PBL groups – Page 83 – Open Networked Learning

Topic 2: Openness in my own practice

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Helena Karlsson Pacheco

Together with the other members of PBL group 6, I have had fruitful discussions about openness, and what it means to us. One of the moderators during this period, Mark Gan, sums it up in well-chosen words in our presentation: Our group believes that Op…

Just mix it

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Sara Davoudi

Even though the term blended learning is frequently used, there is ambiguity about what it actually means (Oliver and Trigwell 2005). Researchers have discussed the problems with such ambiguity of definitions Oliver and Trigwell 2005) while others have raised such ambiguity and the fact that it means different things to different people, as the untapped […]

COLLABORATION IN INTERNATIONAL TEAMS

Posted on November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 by Elżbieta Wąsowicz

Designed by rawpixel.com / FreepikMany universities gather students from different corners of the world. However, geographically diverse and sometimes dispersed teams face many challenges. Cultural differences which can create social distance pos…

Topic 3 – Learning in communities

Posted on November 24, 2021December 7, 2021 by Anna Leśkiewicz

The release of topic 3 (Learning in communities) coincided with me struggling with new mixed-ability groups at my university. Frankly, my new students do not only have mixed abilities, actually, everything is mixed: their ages, language competences, cu…

”Collaboration”

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Johan Wenngren

In one of my project courses, I apply randomly assembled groups or assemble groups based on the result from a questionnaire (Teamology, by Wilde, 2008). I do this mainly because it is an applied course, where teams work with an open problem formulation, and where group processes are part of the curriculum. I also believeFortsätt läsa “”Collaboration””

why is student collaboration a thing?

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Sara Davoudi

Among my colleagues, I feel that there still is this discussion on what type of learning activities create the best opportunities for reaching the intended learning outcome. My personal reflection is that there are those that argue for a teacher focus where the teacher is the strongest voice in the classroom. In such cases, the […]

Learning in communities? Why? What are the drawbacks and the possible solutions ?

Posted on November 23, 2021 by silvia montanari

TOPIC 3 – Reflections I was particularly interested in the overview Kay Oddone gave on Online Learning Community and Online Learning Network. This helped me reflect on these two different types of ‘online learning’. However, in this context I would like to analyze just two aspects of collaborative learning. The first focuses on the reasons whyContinue reading “Learning in communities? Why? What are the drawbacks and the possible solutions ?”

How to scaffold sutdents’ collaborative work

Posted on November 23, 2021February 8, 2022 by Leena Katto

Photo: Jason Goodman, UnsplashIn the third topic it was my and a colleague’s turn to moderate our PBL group’s work. We worked as equal moderators though my role was officially a co-moderator. I had recently been in facilitator training held by Mukamas …

Collaboration vs Collaborative learning

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Johan Lugnet

When I’m teaching with my colleagues, we often talk about open-ended problems and project-based learning. Both because we have an idea that we can support/challenge the student to develop higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) (Krathwohl, 2002), but also because in engineering work there is most likely a team that share a responsibility to solve a project […]

Slow down in order to go quickly!!!

Posted on November 22, 2021November 23, 2021 by V Subramaniam

(source: https://focusresourcesinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tortoise-hare.jpg)As topic 3 unfolded in our PBL group, it became quite clear that collaboration entails many aspects of learning. To view our flowerbed using the Lotus Blosso…

Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Meghan Anderson

“A personal learning network (PLN) is a group of colleagues, mentors, and professionals that you connect with to enhance your learning and take charge of your own professional development” Elizabeth Trach, Schoology Exchange The quote above resonated with me as it speaks to the autonomy you have in creating your learning networks. They are personal and drivenContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Martin Olsson

If you want to know what the future looks like in terms of learning, look at your children (or grand-children). Study them how they learn when they want to learn something and when they are motivated. I have a 15 year old Son who is very good at English (unlike me…) and loves to ”goFortsätt läsa “Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”