In this post, I examine the role of motivation in adopting Open Educational Practices (OEP) by teachers and students. I use the theoretical frameworks of Self-Determination Theory, Attribution Theory, and Goal Orientation in the context of OEP adoption and reflect upon their implications on addressing the challenges related to OEP adoption, such as lack of […]
Topic 1: Motivation and Benefits of Online Participation and Public Discourse
In today’s digital age, online platforms have become an integral part of our daily lives, allowing us to socialize and expand our knowledge. While it may be comfortable to consume information online as anonymous users, the value of participating openly in public spaces may not be immediately evident. As a result, some individuals may be […]
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Towards an Ideal Blend
The onset of digitalization and information technologies has set a new stage for learners and educators alike. Today, addressing all learning preferences — on the spectrum of conventional in-person setting to digital online learning — remains a priority. Navigating this spectrum in a manner that takes advantage of both ends may be the ideal blended […]
Learning in Communities: Embracing our Social Nature
Humans are inherently social. We are accustomed to collaborating and learning from one another — to a narrower sense in small groups and to a broader sense in communities. Community of practice is formed when historical learning develops into an informal and dynamic social structure between participants who share a common interest and engage in […]
My journey towards open learning – sharing and openness (Topic 2)
The facade of my open learning journey started with open access publishing. This is perhaps one common ground for researchers and educators to understand the importance of open learning and sharing. The basic principle that underpins innovation and knowledge is the availability of existing knowledge to be accessible to anyone who wishes to scrutinize it […]
My reflection on online participation and digital literacies (Topic 1)
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in open networked learning. This course has been hailed as extraordinary by the facilitators. Already living up to its reputation in the first topic, I have started to experience the glimpse of the extra knowledge transcending the ordinary approach to teaching. Upon reading the scenario presented in topic […]
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Enhanching engagement in an online teaching environment
In this blog post I reflect on what I have learned about creating engaging online activities for synchronous learning. For those who might not be that familiar with the concept of synchronous learning, it means that students are required to log in and participate in class at a specific time each week as compared to […]
Topic #4: The Fine Line between Creating Authenticity and Being Manipulative
In blended learning context, it is much more difficult to trace the engagement level of the students particularly you do not have any clue the feeling of the…
Why students resist collaborative work and how to overcome the resistance?
In topic three we dived into the different perspectives of the power of collaboration. This weeks topic was very interesting to me as I have been facing a lot of resitance from students towards collaborative work. I have been mainly teaching bachelor level students and most critisism I have faced during many years of teaching […]
Topic#3: 1+1+…+1=N+”Emotional Support”-“The others can cover me”
In engineering discipline, everything is distilled into the numbers and while doing so the engineers work over their hypothesises without paying attention much to social perspectives, cultural differences…