#ONL212 Design for online and blended learning

The current pandemic has forced teaching to go online. Learning is compromised when content is delivered remotely and often does not conform to the high standards of learning through face-to-face (FTF) interaction, and in the bargain, an important learning opportunity is lost. Moving forward, we need to look at ways to motivate and engage students […]

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#ONL212 Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Large classes are typically taught in a lecture format where learning material is dissipated, and students submit their final assignments from self-developed understanding. To create a shared understanding of the learning material wherein students actively interact, infer and co-create knowledge, a student-centric method grounded in social constructivist theory called Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) […]

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On a journey to the communal well-being – topic 1: Developing one’s own well-being skills

Last week (or last month) I have started a Finnish course “Matka yhteisölliseen hyvinvointiin” which would be something like a journey to the communal well-being in English. I love participating that course in Finnish but why am I writing my journey diary in English? First of all, I work a lot in English so IContinue reading “On a journey to the communal well-being – topic 1: Developing one’s own well-being skills”

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A wrapup of ONL212

“All good things come to an end,” my dad used to say when my kids wouldn’t have wanted to leave from summer cottage or other nice places. This came to my mind when ONL212 ended. The last blog post has been waiting for its arrival for too long, but…

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Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Topic 4 in the ONL course was about “Design for online and blended learning” and our PBL group started discussing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on teaching and learning. Some examples of questions that were raised within group members regarding this topic: Knowledge increased regarding new tools during this period, but are they all … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

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Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Before beginning the work in our PBL group, we saw two YouTube-videos by Kay Oddone, explaining PLN (Personal Learning Networks). This really gave us a good foundation to reflect more upon the meaning of networks and communities. Interested in learning more? Here is the definition used and a link for Kay Oddones video:  PLNs Theory … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning