Categories and characteristics Posted on May 1, 2021May 2, 2021 by Ann Scott On the topic of learning and motivation, it is interesting to reflect on the difference between being a learner and an educator when we talk about Salmon’s five stage model, which is a model we are using in our PBL group (see reference to Salmon’s website below). We can develop competencies that relate to learning… Continue reading Categories and characteristics
Learning in communities Posted on April 30, 2021May 11, 2021 by Esa Ruskeepää Marcel Breuer, Marta Erps-Breuer, Katt Both and Ruth Hollos-Consemüller in 1927. twitter.com/BauhausMovementOur third topic was centered around communal learning and networking. We spent a good amount of time trying to define what does “networked …
Blended learning and exit tickets Posted on April 30, 2021 by Ann Scott Blended learning is an important topic, and the importance of blended learning has been emphasized even more in the past 18 months or so, since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Boelens et. al. (2017) have identified four key challenges to the design of blended learning and these are: Incorporating flexibility Facilitating interaction Facilitating students’… Continue reading Blended learning and exit tickets
On Stuckness and Superpowers Posted on April 29, 2021 by Andrea Korens Watching the recorded webinar for topic 4 (Design for Online & Blended Learning), I am aware of the privileges I bring from my background area of expertise. Teaching in, and administering an applied program, so many of the principles described explicitly by Dr. Marti Cleveland-Innes are intuitively and implicitly part of my practice. In normalContinue reading “On Stuckness and Superpowers”
Learning in communities – a new opportunity or an old practice? Posted on April 29, 2021 by Katarzyna Radke In the old good days we used to attend school in groups of 20-30, learned together, played together and sometimes travelled with the…
Topic 3 – Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning – Reflections by Chamara Posted on April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 by Chamara Kumara Topic 3 – Learning in communities – networked collaborative learningLet me start my reflections by giving out real-life experience related to networked collaborative learning. This might not directly related to teaching but definitely a learning …
“But I don’t want to take the exam again!” Posted on April 29, 2021 by Ann Scott Red flag going up: am I really “allowed” to post this!? Here is a very personal reflection connected to work. Oops. Thursday afternoon. I know that as soon as I click on “publish”, over a hundred students will see their results from the most recent exam. I also know that my inbox will be flooded… Continue reading “But I don’t want to take the exam again!”
Thoughts on topic 4 Posted on April 29, 2021 by Ann Scott This week we started discussing design for online and blended learning in our ONL course. This will be interesting! In the book Teaching as a Design Science (Laurillard, 2012), the author talks about teaching and learning, and she raises a number of interesting questions on what it takes to teach and what it basically takes… Continue reading Thoughts on topic 4
Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning Posted on April 28, 2021 by Mika Sipponen Collaborative work can be a daunting task if not all the participants are working coherently towards a common goal. Talking to my peers it has become evident that group assignments often fail to engage participants equally. Since this is a reflection blog, I take the freedom to share some of my own experiences. In retrospect,Continue reading “Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”
Collaborate to build a Community of Practice Posted on April 28, 2021 by Sarada Bulchand Learning to collaborate and collaborating to learn, both keep me wondering about best practices in building communities of practice (CoP). Whether in academia or the corporate sector, collaborations have become an essential element to the success of a project. Is it easy to bring a community together? Perhaps yes, with suitable inspiration and the rightContinue reading “Collaborate to build a Community of Practice”
Blog 1-2 Posted on April 27, 2021 by Kerstin Bragby Open to learning in sharing – creating in common The first topic around entering and co-creating grounds for participation in learning, touched upon the underlying theme of establishing premises for trust, courage and vulnerability in interactive relationships. It related to different motives, incentives and overall purposes for education/life-long learning and wider educative journeys. The specificFortsätt läsa “Blog 1-2”
The impact of having “academic crush” Posted on April 27, 2021 by Kadriye Pekacar It took me a lot of thinking for writing this blog post on Topic 3. Maybe because I am experiencing a ‘bloggers block’ ? I was not sure whether such a term exists to define my situation but yay here it comes. When I did a little digging, I found this website that may be … Continue reading The impact of having “academic crush”
