Sharing and openness Posted on October 12, 2018 by David Appel What does the term ‘open scholar’ actually mean? It seems that the traditionally scholar has undergone a transformation with the rise of digital and networked technologies. These technologies have brought about opportunities for researching, collecting, categorizing and managing information as … Continue reading →
Importance of Digital Literacy in the classroom. How important is it in nowadays? Posted on October 11, 2018 by Sinako Mxabo Foundation Gone are the days when learning was solely achieved using pens, paper, books, Slate, globes and chalkboards in South Africa. In today’s world, various forms of technology are routinely found in elementary, middle and high school classrooms, including interactive whiteboards, desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets and smartphones. Source: Adapted from Belshaw. D (2014) accessed 08 … Continue reading Importance of Digital Literacy in the classroom. How important is it in nowadays?
Cooperative, Collaborative, PBL or TBL Posted on September 29, 2018 by Annika Skogster I haven’t been using PBL in my courses before so I am not familiar with it. When I started to read about it I realized that it was more complicated than that. The articles provided by the ONL181 course were quite interesting. It was nice to have the first article by Davidson, Major & Michaelsen that … Continue reading Cooperative, Collaborative, PBL or TBL →
Connecting Posted on September 28, 2018 by David Appel After checking out the course infrastructure and setting up my blog last week, Open Networked Learning took off for real this week. I attended a ZOOM meeting where the ONL facilitators presented themselves, gave a overview on the course and … Continue reading →
Confused? Oh yes! Posted on September 23, 2018 by Annika Skogster Let the journey begin. Thanks ONL 172 for the advices to our course! Especially these posts “calms me down” a little right now: Let yourself get overwhelmed… don’t panic in the beginning! DON’T PANIC!! – My panic level starts to grow a little by now… Keep remembering “Good enough” is OK – that’s more like … Continue reading Confused? Oh yes! →
I finally got into the course Posted on September 23, 2018 by Annika Skogster Had troubles to get accepted to the course and now I am wondering if I missed something? No time for worrying about that, I’m in now! If anyone wonder about the name, it simply is a cat with an unicorn horn. Had to come up with a name for my blog and had a magnet … Continue reading I finally got into the course →
My first Blog Posted on September 23, 2018 by Alexandra Wirth My first step is done, I have created my first blog.
This is the beginning of a journey Posted on September 22, 2018 by Birger Eriksson The beginning of a journey I never experienced before. A journey where I have to change, think of new ways, revaluate myself in meeting with others. I think learning requires change. My brain needs to be rebuilt. But change is tough. We humans are constantly trying to get the world to hang together, be rational. … Continue reading “This is the beginning of a journey”
Fresh start with a nice view Posted on September 21, 2018 by David Appel This week the Online Networked Learning Course ONL181 has started an so I am reactivating this blog. It has been a while since I have posted something here and I have to say it looks quite bleak. I will have … Continue reading →
Hello Posted on September 21, 2018 by Sinéad Whitty Hello everyone! I made this post while manning the ONL helpdesk. A participant dropped by to ask how to add images to her new blog and the only way we could figure it out for sure was to go and create something. Looks like we made a nice coffee 🙂 Often essential to the learning! … Continue reading Hello
Hello Posted on September 21, 2018 by Sinéad Whitty Hello everyone! I made this post while manning the ONL helpdesk. A participant dropped by to ask how to add images to her new blog and the only way we could figure it out for sure was to go and create something. Looks like we made a nice coffee 🙂 Often essential to the learning! … Continue reading Hello
Ready steady go! Posted on September 18, 2018 by Annika Skogster Woohoo! First peak at the course content, today. Couldn’t get into the course, the invite does not accept me. Hmm, maybe it’s a sign? Hope not. Well, better luck tomorrow, I hope 🙂
