Open Learning – Sharing & Openness

Posted on by Melissa May

When the discussion around what “open” really means in an educational context, I found myself constantly renegotiating (and admittedly grappling) with my own understanding of it. Open education and Open Educational Resources (OER) to me have always (sort of) been synonymous with “free”. Right? In South Africa (SA), the concept of Open Access was only […]

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To really co-create…

Posted on by Lotta Fröjdfeldt

Do we dare to co-create our education? With collegues? With students? With other subject areas? With other partners? And why should we? Yes, I love to be open. Maybe you have gotten this by now. But why? I have given you some reasons earlier. But one of my big reason is also co-creation. I really […]

Filter-bubbles and academics trying to make their voices heard

Posted on by Johan Högman

Reflecting on the purpose of making an effort to open up education I came to think about another important aspect. Today more than ever, the quality of information and knowledge is key to a functional democratic society. Online there is an abundance of information. Information that has been created for various reasons. Lobbyists, political groups, […]

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Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies

Posted on by Chun Ping Liu

It has been two weeks of exploring the topic of online participation and digital literacies with our PBL group members. Seems everybody has their own perspective on this. For me, the scenario exactly described myself when the pandemic first started. Well selected, ONL course creators. Not to mention the online lessons, I totally had no […]

Open Learning – sharing and openness

Posted on by Linn Hongell

What can be shared and what should be shared. This is a question that divides people. In my network of friends on Facebook I have friends who share everything in their lives, both good and bad things. Further I have friends who share a lot but only good things and the question is…is life always […]