Poor peer pressure

Posted on by Gyöngyi Kovács

The more we were discussing about collaborative online learning, the more we came back to group formations setting the tone. Obviously, assignment structures and formations set the tone as well – esp. how clear and relevant they are (Brindley et al., 2009), but let’s keep it to the group for now. How people learn in […]

Educational tools, tools, tools on my mind

Posted on by Gyöngyi Kovács

There are so many tools out there that all supposedly support education that it’s mind-blowing. There is seemingly even a mind-map of mind-mapping tools! Fascinating! There are way too many that one could account for, let alone keep up with. Throughout the ONL course we are experimenting with quite a few, and while that’s perhaps […]

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Why am I writing this?

Posted on by urban anjar

-The Ultimate Question of Life, The University, and Everything   Why do students deliver their awesome work? Why do scientists explore and publish? Why do people do Ironman or climb mountains? Why do people create poems, music, craft and art…

Learning in Communities

Posted on by Andi Sudjana Putra

I recently saw a documentary “A Life on Our Planet” narrated by David Attenborough (Hughes, Scholey, & Fothergill, 2020). In it, he put forth a notion that unlike other flora and fauna, humans do not need physical change in their bodies to create changes to the world around them. Humans can do that, but humans […]

The value of meetings

Posted on by Gyöngyi Kovács

By now probably everyone understands what is meant by “zoom fatigue” (and how to combat it), yet taking a course has made me find some re-appreciation for synchronous, even virtual, meetings. It makes such a difference to be able to talk to one’s group and not just work on the same project! Peer pressure, group […]

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Being open (Topic 2)

Posted on by urban anjar

  ”Open” and ”free” are nice words almost everyone loves, but they are rather fluffy and ambiguous so we have to make things clearer. But first maybe a look at the context and the “zeitgeist” where the term “Open learning” may be a part. Dig…

Open Education

Posted on by Andi Sudjana Putra

I thought that I had been quite open with my teaching materials through my use of personal website and learning management system. In my personal website, I share what I did, e.g. projects, without sharing comprehensively about the content of projects due to confidentiality. In the learning management system set up by the university, I […]

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Ghost member

Posted on by Gyöngyi Kovács

Now that I am not able to attend any of the synchronous meetings of my group it feels like being a ghost group member. So I started to wonder whether this ghost-like feeling extends to online education overall. From an instructor perspective there is a long-standing discussion on how an online instructor comes across, as […]

Implement, or practice fist?

Posted on by Gyöngyi Kovács

New versions of digital education platforms are coming out all the time, adding on to the features they’ve had, and changing where to find them. These are exciting features for sure but software and app updates have never been more challenging than when you discover them right in the middle of your next session. Now […]