The class was an interesting journey. I was very lucky to have a great group and amazing facilitators. We had meetings and interesting discussions, and I really liked how people were able to collaborate almost immediately. The FISh document helped a lot, and I think I will use this approach in some of my courses.Continue reading “Topic 5: Reflections”
Lessons learnt – future practice
(Credit: World Bank) Grande finale: Reflections on the ONL experience The Open Networked Learning 192 is over. The experience has been marvelous and the Wednesdays (and in some cases Fridays) are not going to be the same without the weekly online discussions with my group, the PBL14. Through this experience, I have learned a lotContinue reading “Lessons learnt – future practice”
Topic 4: Online and Blended Learning
My experience is on developing and conducting blended learning classes in Software Engineering. I did not have the opportunity to develop fully online classes, and my first participation in an online class is in ONL. Let’s start with a short definition of what I mean by blended learning: it is a combination of face-to-face andContinue reading “Topic 4: Online and Blended Learning”
Topic 3: Learning in communities
My personal experience in online collaboration extends to using learning management systems, chat platforms and document sharing platforms (and email). These experiences have always been complemented by having face-to-face meetings from time to time. I used two major platforms to communicate for collaboration with my teaching assistants: WhatsApp and Slack. I find each of themContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in communities”
Rhythm, flexibility, activity – Summarising the ONL experience
In this blog post I will summarise what I think are the most important things that I have learnt during the course and also touch upon how my learning will influence my professional practice. Rhythm Every course, whether it is online or not, has a rhythm. In this course the rhythm has been the pace … Continue reading Rhythm, flexibility, activity – Summarising the ONL experience
Blended bachelor: A collaborative learning experience stretched in time
In this blog post, I have chosen to reflect on an occasion when real collaborative learning took place, that moved my own thinking forward. In the beginning of 2000 I studied a full-time bachelor programme. It was a campus programme, but because of the subject matter (ICT and learning) many of the courses had elements … Continue reading Blended bachelor: A collaborative learning experience stretched in time
Roads ahead in guiding colleagues about online and blended learning
The topic Design for online and blended learning have been the most challenging topic so far in the ONL-course. Even if I have experienced both being a student and a teacher in online and blended learning, I am still struggling when taking the position to guide colleagues in re(designing) their courses for online or blended. … Continue reading Roads ahead in guiding colleagues about online and blended learning
Topic 2: To be or not to be… open
The second topic in ONL was dedicated to openness in ones courses and materials. Inthis post, I will focus on openness on sharing educational materials, and not on being open (approachable) as on a personal level.Many people are generally open in sharing material, but many of the materials do not have a clear source andContinue reading “Topic 2: To be or not to be… open”
Public scenes and training arenas – reflections on open and closed technologies for teaching and learning
One main take home message from Topic 2: Open education is that open and closed should be seen as ends on a continuum rather than two fixed categories (we discussed this with Creelman and Oddone during the webinar). If continuing that line of reasoning, it becomes interesting to reflect upon how you position yourself on … Continue reading Public scenes and training arenas – reflections on open and closed technologies for teaching and learning
Topic 1: Online Public Activities
After discussing this topic with my group, I have a few reflections related to three major topics. Firstly, the technical difficulties of using tools in teaching do not seem to be a huge issue once you go through a short initial training period (this is my bias computer scientist’s opinion). The more challenging part would […]
Thriving by pruning: Living online in retrospect
In this blog post, I will discuss who I am in the digital era and what have characterized my journey this far. I will do this by comparing my current state with how it looked like for five years ago, utilising the visitor-resident model. I have been living online for many years, having a presence … Continue reading Thriving by pruning: Living online in retrospect
Thriving by pruning: Living online in retrospect
In this blog post, I will discuss who I am in the digital era and what have characterized my journey this far. I will do this by comparing my current state with how it looked like for five years ago, utilising the visitor-resident model. I have been living online for many years, having a presence … Continue reading Thriving by pruning: Living online in retrospect