Topic 4

The online learning became more popular across the globe , mainly due to the COVID 19 pandemic. However teaching online is not that easy as how it was predicted. From facilitator’s point of view , designing an online course is more challenging than preparing the usual course materials. It is always important to remember ,Continue reading “Topic 4”

Topic 3 – Learning in Communities

Learning in communities is widely applicable in modern teaching and learning context. In the contemporary academic world networked community learning is vastly applicable across the globe. In this scenario students are networked through a virtual platform to achieve a common task. Community Learning in any context is a complex process with the involvement of differentContinue reading “Topic 3 – Learning in Communities”

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Designing for learning

Designing a course is not only about creating realistic course goals and matching learning activities to those. A major part is to attract and maintain the students’ interest. There has to be something thrilling that awakens their curiosity, a bit like…

Topic 3 Learning in communities- networked collaboration

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on Unsplash During this weeks when we have worked with this topic, our group have had very interesting discussions related to both cooperation and collaboration and with those as a starting point, I want to start by defining these two concepts; Cooperation: The process of working together to the same end.Continue reading “Topic 3 Learning in communities- networked collaboration”

Role of Academia in Managing Conflicts of Collaborative Groups

It has been stated that faculty members may be unaware of the effective strategies to manage conflict and some just keep watching without any effective guidance. After navigating the internet about this issue, I have found that there are some unpretentious efforts at some colleges worldwide that offer students courses on learning conflict resolution skillsContinue reading “Role of Academia in Managing Conflicts of Collaborative Groups”

Conflicts within Learning Collaborative Groups

Creative educators establish quality learning environments that allow students to engage in collaborative learning activities within their assigned groups. Such environments contribute to better learning outcomes, including development of higher order thinking skills. Students can be heterogeneous in their outlooks to collaborative activities, especially when participants of diverse cultures and attitudes are connected in computer-basedContinue reading “Conflicts within Learning Collaborative Groups”

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Hello? Is it anyone out there?

In this blog post I would like to focus on my own Personal Learning Networks – what they look like and how they could be taken further.A network could be described as a group, of varying size, and the group members all have different characters. In rea…

Reflection on Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Dear blog and readers, During the last two weeks, we have discussed collaborative learning from many viewpoints in our PBL group. I have enjoyed the discussions and it has been interesting to learn from other teachers who come from different countries and different learning environments. Surprisingly, the challenges and opportunities of collaborative learning seem to … Continue reading Reflection on Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning