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Proverbs 4:7 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. This is the first post on my new blog. […]
This is the fifth and final blogposts that I’m writing as coursework for a teacher training course on open networked learning (ONL). During my academic career I’ve attended a handful of such training courses at several Swedish universities – some … Continue reading →
This is the fourth of five blogposts that I’m writing as coursework for a teacher training course on open networked learning (ONL). In my previous blogpost, I argued why academics need extensive personal learning networks and described my continuous conversations … Continue reading →
This is the third of five blogposts that I’m writing as coursework for a teacher training course on open networked learning (ONL). In my previous blogpost, I reflected on various forms of openness in higher education and the potentially negative … Continue reading →
This is the second of five blogposts that I’m writing as coursework for a teacher training course on open networked learning (ONL). In my previous blogpost, I reflected on the deeply flawed concepts of digital natives and digital immigrants after … Continue reading →
I just returned from an excellent workshop, “Teaching History in the Digital Age – International Perspectives,” organised at the German Historical Institute in Paris in cooperation with the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH). Over two days, a nicely … Continue reading →
So what did I learn? I learned that it is possible to collaborate with people all around the world at the same time. You just need to have a clear goal and rules how this group is working together. By working in groups everybody’s strength will be used and everybody can support each other. The … Continue reading Topic 5: Lessons learnt →
The best thing with my ONL group was that we were from different field and we had all different knowledge and experience. We had also different reasons why we participated in this course. Therefore we often choose to work so that what we did in a group could support somebody’s work. And that is what … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning →
In the other blogs posts, I have summarized my insights on each topic. The ONL course has given me confidence to navigate in the digital world of learning and pushed my boundaries beyond what I could have ever imagined. The topic on creative commons licences was new to me but helped me understand sharing of … Continue reading Topic 5: Lessons learnt – Future practice →
This was an interesting topic and I was looking forward to learning new tools and methods of developing online and blended learning. To my surprise the module contained topics that I had had in mind but never quite separated conceptually. The social presence, the cognitive and the teaching presence. These three are important for a … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning →
Lets face the fact. This course takes more time than you think and you should write your reflections straight after the topic ends. But lets have a try here now. Topic 3 was about Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning. For me this was much about learning to understand the different meaning of communication, … Continue reading Reflections over topic 3 →