I want to include the group I journeyed with in this final summary because participation in the course has been made special and unique because of the ways we analyzed the case studies, chose areas of foci, and developed our ideas. It has been an experiential journey through the various stages of group formation an … Continue reading Musings at the end of ONL with PBL08

How wonderful it is to chance on an excellent resource! And this I did on community building in the classroom. I am cognizant of the Community of Inquiry (cite) model that is used to design blended learning. Here are the seven principles behind the model (Garrison, 2017, p. 112): 1) Plan for the creation of … Continue reading Community Building in the Classroom

I came across the idea of connectivism (Siemens, 2004) many years ago in a graduate class. In this topic, I am reviewing the definition. Connectivism suggests that learning is a social connected process: 1. learning as a network forming process 2. networked learning involves forming conceptual connections 3. networked learning through external social spaces (social … Continue reading Social Learning

Attitude towards openness Of the topics discussed by PBL08, one of them was: “what does open mean to us? How open would we be in sharing our resources?” Although the modern open education movement started in 2002, this remains a common question from faculty. Open education is founded on foundations of openness, sharing, critical pedagogy, … Continue reading Open Education in Higher Education & Open Pedagogy

Verily TAN is Senior Education Specialist. In CDTL, she focuses in the areas on blended/online learning, academic development, and Learning Communities. Verily has teaching and research experiences in Singapore as well as the United States, where she obtained her Master’s degree in Learning Sciences and Ph.D in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University Bloomington. Her … Continue reading About Me