A course, a community, an approach
I have been reading through some blogs and was impressed. I felt rather clumsy, but that won´t keep me from trying.This owl was difficult to spot. It took me a while to get it into my focus. Hopefully I will succeed in focusing on online learning…
The concept of digital literacies was something familiar yet new to me and exploring this topic gave a whole new meaning and understanding to it. I had the opportunity to reflect on who i am as an individual in the digital age when the topic was introduced by David White during his webinar. I seemContinue reading “Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies”
It is about distress. I notice that the topics within the course are new to me and this leads to distress. My initial way of dealing with new, possibly difficult, topics is yes, distress. I feel that it is kind of strange that these topics are ne…
Professional Digital Identity Professional Digital Identity, what is it, why do we need it, and how can we create it and maintain it? These are the questions that I wish to explore in this short blog post. A Professi…
In the fifth week of our ONL course we started exploring the benefits and challenges of openness in education. It was harder than I…
Swapping out the main character of our introductory video to ONL topic 1 only took half a dozen clicks in mysimpleshow – really no big deal at all. So here it comes: The additional version starring “Tino”. However, our team member Lynette finally made …
In this section you will right now find a flow of texts that are created in relation to a forum for collaborative learning In the interface of learning, pedagogy, research and art, I will as an expression of “living life as art” in a series of reflections take a meta-perspective on how it is toFortsätt läsa “Dancing in the learning forest”
Common ChallengeThe common question that many raised in discussion today was: how do we provide access to knowledge and information on the internet, when there is NO access to the internet. Hmmm… For me the questions are: how do we ac…
In China, a teacher is highly regarded, amongst other reasons, because they possess knowledge. And having knowledge gives the teacher power. The power to grant access to classes to acquire knowledge. The power to give a fresh graduate…
There are many perspectives of openness, and the concept often relates to connectivity and free access to material when we discuss openness in the virtual space. An open access learning community often gives acessibility to material and knowledge without charge, and there are benefits from learning together in online collaboration. There is also a sense… Continue reading Openness
We are becoming more and more accustomed to digital tools being a part of our everyday lives. Digitization entails both risks and opportunities. One such opportunity is open courses. The population is increasing and there is a growing need for education. One benefit of using open courses can, for example, be an opportunity for poor… Fortsätt läsa Topic 2 – Open courses