Since the six of us have already been the moderators for Topics 1, 2 and 3, for this Topic 4 it was decided that four different people would moderate it, having the remaining two people as backup. I was assigned to facilitate the first meeting, trying to gather the first impressions of the group about […]

In Topic 3, the scenario presented for our PBL group discussions was quite familiar to me, unfortunately! Many times I have planned what I thought to be a collaborative activity, but it turned to become a ‘division of labour’, as if my students were workers in a production line, each one doing something specific to […]

After the end of Topic 2, we had a reflection week to catch up with the blogging, reflections, tasks… It was also Easter Week and, for me, the beginning of a 10-day period I had to substitute my boss, being in charge of the outreach board of my university. So, I couldn’t really catch up […]

The first topic of ONL linked online participation with digital identity. David White’s webinar on visitors and residents was very interesting and interactive!  I had already given up using Prensky’s terminology of digital ‘natives’ and ‘immigrants’ because I had seen both young people not being ‘fluent’ with technology and older people managing it very well. […]

Selen and I were the moderators of topic 2, so we had a quick meeting with Erik and David on Monday morning (8:00 am, Brazilian time). The clocks had changed in Europe for the summertime, so we are now 5 hours apart! Attending the webinars, then, became more difficult for me. I watched Maha Bali’s […]