hi,
I am Cristina – a Portuguese living in the UK. I am currently working at the University of Salford as a Learning Technologies Development Officer – whatever that means! 
. I work with academic staff, helping them to develop learning strategies with the help of the web. Blogging is definitely one of the approaches I hope to influence more staff to engage with. Right now I am also a big twitter and have become a fan of edu-webcasts!
I am really excited about being part of this programme, as it means to connect to people from all around Europe (and hopefully beyond 
) , get to know more about what is being done in your part of the world, and collaboratively learn to excel. I am sure we will learn a lot with each other.
Hopefully I will be able to contribute with some useful ideas too. Using to web to teach and to learn may seem a little bit overwhelming at the beginning, but after we start to get to grips with it, we will enjoy what it has to offer us. I come from a non-technical background (languages and literatures) and still I have been able to use the web to communicate, share and even create in a non technical way. It has helped me immensely in my training as an educator. I must confess that I have even learned more from my online connections/networks/communities than I have from the formal training I have undertaken. When I have questions I ask, and I always find at least one soul who is willing to help me. 
Hence, the title of my space here: Sharing to learn and Learning to share – I not only share what I know; I also share what I don’t yet know. We all benefit from others’ questions and answers, I guess!
And that’s the beauty of the connected world! Online I have learned a lot in many ways and from different sources. Consequently I have been able to mentor my students and staff to do the same. Reaching out to others who share similar interests has made this easier. However, I feel I still have a long way to go. Don’t we always?!
I look forward to starting communicating and learning with you all. I am sure that together we will be able to work on the issues that interest us in a more relevant and supportive way.
So, let’s get started!
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Cristina Costa
Hi Cristina!
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I quite understand your input as I also come from a “Humanities” background and ICT has helped me see things in a very different perspective…
I was incolved in the EUROTRAINER study, carriyng out the reserach about Spain and I am happy to contrbute as much as I can in this initiative.
I will try to leave my comments once I am able to activate my “barenas” blog in Trainers in Europe (I have not received the message to confirm in my mailbok
Regards from Spain,
Begoña
Hi Begoña,
it’s great to hear from you.
Sorry, I should have mentioned this in my email: sometimes the activation email goes to our bulk mail. Can I ask you to check it and see if it’s there?
Please let me know if it works for you. If you don’t receive an email in the next few hours we will then try to address the issue differently. Your feedback is therefore important.
Thank you so much for your email and enthusiasm. I’m also going to try to contribute as much as I can. I think this is a very important initiative to create new networks of knowledge and also of knowing. We need this kind of approach.
Looking forward to starting this conversation.
Hi Cris. Reading this post I realize this is the first time I really understood what does “Learning Technologies Learning Officer” mean
It seems like a great job and it’s very similar to what I’ve been doing in my school (obviously at another level 
) You’re very lucky but you of all people deserve it! I wish the best for your career. Kisses!
)
(and pardon my english