The future of blended learning

The future of higher education is spelled blended learning. At least where we are right now, making a clear distinction between what’s ‘real’ and what’s ‘online’ In the future, this division will most certainly be more blurred as technology will become more integrated in our corporality. Everything will be blended, or perhaps merged, so to […]

Do we need face-to-face education in theoretical subjects?

Blended learning is all about optimizing learning environments and creating the best conditions for learners in their educational processes. And because we are humans, we cannot do without face-to-face teaching. Even though the idea blended learning existed long before the covid-19, the pandemic has forced many teachers to teach in new ways and thus reflect […]

Collaboration – means or end? 

Today, collaboration has become something of a buzzword and used almost dogmatic in many professional sectors. All problems should be solved through collaboration. If organizations just could collaborate better and quit continue their ´siloed´ practices, much would be so much better. In public administration (in which I have worked for almost 10 years), sometimes the […]

Filter-bubbles and academics trying to make their voices heard

Reflecting on the purpose of making an effort to open up education I came to think about another important aspect. Today more than ever, the quality of information and knowledge is key to a functional democratic society. Online there is an abundance of information. Information that has been created for various reasons. Lobbyists, political groups, […]

Open networks and totalitarianism

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led many of us to consider the conditions under which ideas may be disseminated and expressed. Putin’s government has shown that in order to carry out operations such as the war against Ukraine, popular opinion needs to be controlled. And thus also what ideas and ideas may appear in public […]

Introduction – reflections

Really exciting that this course is getting started. I’m looking forward to learning more about digital learning and develop my own use of teaching resources online. As often the case, it’s a bit hard now in the beginning to overlook all the activities and tasks of the course. I’ll guess it will be clearer when […]