Sara Ihlman

What I’ve learned

Posted on May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 by Sara Ihlman

1. I feel like a digital resident, and I think of the online sphere as a world in it’s own, in which I live as much as the real world. I think of social media for example as communities in a very tangible way, like places I visit.2. Creating a sense of…

Building trust in blended learning

Posted on May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 by Sara Ihlman

In my line of work, as an e-learning designer in the corporate world, I seldom get the opportunity to teach in the more traditional context. What I do is mostly creating a product for people to learn from on their own, without the help of a teacher. I …

Personal learning networks

Posted on May 3, 2019April 16, 2020 by Sara Ihlman

In Creating Effective Collaborative Learning Groups in an Online Environment the authors mention the theory of connectivism proposed by Siemens in 2005. This perspective describes my own learning experience for the last ten years perfectly. Let me expl…

Openness and educational resources in a business context

Posted on May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 by Sara Ihlman

In my practice as a teacher I wanted to have as much of my material in open spaces as possible. That was party because I wanted my students and their parents to be able to take part of it anytime and anywhere, but also because I wanted other teachers t…

Facebook conversation in a Personal Learning Network

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Sara Ihlman3 Comments

We decided to create a fake facebook conversation based on our discussions during the online meetings. We used the prankmenot facebook generator. Click the link to view the conversation (you will have to zoom in to see the posts since it’s quite long) or view the picture added to this post! Check out our work […]

Blogging as an educator

Posted on March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by Sara Ihlman

One of the issues we discussed in our group during the first topic was how to approach blogging as an educator. I’ve worked as a teacher for 17 years, all of which I’ve used webpages and blogs for different purposes. I would like to share some of my th…

My digital identity

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 by Sara Ihlman

How do one present oneself for a course like this? What is relevant for people to know? My personal identity, my professional identity, or my digital identity? Even though my personal identity might be interesting for people, it doesn’t feel like …