In many cases, things designed for one purpose can serve another quite well, albeit with some adjustment or modification. This is how old warehouses and factories – especially, in the places I am most familiar with, cotton factories – become offices an…

Topic 3 When I went to theuniversity in the 90’s it was basically books, exams, and essays. That was thewhole array of learning methods used. Apart from one course in Sociology where we had group work, that we hated. I think the reason was that no one explained the added value with working in groups … Continue reading “Learning in group – why?”

Designed by rawpixel.com / FreepikMany universities gather students from different corners of the world. However, geographically diverse and sometimes dispersed teams face many challenges.  Cultural differences which can create social distance pos…

The release of topic 3 (Learning in communities) coincided with me struggling with new mixed-ability groups at my university. Frankly, my new students do not only have mixed abilities, actually, everything is mixed: their ages, language competences, cu…