Open syllabus as an OEP

(Topic 2) One of the Open Educational Practices presented by Bali, Cronin and Jhangiani (2020) is the open syllabus teaching process. In this process, the syllabus can be open to students to “comment or modify the contents”. As an information specialist, who teaches information retrieval to students in different subjects, this makes me interested. DespiteContinue reading “Open syllabus as an OEP”

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ONL211 Topic 1 – Online Participation and Digital Literacies

Open Network Learning (ONL) topic 1 looks at online participation and digital literacies.  Despite wishful thinking, I cannot be a digital native, but I have previously considered myself as an early digital migrant, having dabbled in this space since the turn of the century.  Having heard the webinar from David White, I cannot help butContinue reading “ONL211 Topic 1 – Online Participation and Digital Literacies”

Openess

Just now I am in a process of launching this new website Sångshyttan Art. One part of what I want to offer is online courses in sustainable leadership connected to food. To do this I need to learn more about how to offer both digital and on-site courses. How do I reach out to prospective

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Sharing and Openness

Proportion of the reachable universe lost due to delay. Toby Ord: The Edges of Our Universe (2 Apr 2021). https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.01191Second topic of our course deals with openess. What does this mean in my own practice?Since establishing my o…

Why continuous feedback from students to teachers is a win-win

Feedbacks are useful to rethink activities and improve the effects of our actions. For an effective teaching-and-learning process, it is important that feedbacks that are given by students and teachers work in both directions. Dec 10, 2020 A teacher enters a classroom and sits at the chair in front of the blackboard. There are 5Continua a leggere “Why continuous feedback from students to teachers is a win-win”

Open Minds

I must admit that the talk by Maha Bali opened up several avenues of thought for me concerning open education. Previously my perception of open education was perhaps somewhat naive and oversimplified – to me, it was mainly a matter of cost. Textbooks, case studies, reference books and other teaching materials can be a heavyContinue reading “Open Minds”

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What is open pedagogy?

Definitions of open educational practices range but consistently focus on fostering learner activity and agency. (Bali, Cronin, Jhangiani, 2020). As asserted by Wiley, Lambert, and Cronin, OEP has largely escaped definition; often blurred with eLearning, online learning, and advances in … Continue reading

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Creative Commons for Education

Google is to web search, as Kleenex is to facial tissue. In fact, having googled the answer myself, I found out that google, the verb, is a proper English term. It has been since 2006. according to this article on Wired.com. We appreciate the efficiency and accuracy of the Google algorithm to get us the resources we want. Next, we select the ones relevant to …