At a time of personal crisis, one concept that helped me understand the turmoil I experienced and assisted me back on the road to recovery was Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. For those unfamiliar, Maslow was a psychologist who came up with a pyramidal concept of needs. There were five initial levels that later evolved to… Continue reading Tumbling down Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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My decade that was: from trauma to triumph
The decade that was the 2010s: 2010: Re-establishing business after devastating fire. 2011: Suddenly single after 37 years. Not. My. Choice. 2012: Legally single. 2013: In a deep dark hole of nothingness. THEN ... An epiphany - a light came on. 2014: Changed my name. New beginnings. 2015: Caring for mother. Joy within sadness. 2016:… Continue reading My decade that was: from trauma to triumph
Digital Food Activism – the making of my video
Digital Food Activism My video covers changes in our food environment over the past two generations, resulting in a trend away from fresh core foods to one of fast food, convenience foods, ultra-processed foods and confectionery. It explores the role of online media in the communication of food messages across the spectrum of individual choice,… Continue reading Digital Food Activism – the making of my video
My use of Digital Media in Becoming a Life-Long Learner
I began my school education in 1959. Learning took place with a teacher presenting information in a classroom using a blackboard, chalk, pen an paper as learning tools. In my current online course learning occurs through digital means of search engines, computers, internet, smart phones and social networking. The question becomes: "WHAT ROLES DO DIGITAL… Continue reading My use of Digital Media in Becoming a Life-Long Learner
Becoming Active in Online Social Change: The Campaign Against the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Children
One of the units in ALC708 is the potential and limitations of activists driving social change through social media. I will be writing a series of blogs over the next few weeks as I plan my own strategies working up to my video submission in February. One social change I am passionate about is… Continue reading Becoming Active in Online Social Change: The Campaign Against the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Children
My Online Personae
My personae begins On leaving my protected family world at age five I began school, made friends and joined community groups. Leonie Vernon. Grade 1. Photo: Unknown School Photo Services. My new persona: STUDENT Thus I developed various roles or personae, with characteristics changing: family member, student, friend, community participant and evolving as I advanced… Continue reading My Online Personae
Legal aspects and copyright
Week # 3. We had quite an informative ZOOM session with Emma on Friday. I already knew some things about copyright - or so I thought. However, the law is far more complex than I knew and, in particular, what one can and cannot do online. I had previously thought that as long as attributions… Continue reading Legal aspects and copyright
Developing my online persona
Week #1 I am currently studying for a Master Of Human Nutrition at Deakin University. As part of that course I am able to study two non-nutrition units. One I have chosen is ALC708 and as part of that unit we are to develop our online persona. Two years ago I retired after 36 years of managing a family… Continue reading Developing my online persona
ALC708 … and so it begins
This is the excerpt for your very first post.
New beginnings: Motherhood
This is my third post on the theme of my new beginnings at times of change in my life. Motherhood I had planned to be a career woman. That idea came completely unstuck in 1980 when my first baby was born. From the moment I first held him, and for the next eighteen years until… Continue reading New beginnings: Motherhood
Leonie Elizabeth 