't get me wrong, I love kids, just not all the other 'baggage' that goes along with public education. I currently live in Alberta but am a born and raised BC girl (shout out to Bella Coola Valley)!  If I could go anywhere in the world..........definitely the Mediterranean countries are on my list.  I look forward to getting to know y'all,  and hope we find some opportunities to connect despite our busy schedules.   Gratitude.  

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I'm stuck in New York right now because of COVID-19, but normally I live in Victoria and teach ESL in UVIC's English Language Centre. Most of my career has been teaching (ESL, Spanish, Art, Science) and curriculum design, but only the past two years have been online! I've logged more than 1000 hours on Zoom and I'm running out of ideas! haha I look forward to learning from each other! Have a great day!

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My name is Smita. I am located in Coquitlam, BC. I am a K-12 teacher and transitioning towards adult education. Recently I started as ESL teacher cum curriculum developer with Ingress Education. It’s a start up institution and I am in process to develop online course for ESL students. I am excited about this project and feel that this course is going to help me get things done better way. I take time to be friendly with technology so little more scary than excited. Hope to get a lot from this course.

Regarding the question where I would like to travel... well I love journey better than destination. So it could be anywhere. We have traveled by road much in Canada starting from Toronto to Quebec to Calgary and finally to BC covering Rockies. Awesome road trips with my family! Recently had ferry ride and visited Victoria as well (by chance on weekend so missed visiting UVIC). I would love to Visit Dubai as I have heard much about the country from friends!

Thanks

Smita

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Hello everyone.  I'm really looking forward to taking this course and meeting everyone!

I am an English teacher (ESL) at the University of Victoria. I got the opportunity to develop a couple of English online courses from scratch for the University of Victoria when Covid struck and we were forced to pivot online.  It turns out that that was the most exciting part of my 24 year career - creating and developing online courses.  It stretched my mind and renewed my love for creating materials and teaching.  Shortly after that, we were all put on part-time Workshare for 2 years which ironically was a huge blessing in disguise because I had some free time to continue playing with this new found excitement, so I created a YouTube English language learning channel and a learning blog/website.

In a nutshell, I want to learn more and more about designing online e-learning courses in both my professional life and as a personal hobby. (I know!  I sound like a geek, but I'm not, lol. You'll see.)

To answer the fun question of where I would travel if I could go anywhere, it would be to Italy, too.  My husband is Italian and I am learning Italian with my mother-in-law. It would be so great to be in a place where I could see the language in play all day long.

I look forward to meeting everyone and working on the course together.

Melissa

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So much to learn...so little time:)

My name is Tereasa (she/her) and I am returning to the CACE program after a long break. Sooooooo.....the technology, well what can I say.

I identify as a non-status person of European and Indigenous descent, my father being a member of the Colville Federation in Washington. As a leadership development coach, trainer and facilitator I have had the privilege of working with numerous First Nations communities; individuals, groups and organizations.

I am currently working with a colleague developing an online coaching and training program for a target audience and hoping that this course will help with choosing the course format & e-learning platforms best suited to make an engaging experience.

As far as travel...I have done a great deal in the past. And it has been far too long since I have been on a journey...and I honestly can't imagine where I would go given all the complications of travelling our world right now. But, if the question were; if you could wave a magic wand and be somewhere else in the world, where would you be?? Ahhhhh.....so many places spring to mind! South of France, the Cinque Terre, Barcelona, Bhutan, Chacalla, oh, my goodness, I'm afraid I'll have to get back to you.

Tereasa

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Hi everyone! I’m Michelle Relevante (she/her) and I’m based in the lower mainland (unceded Coast Salish territory). I work as a communications manager for a provincial non-profit.

With so much of our life online right now, I’ve definitely been feeling the Zoom fatigue. However, the pandemic has also forced many of us to get creative and to explore online tools which is why I registered for this course.

To answer the icebreaker question: I would love to travel to Rome, Italy which is my favourite city – I love the art, architecture, food, history and the slower pace of life.

I’m looking forward to learning with and from all of you 😊

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Hello everyone!  Excited to be here learning more about online learning as I feel it is currently a challenge for me to create engaging content with so many options for technology its overwhelming to figure out what to use and also how to use it.

I used to love to travel pre-pandemic (and also pre kids) and would aim to take at least one big trip a year.  The next trip that was on my list that was unfortunately cancelled was a trip to Columbia.  It looks like a fascinating country to me with the history, arts, beaches, hiking, outdoors, markets, etc.  Seems like you can experience a lot from a single country.  I would also love to go back to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador as last time I was there was almost 20 years ago.  It was an amazing trip and I would like to see more but it would also be interesting to see how it has changed over the years.

I look forward to working with all of you this term.

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Howdy classmates, my name is Winnie Chick and I am a Program Manager at Refinery.  We run leadership workshops for various companies, and since COVID hit, we've had to pivot our sessions to a virtual space.  I've spent the past couple of years experimenting with online tools to create engaging activities, which has been a lot of fun!  I'm looking forward to learning more in this program.

Regarding where I'd like to travel, I mean, ANYWHERE, amiright?!  As for a potential upcoming trip, it's a bit of a story... I have a friend who has been invited to a wedding in London but doesn't want to go alone, so I said I would go if he can get me a plus one to the wedding.  However, he thinks it's a social faux pas to ask for a plus one and would rather not go to the wedding at all if he doesn't get the plus one.  Now he faces two problems: 1) how to ask for a plus one without directly asking for a plus one; and 2) if he doesn't get a plus one, what excuse can he make to get out of the wedding?  Would love to hear your suggestion in the comments!!!

Thanks, and can't wait to see y'all online :)

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Norbie and I introduce ourselves in this video. We look forward to watching your videos or reading your bios!
Take care,
Yasmien