On February 25 2020 I met with a group of fellow teachers on campus at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm to start the ONL course and on May 8 2020 I met for the last time with my PBL group online on Zoom. At the campus meeting in February I did not know that only two … Continue reading Online from now on →

During the covid-19 pandemic many of us have transferred our teaching online. At some point in time we can return back to our campuses and meet the students face to face again. But what have we learned during this exceptional time, are there some teaching and learning activities that would be better to keep online … Continue reading Designing blended learning courses →

On February 25 2020 I met with a group of fellow teachers on campus at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm to start the ONL course and on May 8 2020 I met for the last time with my PBL group online on Zoom. At the campus meeting in February I did not know that only two … Continue reading Online from now on →

During the covid-19 pandemic many of us have transferred our teaching online. At some point in time we can return back to our campuses and meet the students face to face again. But what have we learned during this exceptional time, are there some teaching and learning activities that would be better to keep online … Continue reading Designing blended learning courses →

A community of practice is a group of professionals who have a common interest and learn from each other to build a best practice (1, 2). University teachers can gain from building their community of practice to develop teaching practice and support each other. A community of practice can also be seen as a combination … Continue reading Community of practice for distance teaching during the covid-19 pandemic →

A community of practice is a group of professionals who have a common interest and learn from each other to build a best practice (1, 2). University teachers can gain from building their community of practice to develop teaching practice and support each other. A community of practice can also be seen as a combination … Continue reading Community of practice for distance teaching during the covid-19 pandemic →

Open learning can defined as the very wide concept of removing barriers for learning (1). Using this definition most teaching probably would be defined as open learning, since teaching should be about supporting learning of all our students. Open learning can also relate to the UN sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4) “Ensure inclusive and equitable … Continue reading Learning opportunities for all →

Open learning can defined as the very wide concept of removing barriers for learning (1). Using this definition most teaching probably would be defined as open learning, since teaching should be about supporting learning of all our students. Open learning can also relate to the UN sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4) “Ensure inclusive and equitable … Continue reading Learning opportunities for all →

The first topic in the ONL201 course was focused on online participation and digital literacies. These broad topics can be discussed from different perspectives. I have chosen the perspective of university teacher/course coordinator and how knowledge and understanding of the concepts of online participation and digital literacies can support the students in my course.  Starting … Continue reading Understanding our students’ digital literacies →

The first topic in the ONL201 course was focused on online participation and digital literacies. These broad topics can be discussed from different perspectives. I have chosen the perspective of university teacher/course coordinator and how knowledge and understanding of the concepts of online participation and digital literacies can support the students in my course.  Starting … Continue reading Understanding our students’ digital literacies →

Next week the PBLs will start

This is my first blog post on the very first day of the ONL201 course.

More will follow!