Reflections on learning in communities

Posted on by suresh paranjothy

I have a dream of setting up an open learning community or network for students learning ultrasound in my institution. Here are some of the reasons why i think this could be useful: The topic in question currently does not have dedicated time allocated to it in the course structure and it is difficult to […]

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Topic 2: Openness is a good goal to strive for – regardless of the mode of learning

Posted on by Christoph Zimmel

For good pedagogical reasons, the ONL222 course is a forum which welcomes, fosters, and practices openness. Higher education institutions increasingly often emphasize the benefits of openness[1], with digital open resources and practices contributing to an increasing range of pedagogical possibilities. Generally, following Bali et al.’s (2020) understanding of different forms of openness, it is important […]

Individual Reflection Topic 2

Posted on by Vanda Kwek

While leading the discussion for Topic 2, it dawned on me that I didn’t research enough about the meaning of Openness in various contexts.  As I started to hear from colleagues and being a L&D practitioner, I started to question what does it take one to be competent in Openness?  I went through some journals […]

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Openness, wisdom and nature

Posted on by Thomas Blom

In the hunt for knowledge, man has lost its relation to the surroundings. Our relation to other people, nature or surroundings is possible because we are a sentient being. Thru our perception are we able to be open and receptive for the new, foreign and sometimes scary. We can chose to look at our nature […]

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Reflection Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

Posted on by Marion Mitter

It is still an open question how digital learning is going on to develop “after” the pandemic. I asked a colleague who attended a very interesting conference and she told me the trend was that on universities you will have more blended-learning, in adult education digital learning is still strongly ongoing but in school it […]