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Lessons learnt (ONL topic 5)

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Victoria Marín

We have reached the end of the ONL course, this is our last week. Now it is time to reflect on what we have been done and learnt during the past months. Reflective thoughts about my learning and involvement in the ONL course The first aspect that I want to mention is that the ONL… Continue reading Lessons learnt (ONL topic 5)

Motivation and Online Collaboration

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Jason Parry

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Can we really include social and emotional presence in technical subjects?

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Ioanna Aslanidou

When talking about online learning, there is a lot of discussion about the Community of Inquiry framework as a structure for a successful course. This focuses on teaching presence, social presence, and cognitive presence, with emotional presence introduced as a parallel or fourth presence. The use and embrace of emotions is of course really importantContinue reading “Can we really include social and emotional presence in technical subjects?”

Course Design for Online and Blended Learning

Posted on May 10, 2020May 19, 2020 by Jason Parry

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Reflection on topic 4: design for online and blended learning

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Victoria Marín

We are approaching the end of the Open Networked Learning course. This time we have addressed topic 4, being the focus on technology-enhanced learning design, which is one of my top practice and research interests within my academic trajectory in educational technology. On the other hand, of course, the topic comes now really timely, since… Continue reading Reflection on topic 4: design for online and blended learning

Can we create group work that students do not want to run away from?

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Ioanna Aslanidou

Most of us have experienced group work at university. I struggled to find examples of this not being filled with frustration. I came up with one in my last year of studies when all the members of the small group I was in shared the interest in the topic and the willingness to complete theContinue reading “Can we create group work that students do not want to run away from?”

Topic 1: Experiencing your journey from digital visitor to resident – and back again?

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Pernilla Rosell Steuer

A well-known poem by the Swedish poet Karin Boye starts with the following lines: The sated day is never first. The best day is a day of thirst. Yes, there is goal and meaning in our path – but it’s the way that is the labour’s worth. (English translation taken from : https://www.karinboye.se/verk/dikter/dikter-mcduff/in-motion.shtml, 16th April, 2020) …

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Is openness the holy grail of education?

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Ioanna Aslanidou

The principle that education should be open and accessible for everyone is one that many people (and educators) share. I mean, if you don’t believe in openness, why are you in education? An extension of David Wiley’s remark, I wish I could roll my eyes digitally the way he did in his talk. Open educationContinue reading “Is openness the holy grail of education?”

How do we adapt to the digital age?

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Ioanna Aslanidou

And how do we use this as an opportunity to evolve and grow? The past two weeks have been chaotic, as everything was transferred online, hastily, and often without thinking at all. But this is actually an opportunity to improve, to restructure our life and work.. Even though I was happy to see everyone discoveringContinue reading “How do we adapt to the digital age?”

Online Participation and Digital Literacies

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Jason Parry

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Emotional Intelligence vs Emotional Presence

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Michelle Coates

Topic 4 has come and gone, and it is time to reflect on the past two weeks of the ONL course. My focus will be on the Community of Inquiry model as discussed by Vaughan, Cleveland-Innes and Garrison (2013) in the book, Teaching in blended learning environments: creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. Emotional IntelligenceContinue reading “Emotional Intelligence vs Emotional Presence”

Social Media – your positionality may have you believing “bad publicity” is real.

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Kelly Maroon

During the very first topic exploration for the ONL 192 course, we were tasked with unpacking and investigating a specific, provided scenario that sounded quite “close to home” for many of us. The scenario positioned an online user accessing an online education course for the first time and feeling a variety of emotions about it. […]