The most important thing that I have learnt from this course is how important is socializing and engagement in a learning environment. I have been lucky to be a member of a fantastic group where I felt we were really collaborating since the end of the first topic. It was amazing when we were completingContinue reading “Lessons learnt – future practice”

This topic has been most favorite for me due to interesting discussions we had in the group on how to engage students. I felt I have been growing quite a lot in terms of knowledge acquired both by the literature and related events but mostly by my group members who have much more experience thanContinue reading “Design for online and blended learning”

Looking at this ONL experience, in particular the group activities, I agree with the results of the study conducted by Capdeferro and Romero [1] on how to avoid frustration in on-line learning environments that is equivalent on how to promote collaboration (since one of the main reasons of frustration is the lack of collaboration). IContinue reading “Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

I have really appreciated the introduction to the topic 2 by Kiruthika Ragupathi when she mentioned about re-using online material to increase efficiency [1]. As I have mentioned during the padlet reflection, we as teachers we spent so much time in developing lectures and we could be much more efficient by using someone else lectureContinue reading “Open Learning – Sharing and Openness”

During the first two weeks of the ONL course, we have been learning a lot about digital literacy through the enlightening lecture of Prof. David White. He introduced us the concept of “visitors” and “resident” in the context of engagement with the web. Visitors are those who use the web as a tool, instead, residentsContinue reading “Online Participation & Digital Literacies”

Hi Everyone!!! My name is Pietro Elia Campana and I am a researcher and teacher at Mälardalen University, Sweden. My research focus mostly on simulation and optimization of energy systems and water food energy nexus. I am also course coordinator for several course on the broad topic of sustainable energy systems. I am here inContinue reading “Introduction”