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ONL212 Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

As student and also teaching I’ve used hundreds of OER. It’s extremely common today to share resources online, and it’s becoming more and more difficult to find a good book in Computer Science, because technologies change so fast that it’s not worthy to write a book. Furthermore, as a teacher or “producer” of content, I’ve … Continue reading ONL212 Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

Topic 2: Openness – enabler for new learners?

As the digitalization spreads and mobile phones are more common than access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, also the opportunity for learning exploades (The Economist, 2017). One of the Sustainable Development goals number 4 and specifically the target 4.4 states that we should, “By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have … Continue reading “Topic 2: Openness – enabler for new learners?”

Topic 2: Is this open?

This topic was a bit strange for me. Mostly because I was travelling, meeting an awful lot of new people and getting a real introduction to the context of my new job for a large part of the topic. This meant that I could not attend the middle two PBL g…

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Structuring our open field

Ubuntu (pronounced [ùɓúntʼù] is a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity”. It is sometimes translated as “I am because we are” (also “I am because you are”), or “humanity towards others” (in Zulu, umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy A new field has emerged from the field of education. For practical purpose, we can call it the ‘open’Continue reading “Structuring our open field”