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Learning is like an umbrella – it functions best when open

We are living in a sharing economy. Some platforms specialise in car sharing or flat sharing, others offer variants such as book and jewellery sharing. Even exchange platforms for tools are part of the almost unmanageable landscape. The basic idea underlying all of this is the idea of benefit without ownership. The user can benefit“Learning is like an umbrella – it functions best when open” weiterlesen

Digital Literacy(ies?)

The concept of literacy has become more multi-faceted and complex as technology, pedagogy and social consciousness have progressed. Just being able to read and write in one language is no longer sufficient in today’s society and workplace. Today it’s widely acknowledged that there are multiple literacies and literacies are not necessarily universal, but contextual toContinue reading “Digital Literacy(ies?)”

Openness Learning: Weighing the Pros & Cons of Quality Assurance

Prior to learning about topic 2, I was wondering about the quality assurance of resources in Open Learning platform. However, at the completion of Topic 2, I feel that my perceptions towards open learning has changed- it is not that bad after all! I analyzed the concept of quality assurance in relation to openness learningContinue reading “Openness Learning: Weighing the Pros & Cons of Quality Assurance”

If digital literacy forms your personality

The first association for openness in today’s world is, at least for me, connected to digital means and access. Even though the technical requirements for digital equipment would be fulfilled, there is more needed to acquire digital literacy. According to Beetham and Sharpe (2010), apart from technological knowledge, digital skills also include skills and motivations.Continue reading “If digital literacy forms your personality”

Maybe next year

March 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has shocked the world, and in Sweden, schools are beginning to move from the physical classrooms to digital learning environments. I am told to cancel all physical meetings at work, and to only schedule online teaching with my university students. Keep an open mind, we’re told – find new solutions,… Continue reading Maybe next year

Topic 2 – Thoughts on product design – the open course case

The most important educational product that a faculty develops is a course. We might develop various teaching materials independent of courses but the course is the primary component of university education, which is the chief occupation of the faculty. Alas, it is often a lonely development and not too seldom an ad hoc activity. When […]

Performing teams

I am a believer in teamwork, collaboration, cooperation, synergy. As the world shrinks and brings learners together the power of teamwork becomes ever apparent. The journey of the past several weeks has been energizing and motivating, in large part due to the diversity and investment of the collective. In the 1960s Bruce Tuckman put forthContinue reading “Performing teams”

Collaboration and openness in digital learning era

In this blog post I’d like to elaborate a bit more about the role of collaboration and openness , as my reflections from the another topic we discussed at ONL211 experience. After the first weeks of our ONL11 journey, we moved onto the very interesting and important topic that is the role of collaboration and […]