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Reflections 2019-05-16 15:28:00

Posted on May 16, 2019May 21, 2019 by Helena Lööf

Design is important – but first, the teacher must set focus on the students (group-interaction).Creating Groups that can learn to work – A team-work!E.g. Cleveland-Innes and Cambell (2012) presents evidence of emotions present in online enviro…

Reflections 2019-05-16 14:02:00

Posted on May 16, 2019May 21, 2019 by Helena Lööf

Collaboration – In a community of learning? The student group today is increasingly “diverse” (heterogeneous and fragmented group) (see eg. Biggs & Tang, 2012). An “available teaching” is a requirement, according to the Equal Treatment P…

Topic 4: Design for Online and Collaborative Learning

Posted on May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 by Gamze Sökücü

There has been an ongoing debate about transition into online learning and teaching environments (Vaughan et al., 2013). Until we migrate into fully-developed ones in the future, we have the MOOCs, the pioneers in online learning journeys. However, thi…

Reflections 2019-05-16 12:27:00

Posted on May 16, 2019May 21, 2019 by Helena Lööf

Academic emotions – ONL-Learning.Tranquility!Frustrations (internal) in relation to barriers (external) among students in online courses might be e.g. technology or poor usability (in relation to the course design). Issues with…

Include conference at Karlstad University

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Jörg Pareigis

Yesterday and today, the Include conference takes place at Karlstad University. I have the opportunity to talk about open education as an opportunity for social inclusion. In my presentation, I will first very quickly go through what open education is, its roots and what open movements it is related to. Secondly, I will highlight some […]

The woes of collaborative learning. Topic 3

Posted on May 16, 2019May 28, 2019 by Marie Tapper

Bemused cake creatures. (Photo by me.)I was both happy and unhappy when I realized during this topic that online computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL, Capdeferro & Romero, 2012) is something that other learners also seem to strugg…

Topic 3: Learning in Communities

Posted on May 16, 2019May 17, 2019 by Gamze Sökücü

All in One or One in All?This dilemma is what this week’s scenario has brought into my mind. First, let’s take a look;Scenario: “Most people I’ve come across have a rather weak idea of what it really means to learn collaboratively. Mostly, we fall ba…

Lessons learnt and future practices

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Shushentha Naidoo

It is known that teaching and learning has transformed. Students want to learn differently. Teachers are exploring new ideas to create and share knowledge, and what has made this glaringly clear, is being part of ONL191. I always believed learning should be fun, supportive, encouraging and also challenging, learning should be able to offer life … Continue reading Lessons learnt and future practices →

Lessons learnt and future practices

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Shushentha Naidoo

T1 Reflecting on Online Participation and Digital Literacies

Posted on May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 by Donald Baldwin

ONL 191 Topic 1Reflections on Digital Literacy and Online Participation.My journey into the world of online communities started with a dial up modem and bulletin board system (BBS) communities and chat forums on CompuServe, Prodigy, and AOL. As the Int…

Looking back, looking forward.

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Tatjana von Rosen

Participating in the international conferences, we do not only present our research results but also want to get new ideas, become inspired and create new networks for collaboration. Similarly, taking courses in university pedagogy I always hope to discover something new, e.g. interesting digital tools, effective approaches to explaining statistical concepts or improving communication with … Fortsätt läsa Looking back, looking forward.

Learning in network and communities

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Jean Claude Byungura

Ren, Kraut and & Kiesler (2007) define online communities as those groups of individuals with a common interest and goal interacting via internet enabled tools where each participant might have a membership subscription. Since its introduction, internet has taken a big role in facilitating people to learn online. Online communities are formed based on a … Continue reading Learning in network and communities →