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Learning in communities: do our students know how it works?

Posted on January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 by Antonio Cicchetti

After more than a month through the course on Open Networked Learning (ONL), the webinar on Learning Communities [1] and some of the suggested literature for the topic [2, 3] stimulated some reflections on courses organisation and …

Did I find the way I ought to go…?

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Charlotta Edlund

Going back to my reflection during the connection week “Where am I going?”, I thought it could be interesting to figure out if I actually found the way I ought to go? My most definite answer to the question above is “it depends”. Our students get very frustrated when our reply to their question(s) mostContinue reading “Did I find the way I ought to go…?”

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Malvina Latifaj

The title of this blog post was the first thing that came to mind while reflecting on this whole journey. It has been an amazing experience, totally different from everything that I have experienced before, and thus totally rewarding. I have definitely grown as an individual in terms of personal learning, and a lot of […]

GOING FROM TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM LEARNING TO ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING – WHY THIS SHIFT?

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Malvina Latifaj

Everyday more we hear about blended learning. We read about it in blog posts, we take classes that apply blended learning, we have long discussions on how to actually apply that in our courses. But now I want to pause for a minute and think; why this shift? Why are we trying to go from […]

Lessons learnt – future practice

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Bozena Guziana

I am very grateful for having the possibility of joining this ONL212 course with members of my PBL group. And I am very glad that I did not start before Covid accelerated digitalization. The experiences of online teaching and digital meetings during these last two years of the pandemic have positively influence my learning during … Fortsätt läsa ”Lessons learnt – future practice”

Topic 4 Design for online and blended learning

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Bozena Guziana

Group work Collaboration and group-work are used frequently in traditional, online and blended learning. Therefore my refection in this topic is about group work. Educational research has shown that group work has many benefits such as positive impact on long-term material retention, critical thinking, and communication skills (Benson et el., 2019). Research also shows that … Fortsätt läsa ”Topic 4 Design for online and blended learning ”

Topic 2 Open Learning -Sharing and Openness

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Bozena Guziana

Openness in my own practice My reflection in this topic is about how I use openness. I will discuss openness in my role as a teacher and as a researcher. Discussions about openness in education often point to the fact that education is about sharing, and that openness is inherent in education. During the last … Fortsätt läsa ”Topic 2 Open Learning -Sharing and Openness ”

Modes of learning and accessibility #ONL212 Topic 5

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Sara Ekstrand

Learning about Elmore’s four modes of learning in Levälahti (2021) and Meilleur (2020), I get a feeling that one of these modes is considered dated and unfunctional. The top left quadrant (hierarchical/individual) is described as a ”competitive system” and the readers are supposed to analyze where we are and where we want to go (inFortsätt läsa “Modes of learning and accessibility #ONL212 Topic 5”

Retention and Presence – is there a correlation?

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Charlotta Edlund

When going through topic 4 (design for online and blended learning) many of our discussions focused on different types of presence and retention. We came to realize the importance of defining the context before planning and designing a course or activities within a course. When planning blended or online learning strategies, variation is a keyContinue reading “Retention and Presence – is there a correlation?”

Reflection on collaborative learning, PLNs, and role of technologies

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Koteshwar Chirumalla

An occasion when real collaborative learning took place, that moved my own thinking forward From my experience, the real collaborative learning took place when the intended task has been designed more of an open ended, and provided opportunities for creative solutions. This kind of set up provided individual freedom in the group to come upFortsätt läsa “Reflection on collaborative learning, PLNs, and role of technologies”

Reflections on collaborative learning, personal learning networks, and role of technologies

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Koteshwar Chirumalla

An occasion when real collaborative learning took place, that moved my own thinking forward From my experience, the real collaborative learning took place when the intended task has been designed more as an open ended, and provided opportunities for creative solutions. This kind of set up provided individual freedom in the group to come up … Continue reading Reflections on collaborative learning, personal learning networks, and role of technologies →

What is blended learning in 2021? #ONL212 Topic 4

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Sara Ekstrand

What do we mean by blended learning? Working with this from a course design perspective, I find that, especially after the Covid restriction period, it is increasingly difficult to define the term, as I cannot find any educational circumstance that is not in some sense blended. Will the term be obsolete in the future? InFortsätt läsa “What is blended learning in 2021? #ONL212 Topic 4”