My First Blog Post

Dear all, this is the first time I’m blogging, so it will be in the simplest way in the beginning. My name is Katarina, I love the nature which make me feel belonging to something bigger! I crossed the Atlantic sea with a Swan-65 (red trousers!) and have a big extended family in Mocambique and […]

About me

I am senior lecturer in physiotherapy and associate professor in aging research at Karolinska Institutet (KI). I am also vice-principal investigator of the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K: http://www.snac-k.se) population-study. I obtained my PhD in physiotherapy at KI. Thereafter, I did my postdoctoral training first at the Sahlgrenska Academy in […]

”All would live long, but none would be old”

All would live long, but none would be old. — Benjamin Franklin. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. In this blog I will write about Aging, Working life and Health – and the link between.

Creative Commons (CC)- How interesting and useful (Topic 2)!

Is it ok to use online figures or videos as a part ofour courses, studies etc? I have realized that the fact that something is online does not mean that others can use it. We must always take the creator’s permission to use or share the digital content. Creative commons (CC) licenses give the opportunity … Continue reading Creative Commons (CC)- How interesting and useful (Topic 2)!

The big questions: what have I learnt and how should I develop eLearning activities?

This course has been for me a very interesting journey. In the beginning, I didn’t even understand what the course was about. It was highly important that we met and fixed everything we needed (google drive, blogpage etc). My digital literacies were not advanced and this first part was necessary.  I learnt that there are … Continue reading The big questions: what have I learnt and how should I develop eLearning activities?

Blended participation

An interesting method is the blended participation, where the teacher and some students are in the classroom, whereas some students are ‘only’ digitally present (Wang, Quek and Hu,2017). This is an interesting method, however my reflection here is that possibly, the students that are virtually present have a disadvantage and therefore, such a method should … Continue reading Blended participation

Synchronous and asynchronous activities

In order to design a successful  blended or online course we need a framework. This framework integrates numerous elements and there are many decisions that we need to make. One important element is to have a balance between synchronous and asynchronous activities. It has been suggested that more complex issues need reflection and asynchronous activities, … Continue reading Synchronous and asynchronous activities