Kiruthika Ragupathi

Collaborate, we did!

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

Davidson et. al (2014) studied the small-group learning approaches, namely the cooperative, collaborative, problem-based, and team-based learning. They highlighted key differences and similarities between these various approaches. I was more interested…

Learning in Communities: Why is it important to me?

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

Learning in communities – why is this important to me? Recently when I started on a course on open networked learning (ONL course), what drew me to this was the concept of learning in communities. In particular, the topic on “learning in communities – …

Openness: In practice or content?

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

“Openness is the breath of life for education and research. Resources created by educators and researchers should be open for anyone to use and reuse” – D’Antoni and Savage (2009) When we say “Openness in Education”, are we referring – Is it being open…

Student engagement and participation in online learning (Part 1)

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

Maintaining and cultivating student engagement in an online course is important to make it less challenging for students to participate. Online learning courses have taken various forms and types – distance learning courses, massively open online cour…

Online persona

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

Photo credit: “Online ID dogtag” by Gideon Burton on flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 This week’s topic on “Online participation and digital literacies” focused on getting us to think about our own identity in the online space. In our own PBL group, someone asked…

PBL group meeting – ONL171 PBL 6

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

We had our first ONL171 PBL Group 6 meeting, and it was wonderful knowing each other. Ours was such a varied group with members from Brisbane, Melbourne, Singapore, Pretoria, Sweden, France and Finland. Connecting and getting to know them, their work, …

Connecting and networking

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Kiruthika Ragupathi

“Collaboration and networking” was a key purpose in me getting drawn towards this course, and Alastair Creelman and others confirmed this at today’s webinar! I am excited at connecting with new contacts from around the globe! When I signed up for this …