open learning

How do gardens grow?

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Andrea Korens

Another of my group members shares my nostalgia for the promise of the early internet, and it has me thinking more about what it was that excited me at the time. I remember poetry, busy background images, card games, forums, and chat rooms. A bit later – music pirating, blogs, early social network sites, skype,Continue reading “How do gardens grow?”

Does Open Learning fullfill its promises? Let’s look at poverty reduction.

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Ana Maria Vargas Falla

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Under what conditions can open learning engage students living under poverty and have the potential to empower them to improve their lives? Inspired by the article “Framing Open Educational Practices from a Social Justice Perspective” by Bali et al. (2020) I looked into how open […]

Topic 2 Open Learning, a few notes

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Neil Mulholland

The deceptively simple term open hides a great deal of complexity, much of which depends on the particular context within which open practice is considered. Thus it is imperative to move beyond open-versus-closed dichotomies and even beyond unified conceptions of… Continue Reading →

Topic 2 Open Learning, a few notes

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Neil Mulholland

Don’t hide your resources under a bushel!

Posted on November 2, 2021February 8, 2022 by Leena Katto

Photo: JesusLeal, PixabayDuring the last two weeks, we took a look to open learning and sharing through great webinars and discussions. At the moment, open sharing is a thing in Finland too as the Library of Open Educational Resources has been opened. …

ONL211

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Michail Galanakis

How OPEN is Open Learning?

Teaching is not about a “one-man” show

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Therese Bengtsson

Topic 4 was about “Design for online and blended learning” and the scenario was very much relevant for the current situation with a pandemic going on, where everyone has more or less been “forced” to move their teaching online. With limited time to do so and no previous planning for this, it has many timesFortsätt läsa “Teaching is not about a “one-man” show”

Building trust

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Therese Bengtsson

Topic 3 was about Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning. We all have been there- taking part of a group work where communication halted. With social loafers that just want to hitchhike along not putting any effort into the work, or with a dominant person taking charge and decides pretty much everything themselves. Or, perhapsFortsätt läsa “Building trust”

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Natalia Vladykina

We explored and mapped opportunities, dangers, and support and solutions for going open, while looking at learning from the perspectives of teachers, students, and educational institutions (ONL 2 2020 group 13 work).On way of open learning is MOOC — ma…

Learning by doing online learning

Posted on May 25, 2020 by davidderichs

When it comes to learning creating effective online learning, learning by doing by doing still beats the books. Online tools can to some degree make up for interaction and pedagogical techniques

Creating the container of collaborative learning

Posted on May 6, 2020 by davidderichs

Collaboration in online learning can open extensive possibilities in knowledge creation, surpassing individual learners’ efforts. Achieving collaboration, however, can be a challenge. Chiriac and Granström (2012), Hämäläinen and Vähäsantanen (2011). Janssen

Managing the trade-off between open learning and resourcing?

Posted on April 16, 2020 by davidderichs

Open learning stands for making learning accessible and free for a wider audience – in contrast to for example degree studies, certification programs or pay-walled content. The main obstacle to open