Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Daring to be open: the best of the ONL

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Ana Maria Vargas Falla

I started this week with a discussion in my group about the future of education. How would education look like in 10-20 years? I was excited to listen to my group since they are more involved in innovation and technology than me. We talk about a dream of open and accessible education where you could […]

Blended learning: losing the fear!

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Many of my colleagues believe that blended learning is difficult, as it is had to design course content that provides the best opportunities for both only and face to face learning. I have entered this reflection with the aim to explore the possibilities. Step 1: Make a self-assessment I started by filling the “Community of […]

A simple Sandwich approach to collaborative learning

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Ana Maria Vargas Falla

I was recently coordinating the final module of the thesis course at the bachelor’s in criminology at Lund University (RÄSA 02). Students need to write the thesis in groups of two, but many were against group work. The work was hybrid with They explained that group work often took more time than individual work, contradicting […]

Does Open Learning fullfill its promises? Let’s look at poverty reduction.

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Ana Maria Vargas Falla

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Under what conditions can open learning engage students living under poverty and have the potential to empower them to improve their lives? Inspired by the article “Framing Open Educational Practices from a Social Justice Perspective” by Bali et al. (2020) I looked into how open […]

Topic 1: Diving into the unknown world of Artificial Intelligence

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Ana Maria Vargas Falla

Developing digital literacies (2014) JISC guide described digital literacies as Capabilities (behaviours, practices, identities) for “living, learning and working in a digital society”. In its turn, AI literacy has been defined as the competencies that “will be necessary in a future in which AI transforms the way that we communicate, work, and live with each […]