As an educator, I have always prioritized engagements of learner to learner and learner to instructor level. However, in an online learning environment, I have learnt that learner to content engagement is equally important as well. Based on my readings, here is an outline of the different types of engagements and it’s strategies. It isContinue reading “Our Strength lies in Community Interactions & Engagements”

Learning to collaborate and collaborating to learn, both keep me wondering about best practices in building communities of practice (CoP). Whether in academia or the corporate sector, collaborations have become an essential element to the success of a project. Is it easy to bring a community together? Perhaps yes, with suitable inspiration and the rightContinue reading “Collaborate to build a Community of Practice”

There is a logical trajectory on this ONL211 course, where we began with the initial journey into open networked learning, the challenges related to open access and now in topic 3, how those already on the network collaborate. One of the articles that we looked into highlighted the frustration that people experience — for variousContinue reading “The Topic 3 Blog: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

On Thursday, April 22nd, I participated in the tweet chat with Kay Oddone and Alastair Creelman about collaborative and networked learning. It was my second conversation on Twitter, first one being the conversation held in March with David White. This time there were less people participating which unfortunately had a great impact on the dynamicContinue reading “Discovering Twitter”

Learning in Communities – networked collaborative learning We are more than halfway through ONL211. PBL6 ran into stormy waters. Emotions were high as we navigated different time zones, cultural differences and personalities in the vast sea of learning in communities and networks. One recurring theme in our voyage has been what to focus on asContinue reading “Knots and teams-what do they have in common?”

COVID-19 has taught us strategies to adapt with life and carry on with daily living. Since the pandemic, travel has not been the same. Our ONL211 open network platform is a timely initiative that reminded me that without travel, beyond the borders, all of us could still engage in collaborative learning in communities. In myContinue reading “Connected to the World with a ‘Click’: Collaborative Learning In Communities”

I would like to thank Alan & Hafizah for their greatest support in this online journey & mentoring digital literacy (DL) via ONL211, its very good to opportunity to meet people global wide. It provides not only ideas but also resources to inspire the strategic development, academic/professional practices supported by various DL technologies, those capabilities … Continue reading Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacy

Where and what is my network? Is it in the virtual world? Because the virtual is also real, tangible. Who says learning has to be defined by a course material, a science, a topic, a concept. So they say my best textbook is every patient encounter. So are they also my personal learning network? DEFINITION,Continue reading “PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK”

The new topic of ‘Open Learning’ surfaced ideological positions related to education as a whole. Should we share our resources and knowledge with the world, now that more than ever we have the ability to do so? Is education a private or a public good? This is a binary that I have mulled over beforeContinue reading “The Topic 2 Blog: Open Learning – sharing and openness”