I have reflected partly on teaching during this course. So far the world of teaching is completely new to me, I only started in early February, and have thus not the privilege to be able to compare methods – because of COVID-19 everything happens online, at a distance. I have, however, some experience from lecturesContinue reading “To engage students in blended learning environments”

(Topic 3) According to Brindley, Blaschke and Walti1 one motivation for a student participating in the group is making individual success dependent of group success. In my view, participating in the group must be meaningful not only for the sake of passing a course successively. Group participation must add something to the learning experience: makeContinue reading “How to motivate students to participate in a group?”

We all know that everyone is different and we all learn in unique ways. What works for one student might not work for somebody else. We start school at around the age of 6, and with time we develop, usually without knowing it, our own learning strategies. I feel like I am a “traditional learner”.Continue reading “Learning in communities”

During the Open Network Learning-course we used Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the group assignments. We used the FISh (focus-investigate-share) document to guide our thinking. The topic leaders introduced us to the scenario at the beginning of the first group meeting. Discussions about our focus was carried out, after which everyone was investigating more aboutContinue reading “Collaborative Learning using PBL”

Learning through communities can happen, albeit not exclusively, in a learning environment. I say not exclusively, because I have experience of community-based learning, when the learning part was not the goal itself, but something that came along the way. I have a background in activism and while I know most people think of loud demonstrationsContinue reading “Learning in a community of practice”

(Topic 2) One of the Open Educational Practices presented by Bali, Cronin and Jhangiani (2020) is the open syllabus teaching process. In this process, the syllabus can be open to students to “comment or modify the contents”. As an information specialist, who teaches information retrieval to students in different subjects, this makes me interested. DespiteContinue reading “Open syllabus as an OEP”

I have lately been diving into the pros and cons about openness in education. To tell you the truth, even if I have been offering MOOCs for years, I never actually thought about it. Also I had never herd the term MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses). Most of my students are degree students at theContinue reading “Sharing and Openness”

Sharing information should be, for an educator or a teacher, a normal thing to do. Even though how much information we share or how many students we educate, the information and knowledge will not disappear or vanish from ourselves. (Wiley.2010)Even though Dr. Wileys speech is from 2010, it is very needed today, as well. InContinue reading “Openness and sharing”

The first association for openness in today’s world is, at least for me, connected to digital means and access. Even though the technical requirements for digital equipment would be fulfilled, there is more needed to acquire digital literacy. According to Beetham and Sharpe (2010), apart from technological knowledge, digital skills also include skills and motivations.Continue reading “If digital literacy forms your personality”

I will here more or less associatively bounce ideas about open learning back and forth, especially when it comes to advantages, and to some part disadvantages. I am myself some wary with the notion, although I on the whole do support it and think that, if used correctly, it can be very progressive. First ofContinue reading “Thoughts on Open Learning”

In order for you to improve your digital literacy, you first need to know what level you are on in the beginning. In our group assignment in the ONL (Open Network Learning) course, we tried out different on-line tests about different digital tools, then we compared the tests and reflected on pros and cons onContinue reading “Improving digital literacy”

I often wonder how often I should renew my lectures (videos). Anatomy and physiology stays pretty much the same, isn’t changing. How long can I use the videos I make, I mean if the content hasn’t changed? In the ONL course, developed by educators that are experts on online teaching, the newest source in topicContinue reading “Online participation and digital literacies”