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Design for online and blended learning

Everyone can relate to the feeling of having a teacher who has ruined the joy of learning by being authoritarian or downright mean. This can certainly sometimes relate to the personal chemistry between teacher-student. Alternatively the teacher is authoritarian in his professional practice to control a group of students. The teaching role has traditional beenFortsätt läsa “Design for online and blended learning”

Topic 2: Openness – enabler for new learners?

As the digitalization spreads and mobile phones are more common than access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, also the opportunity for learning exploades (The Economist, 2017). One of the Sustainable Development goals number 4 and specifically the target 4.4 states that we should, “By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have … Continue reading “Topic 2: Openness – enabler for new learners?”

The fallacy of nativeness

Prensky’s (2001) dichotomy of Digital Natives and Immigrants suggests that those born and nurtured in the digital age have an inherent ability to function within and understand this world. Conversely, those individuals not socialised within this world from a young age are never able to achieve complete proficiency in their access to and skill with […]