Reflective post on PK’s blog Topic 5 Posted on May 9, 2019 by Patrik Klintenberg “Champagne at the Winery” by Tom Coates is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Reflecting on my learnings from attending the OLN191 course It is amazing how quick time passes when you have fun. When the ONL course started I was attending a project meeting in Maputo, the capitol of Mozambique. I logged in to the … Continue reading “Reflective post on PK’s blog Topic 5”
Increase in Blended Learning Posted on May 9, 2019 by Feroza Bhyat #ONL – Topic 4 South Africa is moving towards the fourth industrial revolution. Higher Education Institutions have increased their offerings to online or blended learning courses. Blended learning has been a more softer approach to the immigration from historical face-to-face courses and re-designed to be offered online. Why the blended approach? The purpose of online … Continue reading Increase in Blended Learning
After the ONL journey Posted on May 9, 2019 by Katarzyna Bobrowicz I joined the Open Networked Learning Course because I wanted to hone my digital skills. Beforehand, I would always use Skype which caused so many problems that I would always choose meeting someone in person if possible. I heard about, but never used Padlet or other digital tools that would support collaborative/cooperative work online. Now, … Continue reading After the ONL journey →
Widening understanding – summing up ONL 191 Posted on May 8, 2019 by Noora Lohi I will sum up the learning from the course by answering some questions posed to us be the course leaders. What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? Discussions in the group, co-creation of knowledge and deepening understanding together Understanding the importance of social context for … Continue reading Widening understanding – summing up ONL 191 →
End of ONL 191 – start of a new teaching mindset Posted on May 8, 2019 by Olof Hertting At the very beginning of the ONL 191 course I summarized my initial feelings about the course with THREE words: CONFUSION, SCEPTICISM and CURIOSITY. When I now, months later try to summarize and reflect upon what the important things I have learnt, two new words come up, one stayed: TRUST, LITERACY, CURIOSITY. I will try … Fortsätt läsa End of ONL 191 – start of a new teaching mindset
Blended Learning environments and Community of Inquiry Posted on May 8, 2019 by Intekhab Islam When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion. -Dale Carnegie Online courses and blended learning come with their own challenges. However, reaching out and connecting with participants seems to be a major bottle neck. The community of inquiry is a promising methodology for the fusion of … Continue reading Blended Learning environments and Community of Inquiry
Online and blended learning – how to design and support learning Posted on May 6, 2019 by Maria Sandborgh During this fourth topic we have discussed both blended learning and online courses from the perspective of the Community of Inquiry Conceptual Framework (Vaughan, Cleveland-Innes, Garrison, 2013). Briefly this framework is about the social, cognitive and teaching presence needed to promote learning. Salmon (2013) conducted an inspiring webinar in which she also advocated the importance … Continue reading Online and blended learning – how to design and support learning →
Blended Learning Posted on May 6, 2019 by Alexia Cox Thinking back to my past life as an L&D consultant, blended learning has been part of my routine for about the past 10 years. When starting out my learners had to complete their online content, which was content heavy and laborious. Then we would go to class and go through the same information all over … Continue reading Blended Learning →
Blended Learning Posted on May 6, 2019 by Alexia Cox Thinking back to my past life as an L&D consultant, blended learning has been part of my routine for about the past 10 years. When starting out my learners had to complete their online content, which was content heavy and laborious. Then we would go to class and go through the same information all over … Continue reading Blended Learning →
Pedagogical Solitude Posted on May 6, 2019 by Levan Tsagareli Photo by Keegan Houser on Unsplash After having read the articles listed under topic 3 I realized that they implied some news about me as a teacher and instructor. The good news is that I am on the right way in my teaching practice, or at least it seems to me that I do … Continue reading Pedagogical Solitude
Reflections on Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness Posted on May 6, 2019 by Fazilat Siddiq Now, it has been sometime since my last post. However, I have been thinking a lot about it, just could not find time to sit down and do the actual writing. And here is an interesting reflection on (my)self – I actually look forward to the writing, and it has become a way of relaxing … Continue reading Reflections on Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness →
DEODATUS OFFICIAL PAGE 2019-05-06 13:12:00 Posted on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 by Deodatus Sabas I have a background in educational psychology and I have being teaching the same since 2011 to 2017 before I went for masters in information studies, where I am currently working as an academic librarian at the Muhimbili university of…
