Blogging as an educator

One of the issues we discussed in our group during the first topic was how to approach blogging as an educator. I’ve worked as a teacher for 17 years, all of which I’ve used webpages and blogs for different purposes. I would like to share some of my th…

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Digital literacy, digital tools and online participation – why context matters?

Digital literacy is a new currency that we are using to trade digital technologies for learning and teaching in online landscape. However, there is a significance difference between digital skills and digital literacy. Pewhairangi (2016) wrote on her blog post “Digital skills focus on knowing. Digital literacy focuses on understanding”. This is to say, digital skills … Continue reading Digital literacy, digital tools and online participation – why context matters?

Reflections on Topic 1: online participation and digital literacies

The digital age refers to the current development era in which social, economic and political activities / processes are driven by application of Information & Communication Technologies / digital technologies (Esharenana Adomi 2008). By doing a self-evaluation with David White’s film (Visitors and Residents) in mind, I can conclude that my engagement with digital tools … Continue reading Reflections on Topic 1: online participation and digital literacies

Support to Inspire

These last two weeks have been super interesting for me in the ONL group, maybe because I was lead and co-lead with my awesome side-kick Patrik. But I have also learned a phenomenal amount on engagement and collaboration. In one of our readings “Developing digital literates” (JISC) it states that: Beetham and Sharpe’s framework (2010) … Continue reading Support to Inspire

Some refections on my learnings from Topic 1 on ONL191

My experiences from Topic 1 Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies is almost completed and it is time to do some own reflections. Topic 1 turned out to be very interesting. When I first read the instructions of the topic I didn’t even understand that the scenario was the actual scenario we were expected … Continue reading “Some refections on my learnings from Topic 1 on ONL191”

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Some refections on my learnings from Topic 1 on ONL191

My reflections on Topic 1 Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies is almost completed and it is time to do some own reflections. Topic 1 turned out to be very interesting. When I first read the instructions of the topic I didn’t even understand that the scenario was the actual scenario we were expected … Continue reading “Some refections on my learnings from Topic 1 on ONL191”

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Support to Inspire

These last two weeks have been super interesting for me in the ONL group, maybe because I was lead and co-lead with my awesome side-kick Patrik. But I have also learned a phenomenal amount on engagement and collaboration. In one of our readings “Developing digital literates” (JISC) it states that: Beetham and Sharpe’s framework (2010) … Continue reading Support to Inspire