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Community of practice for distance teaching during the covid-19 pandemic

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Johanna Zilliacus

A community of practice is a group of professionals who have a common interest and learn from each other to build a best practice (1, 2). University teachers can gain from building their community of practice to develop teaching practice and support each other. A community of practice can also be seen as a combination … Continue reading Community of practice for distance teaching during the covid-19 pandemic →

What to do in times of information overload?

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sophie Ellermann

Openly sharing and learning – Is there a right way to do it? No. Education can happen in a vast amount of ways. Bringing it online, sharing it with everyone that’s interested, allowing anyone to take part – this promises benefits for everyone involved. Or doesn’t? The answer resulting from our group work could beContinue reading “What to do in times of information overload?”

Open learning-Sharing and Openness.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Kanyisa

“Where do I even start?” This has become a very common question from the time Topic 2 was launched, to our first PBL group meeting for Topic 2, as i try to settle and prepare to work from home as my country (South Africa) went into 21 days of Lock down and yet again as … Continue reading Open learning-Sharing and Openness. →

Open learning-Sharing and Openness.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Kanyisa

A POEM AT EASTER

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Ingrid Rystedt

MY REFLECTIONS ON OPEN LEARNING, DURING THE CORONA PANDEMIC Ingrid Rystedt, April 9th, 2020 — An unusual Easter in corona isolation We ponder the merits of open education While our university buildings are currently in lockdown Open forums for learning, help our minds move around The basic foundation of open learning is sharing And thisFortsätt läsa “A POEM AT EASTER”

Learning opportunities for all

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Johanna Zilliacus

Open learning can defined as the very wide concept of removing barriers for learning (1). Using this definition most teaching probably would be defined as open learning, since teaching should be about supporting learning of all our students. Open learning can also relate to the UN sustainable development goal 4 (SDG4) “Ensure inclusive and equitable … Continue reading Learning opportunities for all →

Learning opportunities for all

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Johanna Zilliacus

Is technologies for open education a driver for learning?

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by Fredrik Backlund

This period of the ONL-course we have focus on “Sharing and openness” in education, a very relevant and actual topic, and has been so for a long time, see for example Sharon, F. and and Deane, E. (1997). There are many aspects of “openness” in educatio…

Learning aspects in the digital era

Posted on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by Fredrik Backlund

I sure find myself as a teacher and as individual to be in a digital age. Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube and other IT-tools are a common in my private life, while learning management systems and communication tools as Canvas and Zoom are common in the par…

Immigrants as permanent residents – natives as non-residents

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Ingrid Rystedt

In ”Visitors and residents: A new typology for online engagement”, White and Le Cornu make the argument that Prensky’s typology ’Natives and Immigrants’ is increasingly outdated. With the interpretation of natives and immigrants they (and, as I understand, Prensky) utilize, I probably agree. Still I have reflected on differences between natives and an immigrant duringFortsätt läsa “Immigrants as permanent residents – natives as non-residents”

Understanding our students’ digital literacies

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Johanna Zilliacus

The first topic in the ONL201 course was focused on online participation and digital literacies. These broad topics can be discussed from different perspectives. I have chosen the perspective of university teacher/course coordinator and how knowledge and understanding of the concepts of online participation and digital literacies can support the students in my course. Starting … Continue reading Understanding our students’ digital literacies →

Understanding our students’ digital literacies

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Johanna Zilliacus