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My Reflections on Topic 2: Making Sense of Open Education

Open Education (OE) gives opportunities and empowers both students and teachers to participate freely, actively and in democratic ways throughout the educational/learning process. Open education is interpreted to mean “open admission, open as free education, open educational resources and open educational practices” (Cronin 2017, pg. 16). In practicing OE, both students and their teachers can … Continue reading My Reflections on Topic 2: Making Sense of Open Education

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Halfway there

The forth topic is Design for online and blended learning. This is the topic I have been looking forward to the most. This one feels most hands on and most urgent. Unfortunately I have been very busy with other obligations during these two weeks, and I somewhat lost the thread. The required reading included a … Continue reading Halfway there

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Design for online and blended learning

At this topic I will try to compare Gills Salmon’s Five Stage Model of E-learning to my experience of ONL191. First a short presentation of the Five Stage Model of E-earning. https://www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-model.html The Five Stage Model of E-learning in few words  Access and motivation. Online facilitator needs to ensure all students can access and are supported in […]

Reflections on Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Greetings my readers. Welcome to my third blog post on this my ONL191 journey. This blog post is my reflection on Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning. Introduction Collaborate is a verb which means to work jointly on an activity or project. Collaborative learning (a key term in Topic 3) is an … Continue reading Reflections on Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

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Why be normal?

This is not a deep posting on science education. It is just a Friday commentary about some of my weird things. I drive a manual transmission car. Here in the States. Not only that, but when I finally decided to look for a new car last year, as my trusty (manual) Toyota Matrix passed the […]

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Reflecting on an Online Networked Learning course (ONL191)

ONL191 is an Online Networked Learning that was developed as a response to a growing need for courses dealing with the use of digital tools for teaching and learning. The course design is based on open, collaborative and networked learning practices and participants explore how a problem-based learning format can be utilised for CPD in … Continue reading Reflecting on an Online Networked Learning course (ONL191)