Sharing and Openness

The second topic on #ONL191 has been sharing and openness, and the kick-off was a presentation by Alastair Creelman and Kay Oddone.  This has been followed up by various activities to explore advantages, disadvantages, levels and practicalities. My thoughts are this are not well-organized, and run into well-known linguistic issues – does open mean accessible […]

Institutional Impact and Practical Implications of Open Learning

Open learning can be described in terms of following aspects: Institutional Impact of Open Learning Practical Implications of Open Learning The institutional impact can be further categorized as: a. Benefits b. Challenges c. Advantages d. Disadvantages e. Institutional Support f. Techniques for Structure and Discipline to Assist The Practical Implications can also be sub-divided as: […]

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Give and you will get

Photo by Elaine Casap on Unsplash Having for years followed the motto “Give and you will get”, openness in education seems self-evident. Saving clause: I have never shared any of my educational material openly online – only on learning platforms and in closed groups. That is why this course is important – learning how not to do the … Fortsätt läsa Give and you will get

Am I what I say?

Having argued in my previous post that to be active successfully in online fora, you should be media literate, the next obvious question is how do you acquire this literacy?  As a part of my group’s #ONL191 work, we have looked at a variety of practical tips as well as more philosophical points.  As with […]

Blogging as an educator

One of the issues we discussed in our group during the first topic was how to approach blogging as an educator. I’ve worked as a teacher for 17 years, all of which I’ve used webpages and blogs for different purposes. I would like to share some of my th…