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Topic 3. From Collaboration to Cooperation and vice-versa.

“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” Mattie J.T. Stepanek If you had asked me some weeks ago about collaborative learning, I would have said: “working together to accomplish something as a group”. That vague definition is not really wrong by itself, however, it is quite generic. Usually,Continue reading “Topic 3. From Collaboration to Cooperation and vice-versa.”

How to motivate students to participate in a group?

(Topic 3) According to Brindley, Blaschke and Walti1 one motivation for a student participating in the group is making individual success dependent of group success. In my view, participating in the group must be meaningful not only for the sake of passing a course successively. Group participation must add something to the learning experience: makeContinue reading “How to motivate students to participate in a group?”

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The Topic 3 Blog: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

There is a logical trajectory on this ONL211 course, where we began with the initial journey into open networked learning, the challenges related to open access and now in topic 3, how those already on the network collaborate. One of the articles that we looked into highlighted the frustration that people experience — for variousContinue reading “The Topic 3 Blog: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”

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Discovering Twitter

On Thursday, April 22nd, I participated in the tweet chat with Kay Oddone and Alastair Creelman about collaborative and networked learning. It was my second conversation on Twitter, first one being the conversation held in March with David White. This time there were less people participating which unfortunately had a great impact on the dynamicContinue reading “Discovering Twitter”

Learning in communities

The topic of this blog deals with issues that are dear to me. I have been involved in course development at the university for several years. When reading the blog of one of my fellow course (ONL211) member  Michail Galanakis,  I stopped and reflect. He states that collaborative learning and democracy fits together and then

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Open Learning!

what is opening learning? I learnt that there are two paths to define open learning: Open Access and Open Pedagogy. Open Access: the materials/resources are made available on a public platform, usually free of charge or at a nominal fee. Open access has the advantage of wider reach and reputation building. I am familiar with… Continue reading Open Learning!