Where to start with this blog? It’s been quite a journey with my ONL group. The biggest take away is probably that students or participants shouldn’t be afraid to participate. It seems a little daunting in the beginning, being put into groups with people across the globe with different experiences, levels of education and notContinue reading “My ONL journey”

Let me start by saying that I’ve had no experience in a blended learning environment. Throughout my education, I’ve always had traditional education in a lecture hall style setup. The contact time would be in the physical classroom and face to face interactions with the lecturer either before, during and/or after a lecture has takenContinue reading “Blended Learning”

After reading the articles related to Open Networked Learning. I’ve found that the opinion of others reflects my own experience. In my experience, the completion of collaborative tasks meant either very little reflection for my efforts in group-based work or carrying a big portion of group work while others would benefit from my individual effort.Continue reading “Experiences with Collaborative Learning”

Open learning is the way of the future. There Is a massive change in the dynamic of learning. This is especially true seeing that the focus is shifted from the educator, which is the center of traditional learning to the students, whom now have access to material and is able to access material online andContinue reading “Topic 2: Views on Open Learning”

What is digital literacy? In my opinion, digital literacy is the ability to navigate and use the digital tools and search engines at our disposal. An example would be to search for information in google. I could search for weather for the next week, using this information to make sure I’m dressed accordingly. The ability […]

What an interesting week this has been. I’ve joined the open network learning (ONL) course this week and have been assigned to a problem based learning (PBL) group consisting of 8 members from different parts of the world. I attended one webinar and two of the three group meetings and got to meet most of […]