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There are many layers of differences between humans. On a personal level, I prefer to socialise with people who share the same values, and who perceive the world in a similar way. Professionally, too many similarities may lead to stagnation rather than development. With only visionaries in a team, there is an obvious risk thatContinue reading “The dilemma of finding an adequate level of differences”
Why is it so important to plan and arrange for a good start? There are many good reasons, and one of them is that a successful university education is very much about relations. To build sustainable relations and a sense of belonging you may also need support and a context. A sense of security willContinue reading “Scaffolding for a solid start”
The final topic 5 of #ONL202 is lessons learnt during the course. I have found the course extremely valuable: It was very interesting to try out the PBL learning activities as a student The course was very rich in information on online teaching pedagogy, particularly for me that have been out of teaching for 7-8Fortsätt läsa “Lessons learnt and confidence boosted”
This year has been interesting, to say the least, both for online learning in general and for my personal experience with it. Covid-19 has defined anything and everything this year, and it has accelerated the process of moving material online in many countries, institutions, and workplaces. In some places this has worked really well, while … Continue reading “Openness in Learning – Lessons learnt and a view to the future”
This year has been interesting, to say the least, both for online learning in general and for my personal experience with it. Covid-19 has defined anything and everything this year, and it has accelerated the process of moving material online in many countries, institutions, and workplaces. In some places this has worked really well, while … Continue reading “Openness in Learning – Lessons learnt and a view to the future”
More than thirty years ago, when I was doing my bachelor, a frustrating group-work experience became a tipping point that made me change my major from Business administration to Economic history. We, a group of four young women, could not communicate, we could not cooperate and we could not produce a paper together. We splitContinue reading “Two (or ten) heads are better than one”
In my last post, I highlighted the importance of being a mediator of knowledge and not just a presenter. Openness in learning is a wonderful concept, and we remember David Wiley, who defined successful teaching as sharing most thoroughly with the largest amount of people possible (see his Ted talk in my previous post). When … Continue reading “Learning Design for Successful Sharing”
In my last post, I highlighted the importance of being a mediator of knowledge and not just a presenter. Openness in learning is a wonderful concept, and we remember David Wiley, who defined successful teaching as sharing most thoroughly with the largest amount of people possible (see his Ted talk in my previous post). When … Continue reading “Learning Design for Successful Sharing”
The fourth topic of #ONL202 has been instructional design for online and blended learning, and has much evolved around the CoI (Community of Inquiry) model (https://coi.athabascau.ca/coi-model/). My previous blog post dealt with the addition of a fourth presence, the emotional presence, which I still find valuable in online teaching, even though current pedagogical theory viewsFortsätt läsa “Blended learning -different blends for different students?”
Our last session was to summarize what we have learned. I think the most important aspect I take with me from this experience is that online learning works well…and it can be fun fun and as engaging as on-site learning. In the beginning I was m…