In this blog post I continue to anchor serious pedagogical topics (openness of Open Learning) in happy-go-lucky, not so serious 1980s cultural references (He-Man).

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In this blog post I continue to anchor serious pedagogical topics (openness of Open Learning) in happy-go-lucky, not so serious 1980s cultural references (He-Man).
Image by Mark Mags from Pixabay Topic 2 proved to be an interesting one for me – I enjoyed being able to share areas where I had some experience, and it was wonderful to learn from my PBL group members about areas of expertise and experience they had. I was able to explore even further … Continue reading Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness
Openness in education means open resources, open tools and open participation courses. It’s about sharing materials, collaboration and allowing learning. Openness requires trust. For example, I can share my materials with a Creative Commons license that requires giving appropriate credit to the licensor, but I have to trust that others know and respect the license.Continue reading “Topic 2: Leap of trust into the Openness”
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay My teaching career began in a time when computers were first starting to be implemented in schools. There were computer labs where you could book in and students would work on very simple tasks that integrated technology. In late 2008, Australia’s then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched the Digital … Continue reading Topic 1 – Online participation and digital literacies
These last weeks we have been addressing the topic 2 of the Open Networked Learning course, being the focus on open learning. I would like to reflect on two activities in which I have participated: the work in my PBL group and the OER Conference 2020. However, I will introduce first some general reflections related… Continue reading Reflections on topic 2: openness in education
Dear blog and readers, Openness in my teaching practice has not been an issue so far. Courses at our university of applied sciences (TAMK) have been targeted mainly to the degree students, who have access to e.g. our Moodle LMS, where majority of the courses reside. However, the students have been free to use the … Continue reading Reflections on Open Learning – Sharing and Openness
On Thursday, I presented together with my dear colleague Lars Uhlin our open online course Open Networked Learning during #OER20. You can find the recording here. The session started with a presentation by Bonnie Stewart, Dave Cormier and their colleagues…
This Week we talked a lot about OER (Open Educational Ressources) and our experiences with them.For me OER are an ideal tool for learning especially in higher education. I think it’s very important to publish articles and research findings in general open and free. Therefore everyone no matter of there country or status has access … Continue reading Open Educational Ressources
In times of Covid-19, openness and sharing are important! So, why not apply this to the Topic 2 “Open Learning …
For online teaching and collaborative work, these are great times. Many of our colleagues and institutions are sharing their work, and helping each other in this stressful situation. Sharing is caring and the essence of what teaching is. Unfortunately, many…
Have you ever thought about taking an online course? What about teaching one? Nowadays education has expanded beyond books and classroom walls as digital learning is establishing all over the planet in the form of open universities or online courses, s…
During my bachelors studies, around 2007, I remember I asked one of my senior’s for getting invitation to Gmail for sending e-Mails to apply for a job. I think, that is the first step to enter to digital space. That was something exciting to encounter with a new technology. As I gained access to internetContinue reading “Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies”