Whose design is it anyway? Posted on May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 by Liezel Sonn When designing for online and blended learning, it’s very important to consider WHO you are designing for and what their MOTIVATION for learning is.The CoI model is a very useful tool for understanding the learner. Once you can fully grasp the so…
The Future is Blended Posted on May 9, 2021 by KHO Su Yian While I like blended learning because the learning environment and tools can be expanded to accommodate different types of learners with different schedules, paces of learning and communication preferences, I personally do not enjoy hybrid classes. Having students simultaneously in the classroom and online in my experience is a sub-optimal situation, as the teacher isContinue reading “The Future is Blended”
Let’s design and facilitate good learning experiences! Posted on May 9, 2021 by Christian Coenen Looking at the climax our journey has taken since Topic 1, it is clear that Topic 4 with the educator perspective brings us back into the role of learning designer and enabler that we all are. I like the metaphor of a DJ using the devices to create and design a good experience for the“Let’s design and facilitate good learning experiences!” weiterlesen
Collaborative Learning: Educational Excellence Posted on May 9, 2021 by Tayo Fadahunsi Collaborative Learning (CL) entails working in groups of two or more, mutually searching for understanding, solutions, or meanings. CL represents a significant shift away from the typical teacher-centered or lecture-centered milieu in college classrooms. Laal & Laal (2012) posit that a good way to understand what CL means is to refer to the definitions presentedContinue reading “Collaborative Learning: Educational Excellence”
An eye-opening experience on open education Posted on May 9, 2021 by Sarah Franke When it comes down to open education, I must truly admit topic 2 was a real eye-opener for me. As an e-learning designer I knew about open educational resources (OER) already for a long time and I also had heard of Creative Commons licenses before. But my limited knowledge reduced my actions to search for“An eye-opening experience on open education” weiterlesen
Exploring the synergies of active learning in a community of inquiry Posted on May 9, 2021 by Anita Lim Topic 4 has been a challenging mountain to climb. In writing this blog, I was to consider the perspective of the educator in designing for learning. The perspectives of learners and teachers are different. And being on the other side as a learner during the ONL211 journey has shed light on what it is likeContinue reading “Exploring the synergies of active learning in a community of inquiry”
When the Group becomes a Team Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Liezel Sonn Based on my experience in the classroom as a lecturer, I’ve seen how group work can either yield brilliant results or fail dismally. What makes the difference in these groups? What is the success or failure based on? We can site all the…
When the Group becomes a Team Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Liezel Sonn Based on my experience in the classroom as a lecturer, I’ve seen how group work can either yield brilliant results or fail dismally. What makes the difference in these groups? What is the success or failure based on? We can site all the…
Social Presence & Design Thinking In Instructional Design Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Martin Siaw Reading the tweets on the Twitter session on Blended Learning was like being given new prescription glasses. Everything that was blurry before suddenly becomes clear. However, there were two threads of discussion that I still struggled…
Learning Designer – Good Tool Posted on May 8, 2021May 8, 2021 by Martin Siaw It is indeed my good fortune today to chance upon Group 5’s posting on Blended Learning. Finally, all the random thoughts, ideas and questions I had drifting in my head are streamlined and crystallised. Here’s the big picture:The learning …
ONL211-TOPIC 4 Posted on May 8, 2021 by Michail Galanakis blended and online teaching and learning and design frameworks Hi! In our PBL#6 group work I looked into the asynchronous activities in blended learning. My very brief and rather superficial review of the literature suggested by ONL211 yielded the text you may browse below, titled “Elaboration”. The text is a review and light reflexion of […]
The perfect blend – an analogy between cocktails and blended learning Posted on May 7, 2021 by Sarah Franke Designing a blended learning course is much like mixing a cocktail. You have never mixed a cocktail before? Well here we go: Select the recipe (Cocktail or Longdrink, alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Organize the accessories and the ingredients. Mix the cocktail. Maybe add some decoration. Enjoy the cocktail. So basically, this quite corresponds to the steps“The perfect blend – an analogy between cocktails and blended learning” weiterlesen
