#ONL221 – Page 17 – Open Networked Learning

On a journey to the communal well-being – topic 2: Supporting the development of students’ well-being skills

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Marja Elonheimo

For the second topic of the course we are thinking about students, their well-being and how to support them to develop their well-being skills. This is maybe the most familiar topic of all these three. Not in a sense that I would have the solutions and answers to all the issues this important topic raisesContinue reading “On a journey to the communal well-being – topic 2: Supporting the development of students’ well-being skills”

Ride on a Roller Coaster

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Karoliina Alegod

Whole experience with ONL has for me been like a ride an a Roller Coaster. First I was hesitating to…

Topic 2 : Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Chaabani Marwa

My Introduction When we talk about openness we can think about many things : open culture , open mind , open source , open boundaries ,open commerce , open education …..this word can be applied in many areas of our life , but has it the same degree in each context ? What are theLire la suite “Topic 2 : Open Learning – Sharing and Openness”

Is all higher education going to be in English in the future? (Topic 2)

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Jonna Vocke

If you as an educator wish to use open education resources (OERs) for your own needs, you can find plenty of useful OERs online. The jungle of information is huge, but when getting used to searching you can find open materials in almost every field of education. For tips on how to find and use […]

To become digitally literate is more difficult for people who didn’t grow up with digital gadgets

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Jonna Vocke

For me there is a long way to go to become digitally literate. It’s probably not even possible when listening to David White’s Youtube clip “Visitors and Residents” where he is citing Mark Prensky’s theory saying “If you are young enough to have grown up with digital technology – you are native to it”. I […]

The wicked problem to open education

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Lejla Islami

Openness alone is not a virtue to better, improved education as it apart from benefits, entails risks as well. However, if combined and negotiated with different aspects it could lead to free, easily-to-access and flexible knowledge. In my view to open education and openness in general, I would like take a different approach, not only […]

Residents and visitors in the era of digital literacy

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Luciana Provenzano

After two long weeks talking and reflecting upon digital literacy and residents-visitors metaphor [1], a question comes to my mind: is there any advantage to be resident to survive in the era of digital literacy? or, is it enough to be a visitor to merely survive? The term digital literacy, coined by Paul Gilster, refers […]

Willingness & challenges of open learning

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Chun Ping Liu

Our university National University of Singapore has offered MOOC – Massive Open Online Courses on two platforms on edX ( https://www.edx.org/school/nus) and Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/nus). The courses are from different schools and faculties and are offered for free to all. I believe the courses were selected or have some process of approval procedure to publish on […]

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Posted on April 10, 2022 by Anja Schmidt-Christensen

Openness and sharing in my own practice. Should I worry about ‘giving away’ my intellectual property? I love lecturing. I never thought I would say that, as it has been a long sometimes frustrating journey. Maybe some of you c…

BP2 – Sharing and Openness

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Augusto Cannone Falchetto

I am working in civil engineering education and research and within this field in a small area concerning highway engineering. That means road, street, materials. etc. I am highlighting this as my field of expertise is almost a niche with all the consequences associated with it, also in teaching and learning. As a teacher (and […]

Reimagining Openness-A Case Study

Posted on April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 by Nina Venkataraman

Let us reimagine openness: Case study-The women of Kookal Before my present adventure as a Lecturer at National University of Singapore, I lived for five years in a small hamlet nestled…

Topic 2 Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Susanna Fabricius

Openness is a noble word. This topic is indeed very actual not least due to the two years Covid-19 isolation. This is a very complex topic, we seem to relate to it through our own (cultural background) lenses. What are the motivators of being open? What about the quality of open education? These are matters […]