Digital distraction in class

Posted on by Patrik Holm

When investigating Topic 1 in the ONL-course I stumbled upon a problem I’ve been thinking about in the classroom. The problem of students being tempted to use their electronic devices for off-topic activities and thus draw attention from the learning activity at hand. I found an article by Neiterman and Zaza (2019) where they investigate […]

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My digital identity

Posted on by Karin Bergman

The topic for the last two weeks has been online participation and digital literacies. I really like the idea that we should talk about digital literacies in plural because there are so many tools and you can be fluent in one and not in another. We have talked a lot about David White’s (see e.g. […]

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Boundaries & engagement

Posted on by Heli Dahlin

Dear reader, It is almost a norm today to be digitally literate, or, at least, to aspire to be such. This is my view of the matter, at least, and I cannot seem to decide whether for me it is a dystopian view and a destructive norm to be resisted, or simply a natural consequence […]

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Hello ONL world

Posted on by Marie-Louise Eriksson

My plan was to end this week with a personal reflection on my digital self and whatever that might include. But look what happened! Instead of writing a well structured text as planned I have spent almost an hour sitting in front of my computer just switching between tabs, clips, texts, memes, documents, notes, calendars, […]

Who am I on the web?

Posted on by Patrik Holm

When I reflect on my behavior on the web I think I’m mainly a visitor (using Dave’s definition) and I don’t leave many social marks behind. I am very comfortable with many tools, so the technical side is rarely a problem to me.   As a person, I’m clearly an introvert and I have a […]