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Topic 3 – Learning in communities – Networked Collaborative Learning

I have been thinking on learning and teaching much lately. Our topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning – is, I must admit, a little bit out of my comfort zone, even if I had good learning experiences using collaborative learning. I believe it is a little bit out of my comfort zoneContinue reading “Topic 3 – Learning in communities – Networked Collaborative Learning”

This got me thinking……

When thinking back on my years in different levels of education there’s always been an obvious preconception from teachers that everyone knows how to collaborate to solve a group task. Later as a teacher, I too took this for granted, never giving it much thought. The result, both in my own education and amongst my […]

Topic 3 : Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning.

Learning in communities can easily be confused with group work. In our group’s discussions, Rafi shared a comprehensive definition of collaborative learning. This definition can be paraphrased to describe collaborative learning as broad overarching term encompassing the efforts of teachers and students. Collaborative learning includes a variety of approaches, tools and techniques. Individuals in the… Continue reading Topic 3 : Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning.

Welcome to topic 4 – Design for online and blended learning

We hope that you all at this point of time in the course feel quite well-settled with the ONL learning environment and that you have found a good structure for your studies and PBL group work. It seems that the previous topic on Learning in communities was inspiring and engaged you in good discussions and […]

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Topic 3 The “pioneer in unfamiliar terrain” PNL and Online (OL) Collaboration

In our PBL-group 11+6- my Learning community for the moment, we try to follow the FISH document for Problem Based Learning- we read the scenario together, brainstorm (which is more like a mix of questions, opinions, experiences etc- all in one…), then take individual time to figure out personal questions until next OL-meeting when weFortsätt läsa “Topic 3 The “pioneer in unfamiliar terrain” PNL and Online (OL) Collaboration”

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Diversity and Motivation in Collaborative Learning

Collaborative learning is an integral part of university teachers’ work, but also one of the 21st century working life skills that we are trying to teach our students. However, as we all know some learning communities work better than others. While this topic was really interesting and there would be so much to say, I […]

Open or closed?

The second topic of ONL 192 was about openness in teaching and learning. Although the focus of the course is online learning, this particular topic is very relevant to many kinds of teaching. From my experience in working with classical music (primarily instrumentalists and chamber music), open (masterclassses) and closed (private lessons) teaching play outFortsätt läsa “Open or closed?”