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Reflections on Topic 4: Design for Online and Blended Learning

Posted on by Clive Whaits

Background Information. Primarily I am, by profession, an electronic engineer and am not an educationist but yet I am intricately involved in education. That is, I have not specifically studied a bachelors degree in education but have been educating electrical engineering students over the past three decades (1988 to date). What I have studied is … Continue reading Reflections on Topic 4: Design for Online and Blended Learning →

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Design for online and blended learning

Posted on by Nathalie Baumann

I have to admit, that I am not that experienced in designing courses for online learning and as well don’t have that much experience in blended learning. Why? It has to do with somehow a lack of time to go deeply into these topics and develop myself material for blended learning. Maybe one would think… Weiterlesen →

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Topic 4: Community of Inquiry and the constructivist perspective to learning

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

Today while riding the bus to my workplace, I decided to read a little more on the concept of community of inquiry (CoI). So as most of us do, I googled the term and immediately started reading the Wikipedia page on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_inquiry). So first thing I learnt: CoI has been a concept taken from … Continue reading Topic 4: Community of Inquiry and the constructivist perspective to learning →

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Topic 4: Community of Inquiry and the constructivist perspective to learning

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

Today while riding the bus to my workplace, I decided to read a little more on the concept of community of inquiry (CoI). So as most of us do, I googled the term and immediately started reading the Wikipedia page on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_inquiry). So first thing I learnt: CoI has been a concept taken from … Continue reading Topic 4: Community of Inquiry and the constructivist perspective to learning →

Topic 3 – Commitment, Interest & Enthusiasm: Essential Ingredients for Collaborative Learning?

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

So I have been thinking for few days what should I write on topic 3 on collaborative learning? As we discussed in our group meetings on Zoom, one of the success factors in a collaborative learning setting is commitment and interest. We all have been in such settings where the enthusiasm to learn and collaborate … Continue reading Topic 3 – Commitment, Interest & Enthusiasm: Essential Ingredients for Collaborative Learning? →

Topic 3 – Commitment, Interest & Enthusiasm: Essential Ingredients for Collaborative Learning?

Posted on by Wasif Afzal

So I have been thinking for few days what should I write on topic 3 on collaborative learning? As we discussed in our group meetings on Zoom, one of the success factors in a collaborative learning setting is commitment and interest. We all have been in such settings where the enthusiasm to learn and collaborate … Continue reading Topic 3 – Commitment, Interest & Enthusiasm: Essential Ingredients for Collaborative Learning? →

Reflections on Topic 3 – Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning.

Posted on by Clive Whaits

Experiences in collaborative learning – my first encounter, later developments and conclusions: My first encounter. The journey of my post school studies started way back in 1974. This period commenced with a massive cloud hanging over my head since I had dismally failed my final exit (grade 12) school exams – I never felt so … Continue reading Reflections on Topic 3 – Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning. →

Reflections on Topic 3 – Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning.

Posted on by Clive Whaits

Experiences in collaborative learning – my first encounter, later developments and conclusions: My first encounter. The journey of my post school studies started way back in 1974. This period commenced with a massive cloud hanging over my head since I had dismally failed my final exit (grade 12) school exams – I never felt so … Continue reading Reflections on Topic 3 – Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning. →

Forget the “default model”: Collaborative learning- it works

Posted on by Mesfin Tessma

“The main object is to find a method by which teachers teach less but learners learn more” (John Amos Comenius, a 16th Century scholar). The default mode in teaching and learning is the traditional face-to-face, teacher centered method. But studies indicated this method is not effective in promoting learning. It’s always revealing to see how … Continue reading Forget the “default model”: Collaborative learning- it works