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Open or Closed?

What does openness and closeness mean to you? Openness to me means sharing, whether it is sharing my ideas, material produced or something that happened to me recently. Openness is about choosing to go public or stay in the draft zone (closed). Openness is also about finding the balance between going public and being privateContinue reading “Open or Closed?”

Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

The idea of open learning and sharing knowledge appeals greatly to me. Education really is something that can change your life but is out of reach for a lot of individuals. Open education resources could change that. But is “open” really open? Stephen Downes stated that an open learning environment has four key principles; autonomy,Continue reading “Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness”

Reflection week

When I started this course I had got some expectations on the content from reading on the course web. Among other things I somewhat had the expectations (misconceptions) to listening to lectures, analyze research papers, and disseminate results in a global team. When I look back on the previous two topics, I must say thatFortsätt läsa “Reflection week”

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Open Education in Higher Education & Open Pedagogy

Attitude towards openness Of the topics discussed by PBL08, one of them was: “what does open mean to us? How open would we be in sharing our resources?” Although the modern open education movement started in 2002, this remains a common question from faculty. Open education is founded on foundations of openness, sharing, critical pedagogy, … Continue reading Open Education in Higher Education & Open Pedagogy