Fruitful Journey

Posted on by Mehwish Jabeen Bhatti

ONL gave me an opportunity to learn quite a lot of stuff. In the beginning it was bit hard to go around the new website, but it was god that we had first week to know how things worked. The best thing I found was strong facilitation that got us togeth…

Topic 5

Posted on by Hans Bjurgren

So time fore som reflection on the course, my PBL-group and my own work. If I start with the course it selves, I can come up with mostly positive comments, so let’s start there. The first topic was around openness and sharing, two things that have had great impact of the growth of Internet, and … Fortsätt läsa Topic 5

Topic 4

Posted on by Hans Bjurgren

During this topic I focused on how to try to ensure good communication in courses. Good and honest communication among students and between teachers and students are keys for a successful course. Successful interpersonal communication enhances learning. Building trust is essential to deal with emotional issues that arise in courses. It is essential for the … Fortsätt läsa Topic 4

ONL 5: Lessons learnt – future practice

Posted on by Philipp Birken

I did not have specific expectations on what to learn during the ONL course, but I did expect that it would make me reflect more on my teaching. And this it did indeed. The most important thing it taught me are new concepts around which to frame my tea…

Week 10 – Good practices and main principles of online and blended learning

Posted on by Tamás Péter Szabó

In our PBL assignment, we collected good practices and main principles of online and blended learning. I enjoyed having conversations with my group mates, and I also found it quite exciting to reflect on my own practice and link theory and practice together. As theory, we built on seven principles from the book Teaching in … Continue reading Week 10 – Good practices and main principles of online and blended learning →

ONL 4 – Blended and online learning

Posted on by Philipp Birken

My courses follow a rather straight forward template. They consist of frontal 90 minute lectures, which contain me writing on the blackboard, interaction with the students, small exercises for them to do during the lecture and weekly mandatory assignme…

Design for Online and blended learning – Main principles and good practices

Posted on by Philipp BirkenLeave a Comment on Design for Online and blended learning – Main principles and good practices

The basis of our work are the seven design principles suggested in chapter 1 of Vaughan, N. D., Cleveland-Innes, M., & Garrison, D. R. (2013). Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. Edmonton: AU Press. From there, our goal was to give more concrete guidelines on how to adhere to these design […]

Reflecting on topic 4 – supporting and guiding students in online courses

Posted on by Judy Botha

One of the things that I find most critical about online learning design is preparing the students for and guiding them through the course. The course should be designed so that students feel comfortable with the technology, know what to expect, and trust the process. Of course, this applies to traditional, face-to-face teaching but it … Continue reading Reflecting on topic 4 – supporting and guiding students in online courses →