The title of this blog post was the first thing that came to mind while reflecting on this whole journey. It has been an amazing experience, totally different from everything that I have experienced before, and thus totally rewarding. I have definitely grown as an individual in terms of personal learning, and a lot of […]

Everyday more we hear about blended learning. We read about it in blog posts, we take classes that apply blended learning, we have long discussions on how to actually apply that in our courses. But now I want to pause for a minute and think; why this shift? Why are we trying to go from […]

Computer vector created by macrovector_official – www.freepik.com After successful discussions regarding collaborative learning, my mind was stuck in one thing. How to actually motivate students to apply collaborative learning. Multiple studies have been conducted regarding this topic, but one approach that has been recently proposed and seems to have a great potential is gamification. But […]

Feels good to get back to writing, after two very constructive weeks discussing open learning. Had a few reflections during the past couple of weeks, but I would like to focus on a specific phenomena. I have been on LinkedIn for years now, and I am a big fan. Among the different job ads, job […]

The topic on digital literacies, was a very interesting one, but before reading the literature, and before starting our group discussions, I think I had this “tunnel vision”. I had a very narrow definition of what it meant to have digital literacy skills. To me, it was probably enough, to be able to use technology […]

Hey there, my name is Malvina Latifaj and I am a Ph.D. student of computer science with a focus on model-driven engineering at Malardalen University, Vasteras, since June 2020. I received my B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Tirana in 2018, and my M.Sc degree in computer science with a specialization […]