This course begins with an exploration of a range of digital tools, openness, sharing of ideas and documents, collaborative learning, and online course design. During the course, various digital tools are used in all topics which were very interesting. They are very useful to be used effectively to support students’ learning activities. The last sessionContinue reading “The End”

The fourth topic concerned on how to design a blended learning program.Blended learning is defined as the blend of two “face-to-face” and “online” learning modes or as described in [1], it is defined as “the organic integration of thoughtfully selected and complementary face-to-face and online approaches”. We discussed three models, namely the five-stage model[2] ,Continue reading “Topic 4:Design for Online and Blended Learning”

The third topic centered around how to get people to really recognize the value of becoming part of a learning community and collaborate with their peers. The concept of collaborative learning is very new to me.I used to live and learn in a one-way broadcast environment. In a classroom with a strict rule (traditional style)Continue reading “Topic 3:Online learning in communities”

Our group discussions were about how to share an online course, how to create open material, what the obstacles were and most importantly what the benefits were. To me, openness has two perspectives. The first perspective is from the point of view of academics who will share their materials (they share their knowledge) and theContinue reading “Topic2: Openness of Education”

Open Networked Learning (ONL202) pedagogical course: PBL group6 (Kinaz) Online Participation & Digital Literacy Promote Online Engagement After investigation and discussion (PBL group6) perceive that cultural background, tools, student and teacher roles, and how to participate are the main factors that influence the intensity of online engagement. For me, the most important factor affecting performanceContinue reading “ONL202 reflection blog”