I entered the ONL211 course with an open mind and felt a bit curious about how the learning would unfold. In my PBL group there was in interesting mix of people and I had the opportunity to learn about various teaching challenges as we discussed the different topics each week using the FISh model. TheContinue reading “Lessons Learnt – A Reflection”

Blended learning has many educational benefits which can help to establish rich teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence. One of the most widely used and researched frameworks for online teaching is the Community of Inquiry. These three related concepts of teaching presence, social presence and cognitive presence lie at the core and it isContinue reading “Topic 4: Design for Online and Blended Learning”

Networks have a profound impact on how we learn and in this topic I have learned what a Personal Learning Network is, where everyone is a learner, teacher and a contributor. We are able to build a deep support system of colleagues, mentors and coaches by connecting meaningfully and authentically. A personal learning network meansContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning”

The term “Openness” has been used in multiple ways causing confusion of what it really means. When we started this topic, I had to do some research on what it really means in the educational context and think about to what extent I have experienced openness. Generally, Openness in education refers to open entry andContinue reading “Topic 2: Open Learning: Sharing and Openness”

The concept of digital literacies was something familiar yet new to me and exploring this topic gave a whole new meaning and understanding to it. I had the opportunity to reflect on who i am as an individual in the digital age when the topic was introduced by David White during his webinar. I seemContinue reading “Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies”

Hello everyone, I have started writing this blog as part of the ONL (Open Networked Learning) course after much anticipation and excitement about learning something new and meeting new people from other parts of the world. The course design is based on an open, collaborative and networked learning practices and our group, as problem basedContinue reading “Getting started and connecting”