#ONL211 – Page 20 – Open Networked Learning

Topic 3: Learning in communities

Posted on April 11, 2021April 12, 2021 by Alastair CreelmanLeave a Comment

In this topic we will be investigating the power of learning in communities and networked collaboration. This is what you are already experiencing in your groups and in the ONL211 community itself but we will look at how we can form communities and how they differ from networks. We also invite you to consider your […]

What is open pedagogy?

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Krysta McNutt

Definitions of open educational practices range but consistently focus on fostering learner activity and agency. (Bali, Cronin, Jhangiani, 2020). As asserted by Wiley, Lambert, and Cronin, OEP has largely escaped definition; often blurred with eLearning, online learning, and advances in … Continue reading →

Creative Commons for Education

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Hafizah Osman

Google is to web search, as Kleenex is to facial tissue. In fact, having googled the answer myself, I found out that google, the verb, is a proper English term. It has been since 2006. according to this article on Wired.com. We appreciate the efficiency and accuracy of the Google algorithm to get us the resources we want. Next, we select the ones relevant to …

A web of thoughts- Reflections of topic 2

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Christina Fjaeraa Alfredsson

Struggling to get a grasp.. Ok, a blog post about topic 2.. I realize that this will be a bit difficult for me to compose. I have met several ONL participants the recent week which have said that in their opinion, topic 2 was more tangible and easier for them to approach compared to topic … Fortsätt läsa “A web of thoughts- Reflections of topic 2”

A relationship of sharing

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Joanna Kedra

How to think about openness and open resources in education? Am I able to, as a teacher who spends hours …

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Topic 1 – Online participation and digital literacies

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Keshnie Govender

Due to Covid 19 we were all thrust into the virtual world of on line meetings. However, my on line participation drastically increased during this period. I am no fundi in teams or zoom meetings but my knowledge has grown in leaps and bounds. Being a novice to PBL, I was unsure of it workings.Continue reading “Topic 1 – Online participation and digital literacies”

Yipeee, my first official blog.

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Keshnie Govender

As I am embark on this journey I am super excited yet apprehensive. I have always read blogs and found the narratives interesting and one day said hopefully I will get the courage to express myself. Well that one day is here due to ONL which gave me the push. As a novice blogger gettingContinue reading “Yipeee, my first official blog.”

The Open Road

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Nina Ernst

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,Healthy, free, the world before me,The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. (from Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman) In the last few weeks we have all explored openness and sharing, topic 2 on this course, and I have thought much about … Continue reading “The Open Road”

How open is open?

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Sarada Bulchand

The team sessions and webinars of the last few weeks have made me wonder about the boundaries of openness. Who defines them? Is it the individual, the organization, or perhaps the circumstance and need? Making students’ work public or sharing them within a closed group has been debated in several institutes of higher learning. Also,Continue reading “How open is open?”

Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness – Reflections by Chamara

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Chamara Kumara

Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and OpennessThis was also an eye-opening week for me. Stepped on to a topic which I my self has used while I was doing my PhD studies, but never thought about it too much. After listening to the Ted talk&nbsp…

My reflection week

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Anna Aldenius

I have thought a lot about both working in a PBL-group and daring to work with new technical tools. This week I dared to try a new tool that I ALMOST managed to use, but unfortunately I did not quite succeed …

Topic 2. Lights and Shadows of Open Education

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Cristina Paniagua

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom George Washington Carver The introduction of the Internet changed the world as we knew it. Today we can access any resource from any location. Education is not an exception. Some assert that online courses carry the potential to revolutionize the boundaries of modern learningContinue reading “Topic 2. Lights and Shadows of Open Education”