#ONL192 – Page 23 – Open Networked Learning

Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Posted on November 3, 2019November 14, 2019 by Joanne Kirby

I am a Lead for this topic so I decided to get a head start on the blogging and will add more as I go along. I like being well-prepared for the group meetings so I have already watched the 2 videos, and read the literature. I found some interesting web…

Let’s go open?

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Lara Carvalho

Opportunities and challenges of open online coursesAs a researcher, starting to give my first steps in online teaching, I felt the need to dig into the various types of online courses and how they work. Apparently, there are many different formats of o…

Topic 2: open learning – sharing and openness

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Dirk Möller

Very exciting topic. It affects both, teachers and learners. Everyone can benefit from it, but everyone must be willing to share. And maybe that’s the sticking point … Sharing and openness The idea of sharing my materials openly for online courses has set a defense mechanism in my mind. I’ve spent much much time inContinue reading “Topic 2: open learning – sharing and openness”

I have a dream

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Per Sandén

I am clearly in favour of a completely open education. Open access to literature, open educational resources, no tuition fees, open educational practice, open pedagogics and completely inclusive to all learners irrespective of their functional diversity or socio-economic status. Yes, I know that this is impossible, but that is my dream. I am not thatContinue reading “I have a dream”

Topic 2

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Jan-Anders Ray

In relation to this topic, when we discussed what “open” really means, I came across an article by Sören Jonsson in my local paper, “Finland celebrates 10 years of open data” (2019), that I find has a bearing also on the concept of openness in education. In the article, open data is defined as “publicContinue reading “Topic 2”

OER for sharing knowledge and research

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Cecilie Aurvoll

https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/chapter/section-7-5-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-moocs/Universities have a responsibility for sharing research and knowledge, not only to students and fellow researchers, but to the rest of the soci…

Digital Literacy, anyone?

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Eugene Macalinga

The past few weeks have been a roller-coaster ride for me in terms of learning. I’m on a high when I am able to catch-up with the new online platforms that are shared in our ONL group. It’s such a joy when you learn new things, in this case, new online tools that I’ve neverContinue reading “Digital Literacy, anyone?”

Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Dirk Möller

Sitting with a nice glass of red wine and thinking about the past few weeks of Open Networked Learning. Many new impressions, nice new colleagues in the online sessions, many hurdles (or challenges) to solve… … but it is a fascinating journey with so many new impressions, ideas and possibilities. Topic 1: Online participation andContinue reading “Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies”

Open Learning – sharing and openness

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Esther Bättig Neusch

“The underlying forces driving the development of open education are the basic human needs to learn and grew throughout every stage of life.” P. Blessinger and J. P. Anchan (2015) Open Education has accompanied me in my professional environment for several years. We deal mainly with conceptional and practical aspects of creating, sharing, and reusing […]

I’m all for open education, so why is it so difficult to make my own courses open?

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Susan Gamache

Picture by opensource.com Open educational resources (OER) are “teaching, learning, and research resources that, through permissions granted by the copyright holder, allow others to use, distribute, keep, or make changes to them.” (BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide). In principle, I support opening education and can immediately think about the various benefits that it offers. However, […]

Topic 1

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jan-Anders Ray

I finally get around to reflecting on the first topic of the course. Well, in truth, I have reflected on the topic all along, but simply haven’t gotten around to write anything down until now. We had really interesting discussions in our PBL group, and I enjoyed collaborating through Zoom, Coggle, Padlet and Google Docs.Continue reading “Topic 1”

Topic 2 Open Learning: Sharing and Openness

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jamie Murugan

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