Why blend? How to make a good blend? Constructive alignment and focus on what the student does (Biggs & Tang, 2007) is a goal for me, and has been for a long time. It is easy, when you feel unsecure, to focus on what you yourself are doing. And tha…

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Why blend? How to make a good blend? Constructive alignment and focus on what the student does (Biggs & Tang, 2007) is a goal for me, and has been for a long time. It is easy, when you feel unsecure, to focus on what you yourself are doing. And tha…
Let us look at the rationality of this statement not in a modest and selfish way. Yes Holland bench is better than Bafana bench. Why fly all the way to warm a bench here? Baxter and company must check first if they need an overseas player to play on the day. If not don’t bring … Continue reading RATHER MY SOFA THAN BAFANA’S BENCH
To learn together onlineTopic 3 in the ONL172 course is “Learning in communities – networked & collaborative learning”. It has been an interesting subject:I think I’m like most peaople: I like to collaborate. But I think it sometimes is easier to “…
I think open education can contribute to a more collective learning approach in all kind of higher education. Maybe we can go so far as knowing where to find good OER examples for my own teaching is a key factor for a good teacher in the near future? M…
I am a curios person, so I was always interested in learning new things. Maybe that´s why i tried programming in about 1981, when I was about 10. So I started my digital journey early. Then I studied a technical program and became a ICT devel…
This first week was i real learning curve: Who are we? What´s this course about really? What should we do? And what should I do?We had two webinars, they were great. We were polite and listening. Everyone is eager to learn. But did we move forward? I d…
Hi,I’m starting this blog to reflect on my learning in the online cure during the online course ONL172, Open Networked Learning autumn 2017.I work at Mälardalen University with helping teatchers develop their education with ICT. My work is mostly helpi…
Every end is the beginning of a new journey! It holds true for me! For many years, learning in communities has been something that I wanted to do well. I wanted to explore on building, fostering and sustaining a community of practice, and to understa…
Blended learning is a concept that is understood differently by different instructors. This is largely due to the varying definitions that one can find on blended learning. Not only is it defined in multiple ways, but is also known in many ways – Blen…
Davidson et. al (2014) studied the small-group learning approaches, namely the cooperative, collaborative, problem-based, and team-based learning. They highlighted key differences and similarities between these various approaches. I was more interested…
Learning in communities – why is this important to me? Recently when I started on a course on open networked learning (ONL course), what drew me to this was the concept of learning in communities. In particular, the topic on “learning in communities – …
“Openness is the breath of life for education and research. Resources created by educators and researchers should be open for anyone to use and reuse” – D’Antoni and Savage (2009) When we say “Openness in Education”, are we referring – Is it being open…