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Topic 1: Participation online and digital literacies

The Covid pandemic has boosted global online education needs. As a teacher, I wanted to learn new things to deal with increased online learning needs and, therefore, I join the international Open online learning course (ONL211). The course is divided in several topics, and in Topic 1 we looked at online participation and digital literacies.Continue reading “Topic 1: Participation online and digital literacies”

Open learning

 It is about distress. I notice that the topics within the course are new to me and this leads to distress. My initial way of dealing with new, possibly difficult, topics is yes, distress. I feel that it is kind of strange that these topics are ne…

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Professional digital identity.

Professional Digital Identity    Professional Digital Identity, what is it, why do we need it, and how can we create it and maintain it? These are the questions that I wish to explore in this short blog post.    A Professi…

When There Is No Access

Common ChallengeThe common question that many raised in discussion today was: how do we provide access to knowledge and information on the internet, when there is NO access to the internet.  Hmmm… For me the questions are: how do we ac…

Giving Without Giving Away

In China, a teacher is highly regarded, amongst other reasons, because they possess knowledge.  And having knowledge gives the teacher power.  The power to grant access to classes to acquire knowledge.  The power to give a fresh graduate…

Openness

There are many perspectives of openness, and the concept often relates to connectivity and free access to material when we discuss openness in the virtual space. An open access learning community often gives acessibility to material and knowledge without charge, and there are benefits from learning together in online collaboration. There is also a sense… Continue reading Openness