Creating a Learning Community: A Double-Edged Sword?

Posted on by Harun Emre Yildiz

A great deal of my academic work examines how individuals behave in collective settings (e.g., teams, working groups, projects etc.). My research is rooted in organizational behavior literature, where the terms cooperation and collaboration are used in an interchangeable manner. In fact, I also have not paid much attention to the differences between these twoContinue reading “Creating a Learning Community: A Double-Edged Sword?”

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Hate Crime

Posted on by Dean de Koning

Deliverable 4 was about putting together an agenda of sorts that would take a brick and mortar based course online. The Topic was on hate Crime, and though I found some areas of the agenda confusing, it all seemed to work out in the end. this was designed and presented by our leaders using Prezzie. […]

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You’ve Been Spammed

Posted on by Dean de Koning

So Topic 3 was about collaboration vs cooperation, and there were some good takeaways for this topic. The Initial idea behind the unit was to design a course on mining, but this got a little complicated. Who would have thought that digging holes and blowing up things in the ground was that complex… but yep….. […]

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Human connections

Posted on by Suzanne Bancel

During the time I have spent on the Open Networked Learning Course, I have felt like something is missing. These last two weeks we have been focusing on the similarities and differences between co-operation and collaboration. The readings point to the importance of creating a safe learning community in order to promote collaboration, and throughLes meir “Human connections”

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Human connections

Posted on by Suzanne Bancel

During the time I have spent on the Open Networked Learning Course, I have felt like something is missing. These last two weeks we have been focusing on the similarities and differences between co-operation and collaboration. The readings point to the importance of creating a safe learning community in order to promote collaboration, and throughLes meir “Human connections”

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Doing being collaborative and cooperative

Posted on by Derya Duran

Students usually sign up for an online course assuming that assignments will be done individually. There is an expectation that online environments will favor asynchronous interaction between the student and the instructor. So, some students groan when they find out there will be group assignments and resist this team-based approach to distance learning. To beContinue reading “Doing being collaborative and cooperative”

The Bright and Dark Side of Open Knowledge

Posted on by Harun Emre Yildiz

Back in 2012, I watched an inspiring talk by Clay Shirky on open-source movement. His ideas about how opportunity to access knowledge could be a strong impetus for additional knowledge generation – with greater momentum and efficiency. As a scholar whose research interests touch upon knowledge management and innovation, I found open-source as a greatContinue reading “The Bright and Dark Side of Open Knowledge”