Blogcilitators post on online participation and digital literacies

Here is our first blogpost for the blogcilitator blog, compiled by Alexandra Wirth and Kiruthika Ragupathi. Our approach is to scan through the posts made by ONL192 participants to pick out interesting ideas and themes. We hope to provide you with a quick snapshot by weaving in your (ONL participants) thoughts and reflections for each […]

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Blog 3: Topic 3

Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning Here I want to comment on two things that I definitely see as advantages of networked collaborative learning if used wisely. Both have to do with research. I have seen many scholars form relatively static groups with potentially many people inside the group but little interaction between thoseFortsätt läsa “Blog 3: Topic 3”

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Learning Open Education Resources by doing…and through mistakes

First, let’s talk about some risks of openness…. Leraning by doing is a good approach, as they say. However, sometimes, this involves making mistakes along the way. When it comes to issues like using open resources, some caution should be taken. I learned this through my research project once, in a not-so-nice way: During theFortsätt läsa “Learning Open Education Resources by doing…and through mistakes”

OER’s – Learning to share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFeyCc6we-s The video is an introduction to using Open Education Resources (OER), the video refers to education being costly and not easily accessible as well as material not being updated which can have serious implica…

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Obstacles and possibilities with open learning

During the two weeks of topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness, my group and I have had interesting discussions about the possibilities and dangers with open resources. Most of us believe that openness is very positive, as you can take part of many kinds of different open resources; education, articles, books, illustrations, codes … Continue reading Obstacles and possibilities with open learning