My first time

So, I’m in the ONL192 online course and this is my first experience with online learning. Or is it really? Now when thinking about it I realize that I everyday use the internet to learn loads of different things. Both practical stuff where the searchability and video format are incredibly powerful tools, detailed information that […]

Who are we?

In the Connecting week we were introduced to our PBL group and we had to present ourselves to the others groups.
We decided to do our presentation using a Padlet.
So, may I present to all of you PBL Group 5!!!
PBL Group 5 – ONL 192

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Topic 2: Open Learning-Sharing and Openness

In topic two, I had a chance to learn about sharing and openness, and think about the pros and cons of openness in teaching and learning. In a sense, like the visitor and residence continuum in the digital world, there is a continuum of sharing and openness. I might be very open at times, as […]

Openness in Education

I watched the movie on openness and sharing in education. I found this presentation extremely interesting and I recognised myself and others in these questions ! What means a closed/open door ? Who is left outside ? Who should be able to access the higher education learning space ? If I think about the question […]

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Online participation and digital literacies

This image reflects my feelings about online participation and the visitor-resident continuum. Either it is the scariest thing I have done: leaving a perfectly good aeroplane, safe and secure, to experience the rush and exhilaration of open online participation. Or it is an exciting journey into the open wide world with no safety net! As […]

Teaching in a digital society

Anthony William (Tony) Bates asks in chapter two the reader to answer the following question: ”Can you justify the role of ‘teacher’ in a digital society where individuals can find all they need on the Internet and from friends or even strangers? How do you think that the role of the teacher might, could or […]

Topic 1: Online Public Activities

After discussing this topic with my group, I have a few reflections related to three major topics. Firstly, the technical difficulties of using tools in teaching do not seem to be a huge issue once you go through a short initial training period (this is my bias computer scientist’s opinion). The more challenging part would […]