Online participation and digital literacies: making sense of a brain stew

Fully immersed in the first topic of the ONL-course, I’m aware that it is much more time-consuming than I anticipated, despite the fact that all participants were warned about this. ‘Online participation and digital literacies’ is a challenging topic, though, and a fun one at that. I’m sure that in a scan, my brain looksFortsätt läsa “Online participation and digital literacies: making sense of a brain stew”

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Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies

Digital and information literacies are the skills, knowledge and understanding that underpin our ability to learn, undertake research and to teach in a digital age. It is vital that LSE students and staff develop critical, creative, discerning and safe practices when engaging with information in the academic environment.” Digital and information literacies are the skills,Continue reading “Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies”

My digital presence along a vertical

Moving back-and-forth: Digital Visitors or Residents

Over the past two weeks, we have been diving deep into the first topic of the Online Networked Learning course: Online participation and digital literacies, starting with a webinar by David White and Jörg Pareigis. The concepts of ‘Digital Natives and Immigrants’ (Prensky, 2001) and ‘Visitors and Residents’ (White & Le Cornu, 2011) were discussed… Continue reading Moving back-and-forth: Digital Visitors or Residents

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Digital Literacy

When I first saw the topic of Digital Literacy, I had thought that the course would be about an overview of the various digital tools for teaching and learning, sharing best practices of using digital tools or hands on experience about using digital tools. As it turns out, the topic is more than just about […]

Online participation

First real project work in the coures has now begun. Must say it was all a bit confusing at first, but now I feel I have gotten the hang on what the course is about. The topic of online participation is an interesting one, and now with COVID-19 forcing…

Topic 1: Contextualized Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy is Contextualized: Residents in Facebook/twitter does not equal resident in Canvas/Zoom I am skeptical about the term “digital native.” The relationship between young generation and technology requires more nuanced understanding. In my opinion, it is risky if the educators take students’ digital literacy for granted and downplay the necessity of the support system thatContinue reading “Topic 1: Contextualized Digital Literacy”

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breakfast cereal

The scenario for the week reminds me of a movie called the “Hurt Locker”. Here, the main actor (dunno his name) of the movie bravely enters a super market, only to be faced with the daunting task of staring down the isl of countless boxes of breakfast cereals, doing all of this with the infinitely […]

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Getting my blog started

Welcome to my blog dedicated to reflections on the onl202 course! As I am new to blogging I needed some introduction to get started, and today I was offered such help through an online tutorial provided by Karlstad University. This introduction taught me the basics sufficient to do my first blog post, but I also […]

Topic 1 reflection

In the topic 1, the case was about a tutor’s new experience with new IT world. Indeed, the story indicated some unpleasant experiences which I also encountered a little bit. Be honestly, what I learn more is not from the case. I learn more from the process of the discussion with the PBL group 6. […]