In this third reflection I have an extra paragraph I decided to write. It is partially because I am co-hosting the theme 3 and therefore I think about the structure of the whole theme, and where we as a team are at every moment of our discussion. Also, the topic of learning in communities is […]

OER is a great resource from the students’ perspective. However, it often requires extra working hours (sometimes unpaid) and can be challenging to manage from the teachers’ point of view. From the university’s perspective, OER developed by their educators may serve as part of a marketing strategy or help expand awareness of in-house practices. They […]

Winter season is approaching us in Helsinki with its full speed. It is a great time to warm up your house with the candle light and make your days more bright from within. For doing so, I am starting the challenge campaign of my own and invite you all to share it with me. You […]

That time the recipe will be super easy, fast to make, tasty and yet, relatively a healthy one. It’s a cake that will always remind me of Finland and the Finnish summer, the time when you can enjoy one of the best Scandinavian treats, – forest and garden berries.   I took it easy and […]

I’m quite excited to present you this hidden Finnish treasure, the cake that you won’t be able to taste unless you are traveling or living in Finland or Sweden in mid of January – beginning of February. And even then you might miss it on the cafe shelf, with it fancy-classy yet modest shape and […]

24.9.2024 With this post, I start a series of reflection blog posts for the class I am taking this fall: Open Networked Learning https://www.opennetworkedlearning.se/ . I am taking the course as I would like to get fresh insights into the online learning cultures away from my usual circles and compare it with my own settled […]

As a part of the topic for the first two weeks during the ONL course, we discussed the idea of being a digital native and what it could mean for us. The workshop facilitators connected this term not necessarily with the personal age, but with the motivation and our need to engage with digital tools, […]