This year has been interesting, to say the least, both for online learning in general and for my personal experience with it. Covid-19 has defined anything and everything this year, and it has accelerated the process of moving material online in many countries, institutions, and workplaces. In some places this has worked really well, while … Continue reading “Openness in Learning – Lessons learnt and a view to the future”

This year has been interesting, to say the least, both for online learning in general and for my personal experience with it. Covid-19 has defined anything and everything this year, and it has accelerated the process of moving material online in many countries, institutions, and workplaces. In some places this has worked really well, while … Continue reading “Openness in Learning – Lessons learnt and a view to the future”

In my last post, I highlighted the importance of being a mediator of knowledge and not just a presenter. Openness in learning is a wonderful concept, and we remember David Wiley, who defined successful teaching as sharing most thoroughly with the largest amount of people possible (see his Ted talk in my previous post). When … Continue reading “Learning Design for Successful Sharing”

In my last post, I highlighted the importance of being a mediator of knowledge and not just a presenter. Openness in learning is a wonderful concept, and we remember David Wiley, who defined successful teaching as sharing most thoroughly with the largest amount of people possible (see his Ted talk in my previous post). When … Continue reading “Learning Design for Successful Sharing”

Before wecan start to think about course design for online environments, I feel that it is vital to have a definition of what we want to achieve: What is a successful learning situation? How can success be defined in connection to learning? In defining this for myself, David Wiley’s TED talk from the 6th of … Continue reading “What is success in learning?”

Before wecan start to think about course design for online environments, I feel that it is vital to have a definition of what we want to achieve: What is a successful learning situation? How can success be defined in connection to learning? In defining this for myself, David Wiley’s TED talk from the 6th of … Continue reading “What is success in learning?”

Watching Kay Odonne’s interesting lecture on Personal Learning Networks for this week’s topic, I wondered: How collaborative is my PLN? And, on a more basic level, what exactly does my PLN look like? For the most part, I try to draw on many different sources of knowledge during day to day practices. I read the … Continue reading “Is my PLN a collaborative learning environment?”

Watching Kay Odonne’s interesting lecture on Personal Learning Networks for this week’s topic, I wondered: How collaborative is my PLN? And, on a more basic level, what exactly does my PLN look like? For the most part, I try to draw on many different sources of knowledge during day to day practices. I read the … Continue reading “Is my PLN a collaborative learning environment?”

During this week’s ONL scenario, we were given the time to think about student engagement in the online classroom. I used to think somewhat naively that engaging a student online could not be all that different than engaging a student in the classroom. This way of thinking, I realized quickly, is part of the problem. … Continue reading “Student Engagement in Online Classrooms”

During this week’s ONL scenario, we were given the time to think about student engagement in the online classroom. I used to think somewhat naively that engaging a student online could not be all that different than engaging a student in the classroom. This way of thinking, I realized quickly, is part of the problem. … Continue reading “Student Engagement in Online Classrooms”

Open Networked Learning–Beginnings This blogg will serve as a place for professional and personal reflection on theoretical and practical ways in which collaborative learning can be facilitated. Why write a blogg? I have to admit that this is precisely what I have wondered before starting this course. It does not come naturally to me to … Continue reading “First Time Bloggers of the World–Unite”

Open Networked Learning–Beginnings This blogg will serve as a place for professional and personal reflection on theoretical and practical ways in which collaborative learning can be facilitated. Why write a blogg? I have to admit that this is precisely what I have wondered before starting this course. It does not come naturally to me to … Continue reading “First Time Bloggers of the World–Unite”