Topic 3: The Beauty and Challenge of Collaborative Learning and Assessment

Posted on by Susan Lee

Collaborative learning in the forms of think-pair-share, group discussions and longer-term projects have been introduced across different levels of learning, including the higher education (Jin 2012; Flores et al. 2015). In teaching professional and business communication courses, teamwork and collaboration are incorporated in my courses as a way to simulate interaction within workplace work teams. […]

Topic 2: The Implications of Openness

Posted on by Susan Lee

These two weeks of ONL journey brought me through an impactful, challenging and encouraging ride on open education practices in the time of generative AI use. It was impactful to dialogue with my PBL group and the larger community of educators connected through Dr Maha Bali’s talk, who shared our honest concerns and struggles with […]

Finally.. My reflections on Topic 1:)

Posted on by Anna Zemskova

Hi world! Finally have I had a chance to sit down and write my reflections regarding Topic 1, where we discussed online participation and digital literacies. The videos and the webinar with Dave White were extremely insightful as they prompted me to ponder about my digital presence in a theoretical and more structured way. Having […]

Topic 1: Reflection of an Uneasy Resident on Digital Literacies

Posted on by Susan Lee

David White’s metaphors on residents and visitors on digital use frames the perspectives on digital engagement very nicely on the video, Visitors and Residents (White, 2014). In Part 2 (White, 2014), White discusses the tension of evaluating credibility between sources available online and traditional academic sources. Interestingly, many legitimate sources in the forms of journals, […]