As a preparation for writing this final blog post, I went through my previous four posts to remind myself of the work that has been done and my own, personal reflections along the way. While going through the old posts, I was a bit surprised to realize that so much had happened in such aContinue reading “Topic 5 reflection: More than I thought”

Over the last two weeks of ONL201, the topic has been “Design for online and blended learning”, and I have learned about the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework and about the important role of emotions in learning (Cleveland-Innes, 2019a, 2019b). When I first skimmed the content of our work for Topic 4, I immediately thoughtContinue reading “Topic 4: Emotional Presence”

In this third blog for the ONL201 course, written after we have spent two weeks focusing on learning in communities (networked collaborative learning), I will reflect on what happened in my own PBL13-group in one of our online meetings, as it moved my thinking forward. Or, perhaps that is saying too much? In any case,Continue reading “Topic 3 reflection: Currents and Contagions”

I believe in ‘sharing is caring’ and as a teacher, both when I worked in school and now at the university, I have always been willing to share my materials and good ideas. Most of my colleagues have been appreciative and they have willingly shared materials with myself as well. Sharing is win-win. However, aboutContinue reading “Topic 2 Reflection: Open Learning and Lurking Trolls”