These last two weeks we have been learning about – among many other things – the concept of four types of presence in learning (and I have here used the concept in a context of higher education). These have been described as the teaching, the social, the cognitive and the emotional presences.  At first, IContinue reading “University and The Universe”

It´s been a great experience to collaborate with my PBL group 10 on various missions throughout the course. With current … Mer

With current corona virus situation around the world, teaching and learning in higher education has quickly moved from the traditional … Mer

Trying out various different tools for collaboration on-line has been very enlightening so far; partly because I have been (and am) very ignorant of all the tools available today, partly because the exercises and our group collaborations have illustrated in a very concrete way how we think about, sort and present information. Another bonus forContinue reading “Community learning”

Collaborative learning can be a great challenge for many persons when looking from the perspectives of the students, as well as the teachers. Competence of collaboration is the ability to work in teams, and it has been pointed out that social intelligence, openness and advisory skills play an important role (Ehlers, 2019, 2020). When theFortsätt läsa “Topic 3 Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

My reflections of this topic 3 focused on my own Personal Learning Network (PLN). PLN, is about building your own … Mer

Who doesn´ t want openness – openness and transparency and sharing and collaboration! Of course, most of us do, and in education as well. There isn´ t much to be said against sharing and discussing. Last week, I was looking for evidence-based papers on open education resources, in particular in the medical education sector. IContinue reading “Sesame, open!”

Openness in learning is an important concept to take into consideration for all educators and learners. It has become even more important as we use the internet. Technology has an important role for openness in education, but it is the educators resources, digital literacy and own knowledge, as well as their limitations that govern howFortsätt läsa “TOPIC 2: Open Learning – sharing and openness”