During our PBL work on this topic it first seemed to me as if we got routed away from the original scenario or topic. We chose to work a real course example which was really interesting for us. However, actually we were not that far off in the end. We still digested the Community ofContinue reading “Design for online and blended learning”

I am running really late with my blog post this time. ‘Life’ happens and several commitments create conflicts. – Anyways, I try to dedicate at least a bit of time to reflect on these weeks’ topic. My PBL group mainly focused on collaboration and what facilitates it in online communities. In the end, we realizedContinue reading “Believe in collaboration”

Two very busy weeks on topic 3. Co-leading this topic was a little bit more work than expected and I was heavily involved in learning about collaboration and collaborating myself. Looking into my last blog post I ended up with being really glad t…

What does openness mean for me personally and for my professional practice? Certainly, I share ideas/thoughts regularly with colleagues and friends. This usually happens in meetings or spontaneously, when getting somewhere together, and mostly in a pe…

These weeks’ topic is openness. With this one, I have struggled a bit to get into it. The materials did not seem too appealing to me at first and in the webinar I had difficulties to really get involved. My initial impression was “Openness? Sure, it’s a good thing. You should be open. What is […]

Since the beginning of ONL I was wondering, why there is no LMS (= Learning Management System) used in ONL? Online learning and teaching without  LMS? Not possible! There can be no better place to make sure, all students get all course informatio…

That clip is nearly 10 years old, we should remember, what he is talking about: Open means sharing and being generous. I like that?I laughed at that line from the TED-Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb0syrgsH6M) from David Wiley.Regarding Reflec…

Starting with this topic on online participation, digital literacy and identities I first read about the seven elements of digital literacies. Some I knew, most not. Two elements got my attention: Communications & collaboration (1) and Career &amp…

I could immediately relate to the idea that digital literacies must be plural or that digital literacy has many dimensions. And, again, I was very impressed by the webinar with so many participants. Wow. Applying David White’s concept of a continuum between visitor/resident mode and personal/institutional use I yield a trend of a diagonal from […]

Photo: Banter Snapshttps://unsplash.com/photos/N0hj8Zxte7Q About meMy name is Bianca and I work at University of Oldenburg, Germany, in our Center for Lifelong Learning. We offer part-time study programs for professionals. I am responsible for developi…

Welcome to the blog! With three small children, sleep is often a scarce commodity, so humour and hope (and coffee 😉 ) are all the more important.I am looking forward to the upcoming learning experience and about an interesting exchange in the who…