Openness refers to transparency, which is usually seen as accessing to information freely. However, in practice, I think openness should be applied and seen in a wider perspective. Openness should be considered at two major levels, which are (i) content or information, and (ii) raw data. Openness in higher education and research requires higher level […]

Today, perhaps more of our time is spent on online interactions compared to those taking place in ‘real life’. Hence, the This week’s topic (i..e, online participation and digital literacies) was interesting and relevant for both educational and personal reasons. The first activity for this topic was the webinar by D. White who held anContinue reading “On Spaces and Roles”

Cyberspace can be huge and scary. In fact, it can be considered as several parallel worlds if you count the number of tools and platforms that are used by each person in the physical world. Of course, not everyone is living in these parallel worlds and those who live there can be categorized into two groups of natives […]

Cyberspace can be huge and scary. In fact, it can be considered as several parallel worlds if you count the number of tools and platforms that are used by each person in the physical world. Of course, not everyone is living in these parallel worlds and those who live there can be categorized into two groups of natives […]

We have finished 4 meeting sessions discussing on Topic 1. I would like to acknowledge the moderator, the facilitator and all our group members for a great experience towards this journey. It was a great practice together, specially using Padlet for collaborative work. The first topic on “online participation & digital literacies” was very interesting […]

Hejsan nätverk! The first topic of ONL 202 is now almost completed. This topic was focused on online participation and digital literacies. Our group, Group 13, has worked on a scenario about a teacher who is struggling to engage into digitalized participation in the context of an online course. The FISh (Focus – Investigate –Continue reading “Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies”

To be continued…

To be continued…

During and after my graduate studies, I have taken many different courses in different formats and shapes. Almost all of these courses have been rather ‘typical’ in that they involved people (i.e., students and teachers) who are physically co-located and adopted standard pedagogical tools (e.g., reading & writing assignments, classroom discussions, presentations etc.). When IContinue reading “Connecting Week Reflections”

Hello Everyone, My name is Adesuwa Omorede and i am a lecturer and researcher at Mälardalen University. I work within the division of innovation management and sit in Eskilstuna, Sweden. I teach 50% and research for the remaining 50% of my time. For teaching, i teach undergraduate and graduate courses and some of my subjectsContinue reading “Hello!”