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Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Dirk Möller

For the past two weeks we talked about the issue (or challenge or opportunity) of designing an online or blended course, bearing in mind important factors to consider, especially social presence, cognitive presence and teaching presence. In addition, another topic has strongly influenced our discussions, emotions. Emotions The importance of emotions on teachers´ and learners´Continue reading “Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning”

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Jamie Murugan

In my reflection for designing an online course, I have decided to look at the ONL course as a starting point. The most important aspect of an online blended course is the introduction. As an individual deciding to complete a course online with a group of strangers from across the world and a facilitator one… Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Emotional Intelligence vs Emotional Presence

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Michelle Coates

Topic 4 has come and gone, and it is time to reflect on the past two weeks of the ONL course. My focus will be on the Community of Inquiry model as discussed by Vaughan, Cleveland-Innes and Garrison (2013) in the book, Teaching in blended learning environments: creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. Emotional IntelligenceContinue reading “Emotional Intelligence vs Emotional Presence”

Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Pinar Dinc

This week I have started to think about the ways in which I can design a blended course. In order to do so, I had to consider various issues: 1- What is a blended course? I realised that I was somewhat confused about online teaching and blended courses. Blended courses, also called hybrid or mixed-mode […]

Design for online and blended learning

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Christiane Schnabel

During our PBL work on this topic it first seemed to me as if we got routed away from the original scenario or topic. We chose to work a real course example which was really interesting for us. However, actually we were not that far off in the end. We still digested the Community ofContinue reading “Design for online and blended learning”

Practice meets theory & presence develops from presence

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Heli Dahlin

Dear reader, The topic this week, Design for online and blended learning, relates to a current development project that I am involved in at my institution. This autumn, I have been streamlining and updating a blended course on Academic Writing together with a colleague, as part of a wider collection and network of online learningContinue reading “Practice meets theory & presence develops from presence”

The art of designing online learning

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Marja Elonheimo

During the past two weeks we have divid deeper into online learning and how to plan it. Until now have talked about more abstract level what is online learning and collaborative learning but in this topic we had to get more concrete in the terms of what does it all mean. In the beginning ofContinue reading “The art of designing online learning”

Best practices for positive student experience in an online course

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Susan Gamache

“Any teacher who thinks they can be replaced by Youtube, SHOULD be replaced by Youtube”. This is a statement I heard someone say at a conference years ago (can’t remember which conference or who said it), but I think it has a point to it. To me this phrase implies that designing for blended and […]

Topic 3—Learning in Communities: Networked Collaborative Learning

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Irene Eriksson

From the 4th to 17th of November we were working through Topic 3 focusing on networked collaborative learning. These were … More

Online learning – What is the importance of social engagement?

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Lara Carvalho

During my first years at the university I used to perceive teachers as unsocial and always busy working on their important research work. Making questions during lectures or even during the hour they specifically created to answer students´ questions, …

Collaboration or Cooperation? What are we really doing?

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Suzana Chaves

Network Collaborative Learning means to work and learn with/from other people. It is a massive opportunity to amplify our perspectives of a goal, through different points of view (each person), and in this way, achieving better solutions/results. To have a successful networked learning two actions are necessary: collaboration and cooperation. I must confess that I … Continue reading Collaboration or Cooperation? What are we really doing? →

Collaboration or Cooperation? What are we really doing?

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Suzana Chaves