PBL group 07 – Open Networked Learning

Future practices of teaching

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Wibke Straube

This is my final entry addressing the ONL course – it’s on topic 5 “lessons learned – future practices” This course was quite an experience! It kept me breathless throughout – from being overwhelmed in the beginning by being confronted with a completely new experience of course design and learning activities, to further taking part … Continue reading Future practices of teaching

Teaching and Emotions

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Wibke Straube

This entry is part of the course ONL192 (topic 4 “Blended Learning / Design”) In which way can emotions facilitate students’ learning experience? How can they create more commitment in students and in which way do they help the course to be completed by a majority of participants rather than a few? This entry, as … Continue reading Teaching and Emotions

Learning through friendship

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Wibke Straube

This entry is part of the course ONL192 (topic 3 Learning in Communities) Online teaching and learning can be a very distanced, detached experience – high drop out rates and incomplete assignments haunt the online learning environments in many conventional distance courses. Taking this course, the ONL 192, helped me to understand why this happens … Continue reading Learning through friendship

What I took from being apart of the ONL192 Community

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Kalayvani Baburam

What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? Why? Being a student on an online platform has its own challenges especially if the online studies is the only thing you have going on at the same time. One would need to commit to the online courseContinue reading “What I took from being apart of the ONL192 Community”

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Kalayvani Baburam

So based on our discussion we looked at the possibility of aiming our topic towards: – Understanding students learning styles in order to better prepare and encourage collaboration on a blended learning platform – What could go wrong when collaborating and how to deal with it. – How to determine the group dynamic and ensureContinue reading “Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning”

Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Kalayvani Baburam

Why should we collaborate online? We looked that the Advantages of Online Collaboration which are listed below: Convenience in Organizing Meetings Easier Management of Projects Faster Completion of Projects Significant Cost Savings We also looked at the Disadvantages of Online Collaboration Lack of Face-To-Face Interaction Visit this website for more information : https://www.eztalks.com/video-conference/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-online-collaboration.html Our secondContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

Reflection – Topic 2 – Open Pedagogy

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Kalayvani Baburam

We mentioned today, what does that mean and How does it relate to sharing? Open pedagogy happens on a continuum. We discussed the two poles of this continuum, e.g. old-school Face to Face lecture room pedagogy except blended learning as an example of “non-open” pedagogy. And Moocs or TV lectures (historical example possibly) as factorsContinue reading “Reflection – Topic 2 – Open Pedagogy”

Blended Learning

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Leo Hatvani

In this topic we have been observing community of inquiry as the baseline principle towards design for online and blended learning. At the basis of the community of inquiry is the Venn diagram of Social, Cognitive, and Teaching Presence intersecting together in Educational Experience. Like many other models, in my opinion community of inquiry needs … Continue reading Blended Learning →

Semi-Open Knowledge for Open Learning

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Leo Hatvani

During the discussion about open learning within the PBL7 group we have come across a very interesting topic. Accessibility to open learning materials suitable for open courses may be somewhat limited due to a number of reason. Also, I would dare to claim that it is very unevenly distributed between different topics (OER Commons has … Continue reading Semi-Open Knowledge for Open Learning →

Are ARGs PLNs?

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Leo Hatvani

Following the title of this blog in the discussion of edutainment (educational entertainment) versus education, we should look at an interesting phenomenon that has been around for quite a few years now. Alternate Reality Games (ARG) are akin to treasure hunts that can happen by leaving a series of connected clues in the physical or … Continue reading Are ARGs PLNs? →

My experience with ONL 192

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Deveshinee Maharaj

When I started the ONL course it was with mixed emotions, because I did not know what to expect from the course and neither did I know what was expected from me. I felt a bit overwhelmed as I was now moving out of my comfort zone and being introduced to all these new digitalContinue reading “My experience with ONL 192”

Learning in Communities

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Deveshinee Maharaj

How is Learning in Communities defined? According to Riel & Fulton (2001: 519),.” A community of practice is a group of people who share a common interest in a topic or area as well as a particular way of talking about the phenomena, tools, and sense-making approaches for building their collaborative knowledge with a setContinue reading “Learning in Communities”