Someone once said “WRITE!” when I asked what I should do on a post one day… That was years ago, yet it stuck with me. Inside something shouted, it wanted to come out, it wanted touch the light and breathe fresh air. It sat there at the b…
A course, a community, an approach
Someone once said “WRITE!” when I asked what I should do on a post one day… That was years ago, yet it stuck with me. Inside something shouted, it wanted to come out, it wanted touch the light and breathe fresh air. It sat there at the b…
This final blog post on the ONL course is all about the things I will take with me into my teaching. It is about digital tools, culture and new perspectives for me in my professional and private life. Digital tools I have seen myself as relatively creative with the use of digital tools, but also … Continue reading Topic 5: Lessons learnt – future practice
Topic 4 in the ONL course was about “Design for online and blended learning” and our PBL group started discussing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on teaching and learning. Some examples of questions that were raised within group members regarding this topic: Knowledge increased regarding new tools during this period, but are they all … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning
Before beginning the work in our PBL group, we saw two YouTube-videos by Kay Oddone, explaining PLN (Personal Learning Networks). This really gave us a good foundation to reflect more upon the meaning of networks and communities. Interested in learning more? Here is the definition used and a link for Kay Oddones video: PLNs Theory … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning
• What are the most important things that you have learnt through your engagement in the ONL course? Why?ONL has been a very new course compared to what I have ever done as a course. The most important thing that I have learn is get a bit more ac…
After two weeks of discussing openness in education in our PBL group and reading available resources on the ONL site, I was amazed by the possibilities – not only for my teaching, but also for my own learning possibilities (obviously also affecting my teaching). These weeks also provided a space to reflect over my own … Continue reading Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness
Topic 5 – Lessons learnt and future practiceI think the most important thing I take whit me after this ONL learning sessions is that to search on a wider scale to achieve knowledge and to always stay curious on learning. By taking part of this co…
In my final reflection blogpost, I want to share my thoughts on a popular institution-wide initiative – the adoption of blended learning, which has gained momentum due to the need for continued teaching & learning during this Pandemic. Most faculty members would agree that blended learning is an effective approach to learning that combines the […]
I have the privilege of learning with a diverse group of colleagues with a wealth of knowledge and skills in TEL. My Group 6 teammates taught me lots of things, some of which were applied in my own lessons with teaching assistants. I found the conversations we had every week and the online resources that […]
These are belated blogposts. I guess, it’s better late than never. One good thing perhaps is that I have the chance to apply some of the ideas taught and discussed in our ONL group sessions and to reflect a bit more on these experiences. Online participation and digital literacies have become hot topics when the […]
When I registered for this course and expressed my expectations, I wrote that I was seeking for the holy grail of students’ engagement. Moreover, in an internal workshop at my university (Mälardalen University, MDU), I told that my impressio…
In my teacher experience I have had the luck of experimenting Online Learning design well before the COVID-19 emergency hit the whole education world. In particular, I have been creator and organiser of a distance course for professionals. In tha…