Back to basics for sustainability – presentation at #OER19

Posted on by Jörg Pareigis

Having participated at #OER16 and #OER17 as a “lurker”, I am super excited to having the opportunity to present at #OER19, one of my favorite pedagogical conferences. I will challenge myself to summarize 6 years of leading several externally financed course development projects at Karlstad University, in which we developed a dozen or so open […]

Turning coal to gold – How can the open education resources (OERs) be turned into gold?

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

Reading the limitations of open education resources (OERs) from Section 10.2.4 of Bates book on “Teaching in a digital age: Guidelines for teaching and learning”, I could immediately relate to how often I have found “some” of the open education resources to be like “coal”, as Bates puts it: “sitting there waiting to be loaded”, … Continue reading Turning coal to gold – How can the open education resources (OERs) be turned into gold? →

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Open verus Free

Posted on by Alexia Cox

I worked once with an educational organisation that had put together a strategic plan and shared it to its employees. They were bringing FREE education to all based on the principles of OPENNESS. The information was free and PDFs were easily accessible to the students on the internet without enrolling. At that moment in time … Continue reading Open verus Free →

Support to Inspire

Posted on by Alexia Cox

These last two weeks have been super interesting for me in the ONL group, maybe because I was lead and co-lead with my awesome side-kick Patrik. But I have also learned a phenomenal amount on engagement and collaboration. In one of our readings “Developing digital literates” (JISC) it states that: Beetham and Sharpe’s framework (2010) … Continue reading Support to Inspire →

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The real me?

Posted on by Alexia Cox

So here goes my first blog, EVER! I feel like I’m about to embark on a roller coaster ride. I’m excited and freaked out all at once, very much like the scenario we are discussing this week. I’ve been thinking a lot about some of the things discussed during our sessions and there is one … Continue reading The real me? →

Wasif's blog 2019-03-05 20:11:53

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

Thoughts on the Visitor & Resident model The Visitor & Resident (V&R) model got me thinking that perhaps the horizontal continuum of visitor and resident modes is already shrinking or big companies like Google are already working hard to narrow the distance between them. Wondering why I think so? Well, let me give you a … Continue reading →

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Friends from diverse backgrounds are good for your brain, tells a BBC story

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

According to a BBC story published on 2nd March 2019, if your friends come from diverse backgrounds, your brain’s creative thinking ability is enhanced. In addition to friends, if you engage with diversity through watching foreign films to reading books about someone from a different background, your creative thinking ability is improved! Interested in more … Continue reading Friends from diverse backgrounds are good for your brain, tells a BBC story →