The Open Network Course (ONL202) has come to an end. New knowledge and experience have been gained during the course. I will start with commenting my first test post in the blog and thoughts regarding the blogging. This relates also to Topic 1 – Experience from online education, social media and knowledge development. In the […]

This topic was from the beginning quite challenging to grasp, but the book Guide to BLENDED LEARNING written by Martha Cleveland-Innes and Dan Wilton helped to understand the topic. The three models of blended learning discussed in the book are interesting and I believe that model 3 is the one that suits best in these […]

What I take away from this topic is the discussions around Personal Learning Networks as well as the differences between a “network and community”. During this topic it was the first time that I actually reflected upon the meaning and differences between the two words. A network is for example, organic, changing, weak ties, flexible, […]

Openness and sharing are two important factors for online education and the first question that always should be the addressed is the “why” question. Why shall we go online? Why shall we be open and share? With this a starting point there are several aspects to reflect upon. Since I don’t have an academic/teaching background […]

Digitalization is an ongoing process in our society and David Withe discuss usage of digital and social media from a generation perspective as well as from a Visitors and Residents perspective. In my case, I belong to the Visitors side, which means that I’m not use social media and don’t’ want to leave digital traces […]

Today something happened that I couldn’t imagine could happen. I have created a blog, and this is my first post. How could this happen since I’m allergic to everything concerning social media? Well, it’s because of the Open Network Learning course that is given this fall (ONL202). Creating and writing a blog is mandatory in […]