All too soon, we arrived to the final week of the course! It felt like it was only yesterday when I signed up for the course. The ONL course has certainly shifted my ideas surrounding online learning, and consequently, how to teach effectively over the online platform. At the start of the ONL journey, IContinue reading “Topic 5: Lessons Learnt – Future Practices”

The fourth and final topic for the ONL course was on online and blended learning. The PBL group read and discussed papers on the Community of Inquiry by Mart Cleveland-Innes, as well as the Five Stage Model by Gilly Salmon. The latter model provides a framework for online learning. We collectively agreed that the FiveContinue reading “Topic 4: Design for Online and Blended Learning”

After a one week break to reflect on our progress thus far, we were introduced to the third ONL course topic on learning in communities. In particular, we focused on collaborative learning within networks. As a group, we discussed the differences between cooperative and collaborative learning, and the difference between PLCs and PLNs. Our groupContinue reading “Topic 3: Learning in Communities– Networked Collaborative Learning”

Open learning, and their challenges and successes, was the focus of the second ONL course topic. PBL group discussions for topic 2 were spirited, especially because each member interpreted ‘openness’ differently, and had different thresholds of comfort for material they share or make public. From the topic lectures, we were introduced to the 4Rs in sharingContinue reading “Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness”