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Digital literacy, synthetic learning and synthwave

Posted on by Niko Solitander

The challenge with the synthwave genre is the question if it really improves the original sound, which despite its flaws continues to make grab people, and if it contributes to something new to our understanding of music? This is pretty much how I look at something like ONL and online problem-based learning in the landscape (discourse) of learning.

One reflection on the meaning of “digital literacy” and thinking about “collaborative participation” as a way of learning

Posted on by Katarina Elevant

Finally, after several years of studying collaborative participation while applying theories on communities of practice and situated learning, I ended up as a lab rat myself. I recently joined an online course on Open Networked Learning that, putting it mildly, challenges all conventional ways of thinking about learning. After a couple of days of reflection […]

An old reflection

Posted on by mimsho

How is “to learn” expressed in your language? In Swedish and Scandinavian languages, there is a reflexive component suggesting activity (att lära sig = “to learn/teach oneself”) that you find also in Russian and Slavic languages, but not in many of the other European languages. By contrast, “to get an education” and also “to obtainContinue reading “An old reflection”

Connecting week

Posted on by Lars Lindhagen

So, the ONL201 course has started, the Connecting week is over, and it’s time to write my first blog post (of my life, actually). So far, everything has worked out fine. It is always nice to meet new people. Well, of course we haven’t actually ”met”, only talked to each other over the internet. WhichContinue reading “Connecting week”

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Week 2 – Connecting

Posted on by Jess

Image by David Schwarzenberg from Pixabay Week 2 of ONL201 saw us forming our groups, and using different technologies to work together collaboratively. Using Zoom for our group meetings was an interesting experience for me, as it allowed me to utilise the different functionalities of that application – with the current issues around the worldContinue reading “Week 2 – Connecting”