As I journeyed through Topic 2, two questions formed in my mind: Are my blog and social media posts considered OER? According to UNESCO (n.d.), OERs are “learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, […]

Confusion at the start When I first read that we would be examining “Open Learning”, I had the impression that we would be discussing topics closer to “customised learning”, perhaps mostly due to the definition I Googled (see Fig. 1) but also due to articles such as Lewis (1986). Hence, I envisioned learning about how […]

Digital literacy doesn’t merely mean technical proficiency .  It has multiple dimensions including technical proficiency, communication, digital identity  and security , creation and innovation. In the current education systems educators and students have to customise their teaching and learning to fit into the current digital world. Digital literacy is an important dimension in this for […]

In Topic 1, David White introduced us to “Visitors and Residents” as a new way of mapping people’s engagement with the internet, proposing this as a replacement to Prensky’s “Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants”.  I was immediately intrigued because I have, on several occasions, quietly questioned my students’ claim to the digital native status. This […]

Echoes of a “Gen X” childhood   I grew up at the end of the non-digital age (if a label was needed, Gen X would probably be nearest the mark). In my childhood, I remember my parents buying the first desktop computer for our home running on Windows 3.11 and we had to use a […]

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Welcome to Open Networked Learning. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

Aiming for the forest When I signed up for this ONL course, I was thinking about connecting my students with other students in different parts of the world. I teach a module on workplace communication skills to undergraduate students. Most of my students are local Singaporeans. In some semesters, I get international students in my […]

It’s been an adventure for me at Open Networked Learning (ONL231)! This is my first time writing a public blog and I’m still getting used to writing reflections. This post in itself, is an opportunity for me to develop my own digital literacy as a lifelong learner. Having attended a few online/blended courses the past few […]

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What would you like ChatGPT to do for you, as a learner, educator, leader, friend, family member? What would you NOT want it to do?