Taking ONL201 in spring 2020 turned out to be timely. The sudden transition to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic provided plenty of examples to illustrate the theory we discussed during the course.  For me, the transition to online teaching was smooth, as I had already blended the course I was teaching at theContinue reading “Topic 5”

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”

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”

In the best of worlds, blended learning offers the best of two worlds. Mixing face-to-face with online elements could really be ideal, and there is a wealth of literature pointing at its benefits, from the students’ and the educators’ points of view (see e.g. Cleveland-Innes and Wilton (2018), Lopéz-Peréz et al. (2011) and references therein).Continue reading “Topic 4”

In Topic 3 we have focused on collaborative learning. This topic and its scenario was the (so far!) most challenging task for our PBL group. And in a sense, that is illustrative.  We started off trying to understand just what is meant by collaborative learning, and a personal learning network. It requires communication and coordinationContinue reading “Topic 3”

Education in current context can be redefined as sharing knowledge among enthusiastic, potential learners. Being open in educational materials and creating access for everyone has become a huge debate in current academia. Can we make everything open when it comes to education? This question needs to be answered in many ways. “Openness” cannot be createdContinue reading “Topic 2 – Openness in Education”

In these past couple of weeks the work in our PBL group has been focused on the advantages and disadvantages of open learning. In trying to think what openness means for my own practice, as teacher and learner, I realize that a) although I have taken steps in the direction of openness, my experience soContinue reading “Topic 2”

Online Teaching and Architecture Pedagogy Architectural education is having it’s own unique way of teaching and learning. It is typically belived by many practitioners face to face teaching is the ideal pedagogic model for architectural learning. But it is important to understand the revolutionary changes happened in the field of education due to the developmentContinue reading “Topic 1 – Digital Literacy”

This blog is created for the Open Networked Learning course I am taking, and I intend to keep it on that topic. I will therefore mention the current corona virus situation only in that context; the pandemic has caused a rapid transition of all university and high school teaching to being online, and digital literacyContinue reading “A word on corona”

My ONL journey has started. I though the word “journey” used here and there in the course description was a bit silly at first, but now I think it actually seem to be a rather proper description. I see myself as reasonably digitally literate, in some areas. I am comfortable with sharing and co-editing documentsContinue reading “Topic 1”