Godkväll! ONL is now over. What an experience: digital tools, ways of communication, learning methods, new people, backgrounds! Through the course, I’ve learnt about things such as problem-based learning, pedagogic digital competences, open learning, collaborative learning, blended learning, and many others. I also had the chance to interact with people originating or living all around the world: Sweden, Finland, Germany, South Africa, Tunisia, India! All of them working on different topics, far from my comfort zone. Still, we found great ways of collaboration, sharing task, merging contributions together, learning from each other.

There’s also lots of take-home lessons for me when it comes to my future teaching and learning practices. For every course or learning occasion, there is always a suitable method of teaching and learning, that being online, blended, cognitive, collaborative, cooperative, learning! So many different methods, but all with a common characteristic: a very well-structured process that needs to be followed so that learning implementation is effective. To date, my knowledge on how all these methods really work was limited. Now, I can certainly design my next courses in the right way, both for me and the learners. It was also interesting to see for the first time how facilitation works and what are the differences between facilitators and instructors. Present and future teaching will probably involve both roles.

I have also learnt so many new digital tools, such as Miro, Canva, Coggle, Jamboard. And ways of dealing with digitalization in education, which seems that it’s come in our life to stay. Got some insights about how digitalization should be approached, but I guess there’s still more to learn. ONL has definitely been a good start on that. I hope that my understanding on the capabilities and limitations of using technology in teaching will improve my future practices, them being digital or physical.

By the way, I’ve recently learnt some things about the Swedish mentality: Swedes are much more into being in groups, sharing, working on a common space, respecting each other’s contribution, and aiming at collective benefits for the community. Group work in ONL has been something like that, and probably one of the most important outcomes out of my involvement in the program. Sharing and openness has opened up my thinking when it comes to participating in similar activities in the future, both in education and real life.

A big thank you. And hope to meet again.

Godkväll! ONL is now over. What an experience: digital tools, ways of communication, learning methods, new people, backgrounds! Through the course, I’ve learnt about things such as problem-based learning, pedagogic digital competences, open learning, collaborative learning, blended learning, and many others. I also had the chance to interact with people originating or living all around the world: Sweden, Finland, Germany, South Africa, Tunisia, India! All of them working on different topics, far from my comfort zone. Still, we found great ways of collaboration, sharing task, merging contributions together, learning from each other.

There’s also lots of take-home lessons for me when it comes to my future teaching and learning practices. For every course or learning occasion, there is always a suitable method of teaching and learning, that being online, blended, cognitive, collaborative, cooperative, learning! So many different methods, but all with a common characteristic: a very well-structured process that needs to be followed so that learning implementation is effective. To date, my knowledge on how all these methods really work was limited. Now, I can certainly design my next courses in the right way, both for me and the learners. It was also interesting to see for the first time how facilitation works and what are the differences between facilitators and instructors. Present and future teaching will probably involve both roles.

I have also learnt so many new digital tools, such as Miro, Canva, Coggle, Jamboard. And ways of dealing with digitalization in education, which seems that it’s come in our life to stay. Got some insights about how digitalization should be approached, but I guess there’s still more to learn. ONL has definitely been a good start on that. I hope that my understanding on the capabilities and limitations of using technology in teaching will improve my future practices, them being digital or physical.

By the way, I’ve recently learnt some things about the Swedish mentality: Swedes are much more into being in groups, sharing, working on a common space, respecting each other’s contribution, and aiming at collective benefits for the community. Group work in ONL has been something like that, and probably one of the most important outcomes out of my involvement in the program. Sharing and openness has opened up my thinking when it comes to participating in similar activities in the future, both in education and real life.

A big thank you. And hope to meet again.