What have I learned? Certainly, a lot! Most importantly, I have improved my own digital literacy and my approach to collaborative work. For my digital literacy, it has helped to try different tools and get hands-on experience using them. To get an overview of the digital options is very beneficial for me to choose appropriateContinue reading “Lessons learned”

During our PBL work on this topic it first seemed to me as if we got routed away from the original scenario or topic. We chose to work a real course example which was really interesting for us. However, actually we were not that far off in the end. We still digested the Community ofContinue reading “Design for online and blended learning”

I am running really late with my blog post this time. ‘Life’ happens and several commitments create conflicts. – Anyways, I try to dedicate at least a bit of time to reflect on these weeks’ topic. My PBL group mainly focused on collaboration and what facilitates it in online communities. In the end, we realizedContinue reading “Believe in collaboration”

These weeks’ topic is openness. With this one, I have struggled a bit to get into it. The materials did not seem too appealing to me at first and in the webinar I had difficulties to really get involved. My initial impression was “Openness? Sure, it’s a good thing. You should be open. What is […]

I could immediately relate to the idea that digital literacies must be plural or that digital literacy has many dimensions. And, again, I was very impressed by the webinar with so many participants. Wow. Applying David White’s concept of a continuum between visitor/resident mode and personal/institutional use I yield a trend of a diagonal from […]

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. Hy everyone, I am Christiane, a postdoctoral researcher from Germany. I am a verterianrian by training and focus on immunology, the body’s system of defense. Pursuing a career in academia I am concerned with learning and teaching. Now, I am a participant of ONL 192. […]