Taking an Online Networked Learning (ONL) course can be quite a challenge and an overwhelming experience for an ONL rookie, at least in the beginning of the course. This is a brief story of experiences of one such ONL-rookie :-). Let me start by saying that although this course was pretty heavy in terms ofContinue reading “Topic 5: A pleasant journey towards becoming a digital resident. Thanks ONL!”
Topic 4: Emotional Presence in Collaborative Learning
This blog explores the effects of emotions on collaborative learning in the Problem Based Learning groups. In this regard, the blog revisits the hierarchical iterative fork-join collaboration model and superimposes this model with the effect of emotions. Let’s start by looking at the vital prerequisites to a successful educational experience in higher education, which isContinue reading “Topic 4: Emotional Presence in Collaborative Learning”
Topic 3: Learning in Communities – Thoughts on Effective Collaborative Learning
Learning in modern digitalized world depends not only on obtaining knowledge personally from non-digital (e.g, non-digital books) and digital sources (e.g., internet), but also on applying the knowledge that is acquired from other individuals and groups by means of collaboration. In this way, knowledge is created within the groups by means of collaboration and isContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in Communities – Thoughts on Effective Collaborative Learning”
Open Learning, Sharing and Openness : The Brilliant Idea of Creative Commons
One of the key enablers of open learning is the process of sharing and open publishing of educational content by allowing others to reuse, re-distribute, revise, remix and retain the contents [1]. The Creative Commons (CC) license [2] facilitates such sharing and open publishing while ensuring the original developer/author of the content is properly acknowledged. […]
Online Participation and Digital Literacies: Blog—The First ‘Beast’ to Face
Taking an interactive online course can be challenging and may feel overwhelming to a person who is used to traditional on-campus courses. In this case the person is suddenly exposed to many challenges in getting started with the learning activity, especially to get familiar with and use digital tools and platforms “the beasts”. This blogpost […]
Hello World!
When you are learning a computer programming language, the very first program that you write is to display the text “Hello World” on computer screen. There are different variations of this text, e.g., “Hello Moon” or “Hello Mars” depending on personal liking and taste ☺. Well, the point here is that I wanted to start […]
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde.
This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.