“designers and educators need to create places that are not only safe to learn, but also spark some emotional interest” (Fielding 2006) To me, the fourth topic of the course, with its focus on emotional presence (Cleveland-Innes, 2008), particularly emotional presence within the Community of Inquiry framework (Cleveland-Innes & Campbell 2012) turned out to be some of …

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When reflecting on the third topic of this course and choosing one of the suggested questions for the blog posts, I was in doubt whether I could find a real learning experience that included:   a) collaborative learning and b) something that moved my own thinking forward. The last part was the real challenge – how …

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Do you agree with the claim that knowledge should be considered a common good and be accessible as openly as possible? This is one of the questions that were given as inspiration for topic 2 of this course that focused on sharing and openness. I quite liked one of the students’ comments shared in the …

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