Imagine being told about the death of a loved one in the middle of class. 3 classes in a row. I have gone through teaching sessions where one of my students had to endure the roller-coaster of emotions that comes with grief proc…

A course, a community, an approach
Imagine being told about the death of a loved one in the middle of class. 3 classes in a row. I have gone through teaching sessions where one of my students had to endure the roller-coaster of emotions that comes with grief proc…
Topic 1 and PBL-group work So the first weeks of this experience have come to an end. I will admit that I felt a bit confused in the beginning, with all the new information and all the new people. But connecting to my PBL group, and starting to work with them on Topic 1 have … Fortsätt läsa “My life in cyberspace- reflections on topic one”
What an enjoyable experience to have been part of the ONL211 Tweetchat. My first one at that! Navigating the online world is replete with challenges, and they come in all forms, from familiarity with the technology platform to framing concise byte sized thoughts. What works? The only way to know is by trying. What’s theContinue reading “Tweetering”
In one of my courses – Creative Concept Development I normally perform a Prototyping lecture where the students train to build quick and rough prototypes.This is something that is a bit trickier to perform on distance compared to a co-located lecture. …
I will here reflect a little on myself as an individual in the digital age. I am not really what people tend to call a “digital native”, as I was born in the late 1970s, but I do have been accustomed to computers since childhood. I did use a Commodore-64 computer quite a lot asContinue reading “Myself in the digital age”
Being a part of the ONL program is like a fish trying to survive on land. Sounds melodramatic? Not so, if you consider the fact that the virtual environment I live in outside of ONL is as different as night and day or land and water. …
Hello dear PBL-ers. You are reading my virgin blog post. Enjoy
This week has been a lot of fun! I have now been connected to my fellow colleagues in PBL-group 03, and we have introduced ourselves to each other. I find the composition of the group very successful, with people from different backgrounds, with different careers, different experiences, from different parts of the world (and time … Fortsätt läsa “Now we are connected!”
So, the course has started. It is somewhat of a soft landing into the whole ONL environment, but that is good, as it takes a bit of time getting used to, and I am sure we are all busy with other things, too. It’s only been five weeks since I started my current job, soContinue reading “Connecting week”
to myself. It is time to finish this course. During the spring 2019 I had to quit the course after a few weeks due to lack of time. This spring the circumstances are different and hopefully there is more time for learning now when most of the work is done online. The first meeting today… Continue reading Welcome back..
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HI! Soon my reflections will be posted here! / Niklas