Before wecan start to think about course design for online environments, I feel that it is vital to have a definition of what we want to achieve: What is a successful learning situation? How can success be defined in connection to learning? In defining this for myself, David Wiley’s TED talk from the 6th of … Continue reading “What is success in learning?”

Before wecan start to think about course design for online environments, I feel that it is vital to have a definition of what we want to achieve: What is a successful learning situation? How can success be defined in connection to learning? In defining this for myself, David Wiley’s TED talk from the 6th of … Continue reading “What is success in learning?”

Watching Kay Odonne’s interesting lecture on Personal Learning Networks for this week’s topic, I wondered: How collaborative is my PLN? And, on a more basic level, what exactly does my PLN look like? For the most part, I try to draw on many different sources of knowledge during day to day practices. I read the … Continue reading “Is my PLN a collaborative learning environment?”

Watching Kay Odonne’s interesting lecture on Personal Learning Networks for this week’s topic, I wondered: How collaborative is my PLN? And, on a more basic level, what exactly does my PLN look like? For the most part, I try to draw on many different sources of knowledge during day to day practices. I read the … Continue reading “Is my PLN a collaborative learning environment?”

Time flies and 12 weeks has gone fast! In the past 12 weeks, we have tried our best to gain the competence that the course Open Networked Learning requires. The process has been tough, but it is worthy. Here I am not going to go in details on what I have learned from the lastContinue reading “Lessons learnt – future practice”

Thank you to all ONL Team, Lotta from Lund University and my fellows here at Lund with whom I had two lovely lunch meetings, Special thanks to the PBL Group 1 members: Our group facilitators: Alastair and Mboni, Our group members: Anna-Karin, Diego, Lorraine, Peter, and Yadhna! It has been lovely getting to know you, […]

This week I have started to think about the ways in which I can design a blended course. In order to do so, I had to consider various issues: 1- What is a blended course? I realised that I was somewhat confused about online teaching and blended courses. Blended courses, also called hybrid or mixed-mode […]

Are you truly the master of your own behaviors? This lecture presents some examples that may make you think twice! I presented this lecture to acquire the title of Docent in Biology from the Lund University, Sweden. The aim was for my peers to judge my teaching competences, and for me to convey a message … Continue reading The (delightfully) macabre stories of host behavior manipulations by parasites