I find that the technology can enable many collaborative networks in learning processes. However, these need to be tailored to the intent of the specific educational goals or practices that must be clearly established. Also the network should have both an individual and collective function. According to Wegner each community  “is engaged in the […]

Growing up in Korea I have mixed views and perceptions on open education. Confucianism values are deeply rooted in our culture making education a very important tool for social mobility. In the past, it meant that a farmer could obtain a high ranking position by passing an official public exam. However, with economic development the […]

As an individual I consider my self to have a strong digital literacy, in both my personal and professional life. I consider myself to be both a visitor and a resident though when it comes to social media apps I limit my presence. I tend to separate my personal and professional life identities when it […]

From 2nd zoom session :
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 Now the course came to a close and I had some time to reflect on it. There are so many things that were valuable in the course that I continue to investigate and explore, but there are a couple that I have already started implementing in my …

  I admit, I did not exactly know what I was signing up for in this course. The title “Open networked learning” sounded somehow different and useful to prepare me a bit better for online teaching…and it would give me the credit I needed in my teac…

  Online learning carries a stigma of being lower quality than face-to-face learning (Hodges C et al. 2020 https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/3/the-difference-between-emergency-remote-teaching-and-online-learning ). And I must admit, that befor…

 So many things to focus on when it comes to designing an online course! I have seen an approach in the beginning of the pandemic, of putting an offline course online, without any consideration of the nature of the internet, and remote learning. I…

What a great topic this was to explore – networked collaborative learning. Collaboration often happens in groups. We know (and maybe some of us also feel that way) that group work is often avoided. There are many reasons for it – and many of them …

  In this weeks topic 3 we have been trying to understand values and differences of learning networks and communities. I like the simple explanation of Henry Mintzberg when he says:  ”If you want to understand the difference between a network…

The second topic in the course focused on sharing and openness. The idea of sharing materials and ideas can be scary. I tend to worry about where the recordings of my lectures may end up for example. I guess things that we know little about are es…

  Openness and sharing in my own practice. Should I worry about ‘giving away’ my intellectual property?    I love lecturing. I never thought I would say that, as it has been a long sometimes frustrating journey. Maybe some of you c…