Going back to my reflection during the connection week “Where am I going?”, I thought it could be interesting to figure out if I actually found the way I ought to go? My most definite answer to the question above is “it depends”. Our students get very frustrated when our reply to their question(s) mostContinue reading “Did I find the way I ought to go…?”

When going through topic 4 (design for online and blended learning) many of our discussions focused on different types of presence and retention. We came to realize the importance of defining the context before planning and designing a course or activities within a course. When planning blended or online learning strategies, variation is a keyContinue reading “Retention and Presence – is there a correlation?”

Cooperating, collaborating, group work, teams – it all sounds like something we should be used to. We ask our students to do this daily and assume that their work process will go smooth. Why shouldn’t it? We give them clear instructions for the task, encourage them to contact us with questions and stress the importanceContinue reading “From Collaborative Chaos to Collaborative Clarity”

Social learning in an onlife splace What is collaborative learning in comparison to group work? What differs a community from a network? Should I focus on the process or the outcome? We have come (a little bit more than) halfway through the course ONL212 and I have come to realize that I tend to getContinue reading “Loafing or Committing?”

What does openness and closeness mean to you? Openness to me means sharing, whether it is sharing my ideas, material produced or something that happened to me recently. Openness is about choosing to go public or stay in the draft zone (closed). Openness is also about finding the balance between going public and being privateContinue reading “Open or Closed?”

Reflections on Topic 1 for ONL212 Being born in 1973 I wasn’t exactly born straight into the digital world, neither was I brought up in it. But as a young adult (age of 23) I was thrown into it having to adapt to new technology in different settings being a student. So according to PrenskyContinue reading “Born between digital immigrants and natives”