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Becoming a Convert – on Presence & Blended Learning Part 1

Posted on May 10, 2020 by sppsak

I have to admit that I have never thought *overtly* about PRESENCE in the classroom. Like many, I have been trained to work on instructional design, which means I am mostly consumed by designing my modules to ensure that students are able to “learn” the content by the end of the semester. Each weekly topicContinue reading “Becoming a Convert – on Presence & Blended Learning Part 1”

Collaborative learning for the society?

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Jukka Välimäki

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 be academics and professionals in their fields can of course beContinue reading “Collaborative learning for the society?”

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)”

Reflection on Topic 5: Lesson Learnt: Future Practice

Posted on May 9, 2020 by emily

Time passed by very quickly and before I knew it, the course was over. I learnt to make friends from different countries, learning different cultures. Also learnt to relax by finding out how we were the precious weeks before proceeding to discuss our topic for the week. I also learnt to be accommodating with one another andContinue reading “Reflection on Topic 5: Lesson Learnt: Future Practice”

The show goes on..:)

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Patrik Klintenberg

According to plan I should have been in Maputo now, busy lecturing and interacting with a group of students taking a course in Resource Assessment as part of a MSc programme in Environmental Engineering at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. The current situation with both UEM and my home university Malardalen University in Sweden …

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Topic 5: End of a journey

Posted on May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 by iouant

The ONL course is almost over. What a journey!I learned many things through my engagement in this course. First of all, I experienced how it is to learn through sharing experiences, concepts and ideas and through building your own experiences togethe…

Reflections on Topics 3 and 4

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Heikki Paakkonen

Dear readers and participants of ONL201 course The last few weeks working with course topics 3 and 4 have been rather intensive. No time has been left for adequate reflection. The course is coming towards its end and I believe the despite of the every now and then appearing tiredness and frustration I have learned … Continue reading Reflections on Topics 3 and 4

Reflection on topic 4: design for online and blended learning

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Victoria Marín

We are approaching the end of the Open Networked Learning course. This time we have addressed topic 4, being the focus on technology-enhanced learning design, which is one of my top practice and research interests within my academic trajectory in educational technology. On the other hand, of course, the topic comes now really timely, since… Continue reading Reflection on topic 4: design for online and blended learning

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”

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