PBL group 15 – Open Networked Learning

Topic 5 reflection at the end of ONL

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Malin Lindahl

The structure of the ONL-course itself will continue to influence my practice. The great benefit of PBL and group learning was an eye opener. Although I have worked a lot with group-based processes before in my teaching, it became clear to me all the benefits that anyone can achieve from collaborative learning. No matter whatContinue reading “Topic 5 reflection at the end of ONL”

Blended learning dynamics

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Malin Lindahl

My question to Marty Cleveland-Innes on the padlet wasn’t answered. Therefore, I take the opportunity to use the question as a starting point for this reflection for topic 4. The question rose in my mind during reading the course literature for this topic. After experiencing about 10 months of digital distance teaching, synchronous didactic interactionContinue reading “Blended learning dynamics”

Reflection on Topic 3

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Malin Lindahl

Coming from a social constructionist perspective on learning, collaborative work for students is given. Or at least group learning processes of different kinds. What does collaborative learning mean in the online context, that is not also true for collaborative learning processes in the face to face environment? Brindley et.al (2009) stresses the importance for teachersContinue reading “Reflection on Topic 3”

Lessons learnt: final blog post

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Ebba Sundin

One of my favourite quotes from McLuhan’s classical Understanding Media is found in the chapter about radio. I think it is still valid and applicable to other and more modern media forms: “Radio affects most people intimately, person-to-person, offering a world of unspoken communication between writer-speaker and the listener. That is the immediate aspect ofContinue reading “Lessons learnt: final blog post”

Topic 5: Lessons Learnt – Future Practice

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Bianca Crozier

It is not a simple task to put all the lessons learned through this ONL course into a blog post, but this one will attempt to explain my experience through the process of the last 12 weeks. ONL started for me a little differently as most others. It was recommended to me through work, andContinue reading “Topic 5: Lessons Learnt – Future Practice”

Topic 5: Look into the future (of my course)

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Hui Zhao

What suggestions do you have (activities) for development of eLearning in your own teaching or context? As I reflected on the Topic 4, I think I would consider to use some technological tools for developing the community of inquiry in my own course. Cleveland-Innes, M. & Wilton, D. (2018) suggest that the purposeful inquiry isContinue reading “Topic 5: Look into the future (of my course)”

Topic 4: Developing community of inquiry in blended learning

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Hui Zhao

Before the pandemic, I already knew the concept of “blending learning” from a pedagogical course called course design I attended in the beginning of this year. I really like the philosophy behind blending learning. It is useful to deep into the concept of blended learning. According to Garrison & Vaughan (2008), definition of blended learningContinue reading “Topic 4: Developing community of inquiry in blended learning”

Topic 4: Design for Online and Blended Learning – Reflection

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Bianca Crozier

The idea of online/blended learning was a new concept to me as an educator when it was introduced due to Covid-19, although I had been exposed to online learning as a learner myself through various platforms, the side of an educator was a complete foreign concept. So, moving from a classroom, face-to-face environment to anContinue reading “Topic 4: Design for Online and Blended Learning – Reflection”

Re-designing old-fashioned style for the benefits of online learning

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Ebba Sundin

Topic 4: Re-designing old-fashioned style for the benefits of online learning

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Ebba Sundin

Remember the ubiquitous overhead projectors in classrooms, usually with the electric cord across the floor to trip on, during the lectures and writings on the whiteboard? In Media and Communication Studies they were often used for showing images of media content or figures from textbooks. When I moved my office a few years ago, allContinue reading “Topic 4: Re-designing old-fashioned style for the benefits of online learning”

Topic 3: Learning in communities

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Bianca Crozier

According to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University: “Learning communities provide a space and a structure for people to align around a shared goal. Effective communities are both aspirational and practical. They connect people, organizations, and systems that are eager to learn and work across boundaries, all the while holding members accountable to aContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in communities”

Topic 3: Frustration in collaborative learning

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Hui Zhao

Capdeferro and Romero, M. (2012) mentioned the frustration aspect of collaborative learning. I think it is very important for us to address as course instructors. In the scenario, it mentioned that When digital tools is inserted into this equation, things tend to get even worse: if one person in the group happens to be familiarContinue reading “Topic 3: Frustration in collaborative learning”