ONL212 has come to an end! What I have really appreciated about ONL is that this course addresses questions beyond digitalization and the use of digital tools. I found myself engaging with more fundamental questions of pedagogy: Who am I as an educator? What are my own ideas about learning? How can I ensure that … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 5: Lessons learnt – future practice”

When I started teaching many years ago, I received a variety of advice from well-meaning senior colleagues. “Don’t let the students walk all over you.” “Get some student feedback around the mid-term mark to see how you are doing.” “Don’t be too nice.” “Don’t assign too much material.” I don’t recall much discussion about overall … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning – advice to my younger self?”

When I started teaching many years ago, I received a variety of advice from well-meaning senior colleagues. “Don’t let the students walk all over you.” “Get some student feedback around the mid-term mark to see how you are doing.” “Don’t be too nice.” “Don’t assign too much material.” I don’t recall much discussion about overall … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning – advice to my younger self?”

We are more than halfway through the ONL212 course now, and while I still find the course highly interesting, I am definitely feeling tired. My first thought was to point the finger at the amount of group work required by ONL. We have group meetings twice a week and group projects every two weeks on … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 3: Learning in communities – online fatigue and improving my active participation”

We did not have any group meetings or events this last week for ONL because it was ‘reflection week’. Much needed for sure as there has been much to think about after each ONL group meeting or webinar. I have also been in a particularly reflective mood, wrestling with conflicting thoughts about the direction of … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Reflection Week: Listening and Play”

I always thought of ‘open learning’ and ‘open access’ as making educational resources freely available to all online and was thrown completely off balance after hearing Maha Bali speak at our ONL webinar about OER as ‘Self’. Maha Bali and Susan Koseoglu argue for a broader understanding of open educational resource (OER) that goes beyond … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 2: Open Learning and the Growing of Plants   “

I am now in the second week of Topic 1 of ONL212 (Online Participation and Digital Literacies). For our Topic 1 groupwork, my group has decided to explore the concept of a ‘digital classroom’. Based on my online teaching experiences during this pandemic, it can be difficult to make everyone feel included and comfortable in … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 1: Digital Classrooms and Flamenco”

I didn’t expect to encounter such feelings of strangeness during the first ‘connecting week’ of ONL212. We had two group meetings this week. There are nine members in my group including two facilitators. Two group members (including myself) are from Singapore and others are from Europe (Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Italy). Our group assignment for this … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Connecting Week: Patience and Honesty”

Am starting this blog as part of my participation in ONL212. Spent this morning browsing through the blogs of fellow participants and am much inspired by their enthusiasm for teaching and learning. As I explained in my ONL212 self-introduction, I am an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. … Continue reading “Walking”