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Empowering Collaborative Learning: Strategies and Reflections for Building Strong Learning Communities

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Verica Aleksic Sabo

The scenario presented in Topic 3 highlights a common challenge in collaborative learning – students often view collaboration as a means to divide tasks rather than a valuable opportunity to develop collaborative skills and engage in social learning. This mindset… Continue Reading →

Topic 3: The Beauty and Challenge of Collaborative Learning and Assessment

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Susan Lee

Collaborative learning in the forms of think-pair-share, group discussions and longer-term projects have been introduced across different levels of learning, including the higher education (Jin 2012; Flores et al. 2015). In teaching professional and business communication courses, teamwork and collaboration are incorporated in my courses as a way to simulate interaction within workplace work teams. […]

Reflections on Collaborative Learning about Collaborative Learning

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Maria João Almeida

Introduction Collaborative learning has always been a topic of interest to me, despite having yet to learn much about it. It had more to do with what I was trying to achieve regarding students learning about research and acquiring the skills that proved too challenging to grasp. Having gone through an education system mainly based […]

The Future of Open Education: Finding Balance and Harnessing AI for Sustainable Knowledge Sharing

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Saad Abdullah

The Future of Open Education: Finding Balance and Harnessing AI for Sustainable Knowledge Sharing Openness is not the end. It is the means to the end of an equitable, inclusive, and high-quality education for all, enhanced by the power of AI The open education movement promises to break down barriers to knowledge access, fostering […]

Hello world!

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Saad Abdullah

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Topic 2: Open and Share Enough? Reflection on Open Leanring

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Yanqing Lin

On 19th March, I started my first time teaching. During my time as a lecturer, I embarked on a journey…

Topic 3: Why, What, and How? A Reflection on Collaborative Learning From a New Faculty Perspective

Posted on April 14, 2024 by Yanqing Lin

As a new faculty member embarking on my teaching journey, I quickly realized that pedagogy and teaching are processes of…

Topic 2: Role of motivation in adopting Open Educational Practices

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Yusein Redzheb Ali

In this post, I examine the role of motivation in adopting Open Educational Practices (OEP) by teachers and students. I use the theoretical frameworks of Self-Determination Theory, Attribution Theory, and Goal Orientation in the context of OEP adoption and reflect upon their implications on addressing the challenges related to OEP adoption, such as lack of […]

The Power (and Challenges) of Collaborative Learning

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Vesna Bulatović

Collaborative learning is seen as a valuable approach that promotes critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the development of 21st-century skills such as communication, teamwork, and adaptability. As a university teacher for more than twenty years, I’ve seen firsthand the incredible benefits of collaborative learning. It’s not always easy to implement, but when done right, it […]

Topic 3: Balancing Act: Navigating Goal-Oriented and Collaborative Approaches in Education

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Johanna Karlsson

Reading the texts and participating in the group meetings during Topic 3 has been somewhat of a journey for me. I’ve had to rethink a lot about my own approach to learning. I’ve read that many teachers tend to reuse the teaching style of their own teachers (Bernstein 2000). A teacher who had teachers with […]

Learning a new tool together

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Andrea Korens

I’m embedding the template I’m using to teach FigJam to my PBL group, mainly so I can test functionality and watch how it changes as we play with it. FigJam is very new to me as well, but I find it to be a fun tool so far, Miro-esque with more options for play andContinue reading “Learning a new tool together”

In the Open wide space…

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Alexandra Doroftei

As visitors or residents (White & Le Cornu, 2011), every day, we are faced with an immense open space of information through internet access. There are numerous opportunities to access resources to learn about something of interest. The challenge is to select trustworthy content from the available options. Of course, each one interests depend on […]