Who am I when it comes to digital literacy? Well, I do not belong to generation Z, adolescents that were born in the 90s, and grew up with the internet. My digital experience began in 2003 when I, as a teacher, started using a digital platform called First Class for ...

Sharing and Learning – topic 2 Photo by Karim MANJRA on Unsplash There are quite deep questions arising when discussing whether to open or not our courses or materials. Should science and knowledge owned by anyone? Should we, as teachers and content creators, claim exclusivity over the teaching material, or ...

Time flies, and we are almost at the end of the Topic 2 now. In this topic we were asked to explore the benefits and challenges of openness in education and learning. It is a very interesting topic indeed. As all educational resources, there are advantages and disadvantages to Open ...

The topic 2 is about open education resources (OER) and how to provide an equal learning environment to everybody. Among the participants the working premises differ but we have had fruitful discussions! And this is the best part of PBL work: I am learning!:) In 2012, David Wiley wrote an ...

To start thinking about open learning raises many different questions. It can really be discussed from many divergent perspectives. An angle that has engaged me in recent days is linked to part of the topic 2 scenario; “… how do I introduce the idea to my students?”. If you imagine ...

He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me.” Thomas Jefferson Education is all about enlightenment – enlightening each other through sharing, collaboration and feedback. Openness is central in education. Today, we have Internet, ...

To be honest, this topic has surprised me in many ways! I did not know anything about digital literacies, though I thought I was part of the digital world. But I was almost completely wrong… A great exercise for you to be as surprised as me is to create your ...

Working in the home office hasn’t been a new thing for me, as this has been a part of my life for more than ten years. I’ve also been a life-long distance learner by taking different online courses/certifications to upgrade myself. However, it wasn’t until after two weeks of participating ...

During our discussions on topic1 in group 6 we presented our reflections and results in Miro, a collaborative tool which Stephanie introduced to us. This tool is like a digital board, easy and nice to work with (participation is allowed 1 month free of charge). On the Miro board we ...

Problem based learning (PBL) is a student centered approach to learning where the student’s learning is based on reality based situations. The students collects information about a specific problem, discuss it togheter and then solvs the task together. The basic pedagogical idea is that it is learning and the learner ...