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Connecitivism and teams as learning communities

Posted on by Ann-Marie Rosenqvist-Berg

As knowledge today is changing rapidly the ability to see, and make connections in the vast amount of new knowledge is crucial. Also, with a massive amount of knowledge a crucial skill today is to rapidly evaluate whether something is worth knowing or not (Siemens, 2004) Siemens (2004) argues that technology has changed our societies […]

DigitiZAtion of a nation

Posted on by Damien Harry

So I asked on my Facebook what I could write about for today’s blog with the theme of education in the new era. Ironically, the only response was the lack ICT in South African public schools. Abbreviated for Information, and Communication Technology, i…

Reflection on Topic 5: Lessons learnt – future practice

Posted on by Caihong Xu

The ONL journey came to the end, but my journey of improving my teaching with blended learning has just started. This course definitely fostered my teaching expertise and skills very much. The course ended with Topic 5 titled: Lessons learnt – future practice, which is another thing I valued on the design of this course. […]

Where to go from here?

Posted on by Susanne Quintes

So the ONL course has ended and I’m still pondering if I should keep this blog alive or not. There are some ideas in my head on where this could go and in which direction to develop. I’ll take another week or two to think about it and then…

And now, for something completely different…

Posted on by Anna-Sofia Preece

Final reflections Journey. Ride. Rollercoaster. These are the words that keep being used when we discuss this course in my PBL group. There is no doubt about it. ONL221 provided me with a course experience like nothing I have ever experienced before. Learning by doing. For real. One thing I have certainly learned is how […]

The world out there I had no idea about

Posted on by Anna-Sofia Preece

Reflections on Topic 4: Learning design Every topic in this course has provided me with “wow-moments”. I have realised many new things. But none as much as Topic 4. Much of what we have covered earlier in the course came together here, with new perspectives on how to plan, implement, and evaluate courses. During this […]

A network is not the same as a community

Posted on by Anna-Sofia Preece

Reflections on Topic 3: Learning in communities – Networked collaborative learning Have we not always been told the importance of networking? If we connect to people and start cooperating we can create networks that make us successful. A win-win situation for all involved, right? Little did I realise that when looking a little deeper, networks […]

Open is not the opposite of private

Posted on by Anna-Sofia Preece

Reflections on Topic 2: Open Learning – sharing & openness Learning from materials that others share online is inspiring, fun, and time saving. Both for professional teaching and privately. I happily share my materials with colleagues and friends. However, open sharing of materials I produce to strangers online is not anything that I have really […]

Planning the student journey

Reflection on topic 4: Design for online and blended learning.

Posted on by Johanna Elfgren

This blog post describes my thoughts about topic four; design for online and blended learning. As written in my last blog post, designing meaningful assignments for online learning has been challenging in my department during the pandemic. This spring, we have been moving back to campus, with mixed feelings from teachers and students, many students […]