How to blend in person and online teaching

Design for online and blended learning Topic 4 concerning the design for online and blended learning seemed for me even more difficult than previous ones. I was afraid that we would have to prepare a given syllabus to show that now we know how to do it whereas I still am not sure. Luckily we […]

Reflections about open learning

Hello to all, these are my reflections about topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness. Openness and sharing in learning are two important factors that we need toconsider, especially today with our more and more open and networked society. But how do we define openness? In [1], it is stated that the Open Education […]

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Reflection on Topic 2: Open learning – Sharing and Openess

During the two-week course period for Topic 2, each member of our PBL group investigated the willingness and chanllenges of openness from our own insititution. Here, I would like to share with you my little investigation on Stockholm University. “Since 1878, Stockholm University has been characterized by openness and innovation (www.su.se/english).” Currently, we offer 75 […]

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Collaborate or Cooperate, whichever is best for language learning?

When reading the scenario for this topic, the first thing that came to my mind was the extent to which I am trasnparent in explaining to my students the difference between these two working formats. First things first, the two verbs “to collaborate” and “to cooperate” are often used interchangeably to mean people working jointly […]

Do we need face-to-face education in theoretical subjects?

Blended learning is all about optimizing learning environments and creating the best conditions for learners in their educational processes. And because we are humans, we cannot do without face-to-face teaching. Even though the idea blended learning existed long before the covid-19, the pandemic has forced many teachers to teach in new ways and thus reflect […]