Openness in education Enjoying education without restriction, this is my understanding of what a open education is about. Wiley and Green, mentioned that there are three principal influence of openness on education: open educational resources, ope…
A course, a community, an approach
Openness in education Enjoying education without restriction, this is my understanding of what a open education is about. Wiley and Green, mentioned that there are three principal influence of openness on education: open educational resources, ope…
Over the past two weeks, I served as a topic leader within the problem-based learning group no. 8. Within the topic “Open Learning – Sharing and Openness” we were asked to study a scenario in which a (university) teacher is willing to make her/his course fully open, but does not know where to start. OurContinue reading “Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness”
I proudly announce that I belong to the first generation of „Digital Natives“ – children who were born into and raised in the digital world [1]. But wait, you could also call me a Millennial, or Generation M or Net Generation. What my Generation has in common is, that it is widely assumed, that we“A personal journey into the digital age from a Visitors and Residents perspective” weiterlesen
Sharing means learning!
These past two ONL weeks went fast! After a short phase in which we collected information and exchanged ideas, we decided to channel our thoughts about the new topic into a mini series of short narrative videos – the journey of a teacher going “open”. …
I put my hand up when the question was asked which topic I would be happy to co-lead. Openness and sharing- an ethos I resonate with. I especially liked this definition “Openness can be conceived of as an attitude or worldview which includes making oneself vulnerable, narrating one’s own practice and sharing one’s incomplete scholarshipContinue reading “Redrawing the lines”
The last two weeks of the ONL meetings focused on ‘open education’. I have realized that this term is interchangeably used for distance education or learning in Turkey. I am glad to have differentiated between these two terms. The suggested readings, podcasts, meetings and some further readings helped me reflect on my own practices of … Continue reading Willingness or reluctance to be ‘open’?
I want to highlight one of his thoughts about how openness in education can affect our human capacity and brain. So important to acknowledge this, especially for me, cause I am always “trigging” on new online techniques and tools, new ideas on how to learn online etc.
In many situations, the term open learning is used interchangeably to refer to e-learning, flexible learning, and distance learning. Paine (1989) as cited by Fraser and Dean (1997: 25) defines open learning as both a process which focuses on access to educational opportunities and a philosophy which makes learning more client and student centred. ItContinue reading “Open Learning: Education for Openness”
I have lately been diving into the pros and cons about openness in education. To tell you the truth, even if I have been offering MOOCs for years, I never actually thought about it. Also I had never herd the term MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses). Most of my students are degree students at theContinue reading “Sharing and Openness”
Openness in my world has led to advancement, extensive collaboration in the face of pressing needs. An explosion of information overload. From individual patient medical and health data to global scale pandemic solutions. Ideally sharing would allow access to others to recreate and circulate. What better way to make new knowledge accessible for all toContinue reading “OPEN”
Exploring the topic of openness and sharing in education, the group approached the provided scenario by first reflecting the systems in which they exist as academics. Of immediate note were (a) challenges of openness in research and one’s own work, … Continue reading