“Digital Tove” – when did I start to use digital means? It was in the mid-90’s when I got my first email and also mobile phone. These devices did evolve a lot and rapidly from that and my digital competence grew by trying to keep up with the development of digital presence – starting fromContinue reading “Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies”

This week our group decided to study digital competence and self-efficacy. After deciding on the topic we decided to (individually) search for information on how to develop and increase our digital competence. As this is a problem based learning course,  we work by, at first, identifying the problem we want to solve, given a certainContinue reading “Gaining more confidence?”

This week we have discussed what digital literacy is and where we position us as digital users. I have looked at videos and read some articles online. I especially enjoyed one video, “The essential elements of digital literacies”, an inspiring speech by Doug Belshaw (If I could ever be as inspiring as him… ). AccordingContinue reading “Remixing images and other thougths”

Last week it was kick off for the Online Networked learning course which will run all autumn. It’s a problem-based course, we work in groups and learn from each other. It’s really the only thing I know so far. Have heard a lot about the course, but still feel myself as a question mark. WhatContinue reading “Stepping out”

Hi, I am Tove Kietz from Arcada UAS in Helsinki. I work within our Business Programmes on both Bachelor and Master level as senior lecturer teaching Marketing, Service Design, Entrepreneurship etc. Languages used in the courses are mostly English as we have international BA and MA programmes but also Swedish as Arcada is an UASContinue reading “This is me, Tove”

Last week of the ONL course. It seems like ages ago that we started, yet time has flown by. It is time to reflect what I’ve learned and how it will influence my personal learning networks and environments. First and foremost I want to thank my colleagues in PBL11. We had some great discussions overContinue reading “Lessons Learnt – Future Practice”

Topic 5 At the moment it is still early for me to say what parts of online networked learning I will include in my teaching. The course has been very intense, and right now all the impressions are quite blended in my mind. At first, open learning sounded a bit suspicious to me. What isContinue reading “Blended mind”

What did I learn during the Open Network Learning course? I wan’t to share tips that I find useful for upcoming courses, both on-line, in classroom or in blended learning. I also learned how to do a meme, as you can see from my picture. Prior to a course you should engage the students byContinue reading “Reflections on ONL”

When I signed up for the ONL211 course I had not really any clear idea of what I was in for. To be honest, I was expecting something a little bit more traditional and something certainly more boring. At some times also something a bit less time consuming, although I think I managed to balanceContinue reading “Reflections on the course”

I started my career as a lecturer 2009 with only in class courses. In 2015 I started recording a few of my lectures. I wasn’t used to it, and my students weren’t used to it either. Slowly I added more and more online. In 2017 90% of my classes were online and of course withContinue reading “Design for Online and Blended Learning”

We all want to eat that perfect meal or taste that delicious drink, and when it comes to teaching, we want to offer that perfect course where students learn and get new understanding, that changes their thinking. The problem is that we all have different tastes, and the same goes with learning, we learn inContinue reading “Thoughts on Blended learning”

(Topic 4) Flexibility is probably one of the most coveted properties of online and blended learning. With online learning, there has been a change in the roles of both teacher and students. In blended learning students are being offered to make choices between different assignments and materials When students get the feeling they can contributeContinue reading “Flexibility and feedback”