Learning in collaborative groups and networks

Topic 3: Constructive online collaboration requires intrinsic learner motivation, time, trust, shared values, and a balanced sharing of duties

Posted on by Christoph Zimmel

Scenario 3 draws attention to lacking collaboration among students while working in groups. Capdeferro and Romero (2012) have identified in their research that students often feel frustrated in collaborative learning activities in online courses, particularly due to asymmetric collaboration, a lack of shared values and clear communication, and due to an imbalance regarding individual contributions […]

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Final reflection

Posted on by Marion Mitter

This is my last reflection on the course. Time went by so fast and it is somehow sad that the course will finish now, not seeing the group members again. But let´s start to answer the questions. • What are the most important things you have learned through your engagement in the ONL course? Why? […]

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Learning is a social act – don’t you think?

Posted on by Stefanie Walther

Welcome to my space for the reflections on topic 3 – Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning. I joined the webinar “Learning in communities” on Monday the 7th November with Kay Oddone (Charles Sturt University, Australia) & Lotta Fröjdfeldt (Mälardalen University, Sweden). Little did I know, once again an inspiring and wonderful hour would […]

Topic 5: Lessons learnt – future practice

Posted on by Florentina Gartmann

ONL222 Archipelago Through my participation in OLN 222, I was able to learn a lot. The interesting approach about this online course is that you don’t just learn how to do it, but you become very active yourself with the different topics and assignments. You really experience how open networked learning works (and where the […]

Take aways…

Posted on by Thomas Blom

One insight after practically attending the ONL course is who important it is to spend time to try to get a shared understanding of the scenario or the topic to investigate. If the group does not have a shared understanding, it is easy to either try to cover too much – try to do or […]

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A puzzle piece of something big that makes me happy.

Posted on by Stefanie Walther

  Welcome to my space for the reflections on topic 2 – Open Learning – Sharing and Openness This topic kicked off with the webinar from Maha Bali about “Exploring Nuances of Open Educational Practices”. (‘ONL222 Topic 2 Event’, 2022) In order to prepare for the webinar, I listened to the recommended podcast “Perspectives of […]