This is the last week of the ONL181 course. Our task is to summarize what we have learned and how it may affect our internship. Therefore, I have asked myself what I’m taking with me and how I think it will change my educational approach in blended learning. The first thing I want to highlight …

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The fourth topic in the ONL 181 course was about design for online and blended learning. This is something that I think all teachers should thinking about. When I’m in a physical classroom together with a group of students, we can hear and see each other. But in online and blended learning, often written communication …

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I believe in collaboration. I think that when multiple persons perspective and preunderstanding are used to try to understand a knowledge area or problem, it will be better. Partly because their own limited understanding can be complemented by others’ understanding. Partly because collaboration is based on communication and in communication with others, I have the …

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To me, open education is an exciting thought. Openness in the sense that the educational material used can be shared and reworked by anyone other than the person who created the material. Openness in the sense of giving the opportunity to follow a course without difficult application procedures. But something that is not as often …

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The first topic of the ONL181 course has a scenario that we in our group chose to interpret as a teacher’s fear of publishing their online teaching materials. During the weeks I have been thinking about what it is that makes us fear the kind of changes that the digitalization of school means. Last week …

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