It was a great journey attending the ONL202 course, and being part of group 2, which was a very fantastic experience with amazing members. The ONL is an online course, teaching us how to go online in our education. Taking this course during the pandemic provided more motivation to us for learning and discussing different topics. I […]

Last week, I was thrilled by our deep dive discussion on the concept of collaborative learning and having a learning community that would bring more benefits for the learners and leads to a more fruitful outcome in the long run. This week, continuing the same trend, we investigate how to create and maintain the community learning while […]

A great deal of my academic work examines how individuals behave in collective settings (e.g., teams, working groups, projects etc.). My research is rooted in organizational behavior literature, where the terms cooperation and collaboration are used in an interchangeable manner. In fact, I also have not paid much attention to the differences between these twoContinue reading “Creating a Learning Community: A Double-Edged Sword?”

Classroom teaching is the most common way of teaching that brings an environment to gather students physically in a classroom. There have been several strategies designed and developed to make such teaching methods more productive. These innovative teaching methods considered visualization, cooperative learning, inquiry-based instruction, differentiation, employing technologies, behavior management, and professional development [1]. Technological […]

I must admit that I was really thrilled by enrolling myself in the ONL course and the interesting topics that we are discussing in our group. And the last two weeks we focused on “collaborative learning,” the purpose behind this type of learning and the relevant outcome.  Before reflecting on my own thoughts, let me […]

Back in 2012, I watched an inspiring talk by Clay Shirky on open-source movement. His ideas about how opportunity to access knowledge could be a strong impetus for additional knowledge generation – with greater momentum and efficiency. As a scholar whose research interests touch upon knowledge management and innovation, I found open-source as a greatContinue reading “The Bright and Dark Side of Open Knowledge”

There is no doubt that the Internet has revolutionized our daily life. It has been the main medium of everyday communication that is used for different activities ranging from sharing a moment with a friend, ordering food, shopping clothes to even education and learning. In fact, the Internet can be seen as a sophisticated multidisciplinary […]

When talking about open learning, one would assume making the material available online for everyone, anywhere at anytime. However, we are living in a world that still high percentage of people have no or limited access to Internet. Looking into the map above shows that in 2017, most of African countries had below 20% access […]