UniSIM

Today, I have send the final draft of our case-study to Gabriel. Yesterday, I uploaded an earlier version in Moodle.

We have worked with SIM University for more than 7 weeks. It has been an interesting journey - and I have learned so much about leadership, project planning, Singapore, distance education, culture, faculty and leadership within higher education.

In our work, we have compared globale trends and findings in higher education with local Singapore findings - and as part of my own reflections I have of course compared it with a Danish context.

We have overcome the timezones. Eventhough poor Gabriel had to eat his late dinner while we where Skyping. I have also overcome my problems with Skype - realizing that I have to use my sweet husband's Mac instead of my own because my IT-Department has put some kind of firewall on my PC. The first time we Skyped, I had to restart my computer 5 or 6 times. Thanks to Gabriel for being such a patient person - waiting and waiting and still smiling - eventhough the last time it was a rather stiff smile.

In all the other modules at Athabasca University, we have also collaborated about presentations, papers, teaching activities, analysis, and reviews. It was a great experience to teach master students together with Maria last term. I have also enjoyed all my previous work with Derm and Maria. However, this case-study about leadership in higher education has been the most challenging and most interesting assignment from my point of view. So, I am very happy that I firstly listened to Dr. Cleveland, when she told us it would be a complex assignment designed for more than one person. Secondly, I am glad that I had the choice to work on Gabriel's case. During the process I have sometime thought about how the process would have been if I had worked with I-Space, Operation Move or one of the other projects from my own organization. Something would have been easier. But for sure I would not have learned as much as I have learned in this process.