We have all taken part in groupwork at some point in our lives. Whereas we tend to have a nose for recognizing very easily if our collaboration with others is not smooth – whether there are some aspects that fall short, or whether there is someone who does not contribute as much as the othersContinue reading “Are we being collaborative, or rather just cooperative? – Towards promoting collaborative thinking and learning experience”

Open education, as a second topic in the course, took me by surprise. Even if the concept was not really new to me and I have very limited experience with actually undertaking any type of open education. Our group soon realized that it was a far more complex topic than what we initially thought. ThereContinue reading “Open education as a Disruption”

I have never believed in a purely ‘instructivist’ model of higher education for my courses, whereby the role of the teacher is only to ‘transfer knowledge down’ to the students (Crosslin, 2016). Instead, I largely subscribe to a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. Among other things, this means that I conceive of my roleContinue reading “From constructivist to connectivist teaching and learning”

To share or not to share? is the question of the past two week(s). A question that, at first, seemed like a simple one turned out to be quite the contrary. It led to more questions. Why is openness in education important? What are the motivations to ‘go open’? What does openness even mean? WhatContinue reading “What does it take to be open? – Openness and sharing in higher education”

To share or not to share? is the question of the past two week(s). A question that, at first, seemed like a simple one turned out to be quite the contrary. It led to more questions. Why is openness in education important? What are the motivations to ‘go open’? What does openness even mean? WhatContinue reading “What does it take to be open? – Openness and sharing in higher education”

“To open something, it must first be closed” (Mishra (2012). I was thinking about this quote this week. Indeed, we wouldn’t be able to open something that is already open. And how poignant is this quote when we think about how closed education systems have been in the past (some would argue still very muchContinue reading “Open Learning – Sharing and Openness”

Dear reader, I have to step up my blogging. It appears no one was interested in my musings in the first entry. There was only one like which was from a colleague of mine out of pity. The only comment he gave me was “it comes across as passive aggressive”. It is painfully clear IContinue reading “Learning blog utopia or dystopia?”