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Deep learning online? A question of making it tight

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Osman KUCUK

Originally posted on Lucia’s thoughts while learning @ONL201:
Photo by Malachi Brooks on Unsplash Deep learning, this is what in many discussions with my colleagues we have wished for. That our students would focus more and learn in a deeper way. And we have complained about how superficial they are, especially the generation we…

Collaborative learning for the society?

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Osman KUCUK

Originally posted on JONL – Jukka’s Open Networked Learning blog:
The three main functions of universities are often described to be education, research and serving society. These functions are intertwined, but here I’m focusing especially on the third one – serving the society – in relation to collaborative learning in education. Teaching students to…

My Journey in The Mysterious Road of Open Networked Learning

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Nesrin Khankan

Although I don’t think that I am able to exactly transfer to you how my feelings and reasoning have evolved, I can tell that working with a diverse group has opened my eye on aspects that I have never been aware of and helped me understand how other educators think and solve problematic issues. AsContinue reading “My Journey in The Mysterious Road of Open Networked Learning”

Reflection on course design

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Matti Karlsson

Dear blog and readers, Two years ago, I discovered that orienteering might be fun. One of the members of our badminton club is active orienteer and mapper. He organized for us a spring happening, which was about orienteering from his summer cottage to another cottage at another lake about 10 kilometers away. The destination and … Continue reading Reflection on course design

ONL201 – Final thoughts

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Lars Lindhagen

All good things must come to an end, even ONL. So, it’s time to sum things up and reflect about the entire course. What have I learned, and how will it affect my teaching in the future? First, I would like to applaud the meta organisation of the course; we have learned about online learningContinue reading “ONL201 – Final thoughts”

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Jess

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Through my studies in this fourth topic of the ONL course, I have been able to give a lot of thought as to how I can best facilitate learning in both an online and blended learning environments for my students. The concept of scaffolding is an important one, as … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Are you in the mood for learning? (Topic 4)

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Osman KUCUK

As we move toward to the end of ONL201 course, we have a good chance to think about a course design of our own, a course in veterinary sciences, in my case, with Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning. I will focus mostly on teaching presence of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) andOkumaya devam et “Are you in the mood for learning? (Topic 4)”

Let’s create a colourful environment for our students

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Nesrin Khankan

There has been a discussion lately with colleagues about the actions or measures that keep students on track or drive them to withdraw from their courses. I have been analysing a recent case of one of my students who dropped out of my course just five weeks after the commencement of the semester. I teachContinue reading “Let’s create a colourful environment for our students”

Emotion and learning. Also cats.

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Daniel de Augustinis

In Touching Feeling, Eve Sedgwick (2003) drew on a material approach to performativity and included an affective dimension. For those unfamiliar with performativity theory, here’s a summary: when we use language, we do not mirror the truth, but we constitute it, challenge it or reproduce it in a complex tango of repetition and difference, likeContinue reading “Emotion and learning. Also cats.”

Emotional reflections

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Lars Lindhagen

För att kunna lära måste du känna / Annars blir din kunskap grå och platt Lisa Ekdahl, På jakt efter solen, 1994 (To learn, you must feel / Otherwise your knowledge will be grey and flat.) Topic 4 is about designing courses for online and blended learning, a large and complex topic, worthy of finalisingContinue reading “Emotional reflections”

Facilitator Support in an Online Course

Posted on May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 by aijin

It is interesting the role that a facilitator has in an online course. I often wonder to what extent the facilitator should engage in the facilitation…do you guide the knowledge construction to the point that you are steering the learners, or d…

Role of Academia in Managing Conflicts of Collaborative Groups

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Nesrin Khankan

It has been stated that faculty members may be unaware of the effective strategies to manage conflict and some just keep watching without any effective guidance. After navigating the internet about this issue, I have found that there are some unpretentious efforts at some colleges worldwide that offer students courses on learning conflict resolution skillsContinue reading “Role of Academia in Managing Conflicts of Collaborative Groups”