Jenny Pesina
Jenny is a Senior Educational Developer in the Global Studio team at Deakin University. She is an experienced practitioner and a researcher. Her research explores sociomaterial practices in education.
Location Melbourne, Australia
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Jenny Pesina replied to Jacek Sage
Hi @JacekSage - I can offer a bit of an insight into the Digital Learning Leadership degree at Deakin University. It is part of the Professional Practice Degrees at Deakin and has a very innovative structure; a mixture of degree-based units and micro-credentials. For example, to complete the Master of Digital Learning Leadership, one would complete an...
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Jenny Pesina replied to Jenny Pesina
Thank you, @MarkBrown - great to be here and engage in conversations about the future of higher education, in particular the micro-credentials. Look forward to exploring this, and other topics with everyone in more detail.
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Hi, I'm from Deakin University, Australia, where I work as a Senior Educational Developer at the Global Studio which looks after our extensive portfolio FutureLearn degrees, short courses and micro-credentials. I work with a great team of multi-skilled professionals. I have a deep interest in systems thinking and design, which is linked to my current research...
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Great definition - somehow puts me in a peaceful state of mind! I was wondering if we could unpack whether sustainability in itself as a dynamic (e.g. ever-changing) state?
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I agree with this, @steveC - his notion of turning 'crisis into an opportunity' is very powerful.
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I am really enjoying this course - thank you, Except Integrated Sustainability team! It is well structured, with the right mix of fundamental concepts and extensions. I am also really enjoying the conversations and learning a lot; thank you my fellow learners.
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True, @AndrewJenkins - curious to hear your thoughts on how you see the term 'definition' defined - e.g. is it defining the 'what', and then the 'how' is linked to it? What might be some of the issues if we start to bring in the 'how' into the definitions?
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I think, like with all definitions, we need to keep re-defining and re-framing sustainability in situated contexts, e.g. related to what we are trying to achieve in terms of specific goals in a system.
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This has been a somewhat controversial debate lately: "Is Tesla actually sustainable"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1a2leE-YaA
Even though the idea is good, parts of the Tesla come from rare metals which need to be mined, it has to be charged by electricity, etc. etc. -
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From my perspective in Higher Education, sustainability can be defined from a number of lens. Firstly, as a concept of sustainable education, which promotes positive change at environmental, social and economic levels. Secondly, the concept of institutional sustainability to me relates to systemic shifts in meaningfully prioritising efforts of collective...
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Jenny Pesina made a comment
Hi, I'm from Deakin University, Australia, where I work as a Senior Educational Developer at the Global Studio which looks after our extensive portfolio FutureLearn degrees, short courses and micro-credentials. I work with a great team of multi-skilled professionals. I have a deep interest in systems thinking and design, which is linked to my current research...
