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Openness and sharing

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Terese Sjölund

Sharing information should be, for an educator or a teacher, a normal thing to do. Even though how much information we share or how many students we educate, the information and knowledge will not disappear or vanish from ourselves. (Wiley.2010)Even though Dr. Wileys speech is from 2010, it is very needed today, as well. InContinue reading “Openness and sharing”

Openness Learning: Weighing the Pros & Cons of Quality Assurance

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Sheena Ramazanu

Prior to learning about topic 2, I was wondering about the quality assurance of resources in Open Learning platform. However, at the completion of Topic 2, I feel that my perceptions towards open learning has changed- it is not that bad after all! I analyzed the concept of quality assurance in relation to openness learningContinue reading “Openness Learning: Weighing the Pros & Cons of Quality Assurance”

Reflections about Topic 2

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Anna Aldenius

From the podcast, I began to think about openness in education and it´s an ongoing process now really. Openness and how I/we practice it in my work became our presentation to the PBL Community. The leaders of Topic 2 had organized the weeks to minimize stress. We also had time for in-depth discussions about ourFortsätt läsa “Reflections about Topic 2”

The journey has started!

Posted on March 30, 2021 by sara boundok

Hi to the world, This is my first post on a blog ever it is a little bit frightened to post on public, but at the same time I am excited about who is going to read what I am going to write, is it useful or interesting? is it good enough? I do notContinue reading “The journey has started!”

If digital literacy forms your personality

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Tatja Pusa

The first association for openness in today’s world is, at least for me, connected to digital means and access. Even though the technical requirements for digital equipment would be fulfilled, there is more needed to acquire digital literacy. According to Beetham and Sharpe (2010), apart from technological knowledge, digital skills also include skills and motivations.Continue reading “If digital literacy forms your personality”

Maybe next year

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Ann Scott

March 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has shocked the world, and in Sweden, schools are beginning to move from the physical classrooms to digital learning environments. I am told to cancel all physical meetings at work, and to only schedule online teaching with my university students. Keep an open mind, we’re told – find new solutions,… Continue reading Maybe next year

Topic 2 – Thoughts on product design – the open course case

Posted on March 30, 2021April 8, 2021 by Gunnar KarlssonLeave a Comment

The most important educational product that a faculty develops is a course. We might develop various teaching materials independent of courses but the course is the primary component of university education, which is the chief occupation of the faculty. Alas, it is often a lonely development and not too seldom an ad hoc activity. When […]

Openness in Education – a reflection

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Carl Unander-Scharin

Openness in Education could be seen as three different strands: Teacher – Student Student – Environment Person – Person On the first note, I – nowadays – try to achieve a more open form of education. This is achieved through a shared Google drive document. I have one such document with each of my students,Continue reading “Openness in Education – a reflection”

Performing teams

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Sarada Bulchand

I am a believer in teamwork, collaboration, cooperation, synergy. As the world shrinks and brings learners together the power of teamwork becomes ever apparent. The journey of the past several weeks has been energizing and motivating, in large part due to the diversity and investment of the collective. In the 1960s Bruce Tuckman put forthContinue reading “Performing teams”

Collaboration and openness in digital learning era

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Damian Kedziora

In this blog post I’d like to elaborate a bit more about the role of collaboration and openness , as my reflections from the another topic we discussed at ONL211 experience. After the first weeks of our ONL11 journey, we moved onto the very interesting and important topic that is the role of collaboration and […]

Topic 1: Participation online and digital literacies

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Jan Skvaril

The Covid pandemic has boosted global online education needs. As a teacher, I wanted to learn new things to deal with increased online learning needs and, therefore, I join the international Open online learning course (ONL211). The course is divided in several topics, and in Topic 1 we looked at online participation and digital literacies.Continue reading “Topic 1: Participation online and digital literacies”

Curiosity 2021-03-28 21:38:00

Posted on March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 by Astrid Petersmann