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Topic 2: Open learning

To share or not share?? What is Open Learning is a learning method for knowledge acquisition based on open educational resources, open-source technologies, and online communities. Open learning aims to allow pupils self-determined, independent, and interest-guided learning. It has been also focussed on collaborative study and social learning open license (creative commons) Creative Commons (CC) is an international non-profit organisation that provides free licencesContinue reading “Topic 2: Open learning”

Learning in Communities

Initially, I was hard pressed to think of a personal (non ONL) occasion of collaborative learning that moved my own thinking forward. Perhaps because I was hung up on the “learning” aspect and was therefore considering only occasions where I am wearing a “student” hat, which is inevitably more restrictive. If I take a more […]

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Learning with and from others and some challenges in the university context

What are differences between collaborative work, group work and connected learning? Why do we have to distinguish between networks and communities for learning? What are the opportunities of working consciously within the own “Personal Learning Network” and how can we avoid social loafing and other phenomens in unversity group learning settings? A Personal Learning NetworkContinue reading “Learning with and from others and some challenges in the university context”

Topic 3 – Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

The possibilities to use different technological solutions for online collaboration are endless. New tools pop up every week. I am currently involved in different communities where they use Teams, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, Box, common hard drive, BlackBoard and more. It is confusing and time-consuming to know where information is placed depending on which project I amContinue reading “Topic 3 – Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

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ONL202 Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning – PBL07

The picture visualize when a group works and it works because they practise to work together and everybody participate, they know eachothers skills and they have their roles. The work doesn´t progress if they aren´t all giving their best. Alone is not strong… but as a participant in a group, the working requires commitment, curiosity …

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Collaborative Learning

I must admit that I was really thrilled by enrolling myself in the ONL course and the interesting topics that we are discussing in our group. And the last two weeks we focused on “collaborative learning,” the purpose behind this type of learning and the relevant outcome.  Before reflecting on my own thoughts, let me […]

Poor peer pressure

The more we were discussing about collaborative online learning, the more we came back to group formations setting the tone. Obviously, assignment structures and formations set the tone as well – esp. how clear and relevant they are (Brindley et al., 2009), but let’s keep it to the group for now. How people learn in […]

Enhancing personal and collaborative learning of professionals

In my previous blog entry I mentioned that I have just taught a course “where more than half the participants have invaluable experience and expertise (practitioners working on sustainability issues from different sectors)”. This is because at my business school, we welcome each year 40 new participants in our 2-year study module on ‘Corporate Responsibility’:Continue reading “Enhancing personal and collaborative learning of professionals”

Stepping into conscious collaborative learning

Collaborative learning can be an intuitive process that takes place spontaneously when two or more students, for example, are working together on a homework exercise. But it can also be a conscious an guided learning process in which shared knowledge is created and transmitted while working towards achieving common learning goals[1]. How to make theFortsätt läsa “Stepping into conscious collaborative learning”