Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

In this topic, we were to shift our focus from participation in a learning environment to how to support and design learning, both face-to-face learning, blended learning as well as e-learning (ONL webside, 2020). The definition of blended learning in higher education is “the organic integration of thoughtfully selected and complementary face-to-face and online approaches”Fortsätt läsa “Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning”

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

In this topic, we were to shift our focus from participation in a learning environment to how to support and design learning, both face-to-face learning, blended learning as well as e-learning (ONL webside, 2020). The definition of blended learning in higher education is “the organic integration of thoughtfully selected and complementary face-to-face and online approaches”Fortsätt läsa “Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning”

Design for Blended Learning

Although I have heard about blended learning (Cleveland-Innes & Wilton, 2018) for some years now, I have not been enthusiastic in applying it. To be clear, I value the benefit of using online platform to enhance learning. I have been practicing it, too. I have put my teaching materials online, I have posted the learning […]

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

This topic was from the beginning quite challenging to grasp, but the book Guide to BLENDED LEARNING written by Martha Cleveland-Innes and Dan Wilton helped to understand the topic. The three models of blended learning discussed in the book are interesting and I believe that model 3 is the one that suits best in these […]

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CoI for dummies

 As a person with my head in the stiff natural sciences I can sometimes find text and wording about pedagogic theories difficult to understand. There are so many sentences explaining the same thing! At least that is how I perceive it. So I often h…

Topic 4

During this journey a teacher pointed out that that “cognitive presence relates to what you talk about now and social presence is related to communities and sense of belonging”. I think this is important to keep in mind, although I thought the topic would only relate to different design tools and how to use them […]

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

My teaching experience from higher education includes on-site teaching and digital/online teaching.  Both formats offer possibilities and challenges, and perhaps a mix of both formats is the best, in form of blended learning. However, for now, I will elaborate on the shift from on-site to digital/online teaching. Possibilities with digital/online teaching have been exploring aFortsätt läsa “Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning”