Just mix it

Posted on by Sara Davoudi

Even though the term blended learning is frequently used, there is ambiguity about what it actually means (Oliver and Trigwell 2005). Researchers have discussed the problems with such ambiguity of definitions Oliver and Trigwell 2005) while others have raised such ambiguity and the fact that it means different things to different people, as the untapped […]

why is student collaboration a thing?

Posted on by Sara Davoudi

Among my colleagues, I feel that there still is this discussion on what type of learning activities create the best opportunities for reaching the intended learning outcome. My personal reflection is that there are those that argue for a teacher focus where the teacher is the strongest voice in the classroom. In such cases, the […]

Learning in communities? Why? What are the drawbacks and the possible solutions ?

Posted on by silvia montanari

TOPIC 3 – Reflections I was particularly interested in the overview Kay Oddone gave on Online Learning Community and Online Learning Network. This helped me reflect on these two different types of ‘online learning’. However, in this context I would like to analyze just two aspects of collaborative learning. The first focuses on the reasons whyContinue reading “Learning in communities? Why? What are the drawbacks and the possible solutions ?”

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Collaboration vs Collaborative learning

Posted on by Johan Lugnet

When I’m teaching with my colleagues, we often talk about open-ended problems and project-based learning. Both because we have an idea that we can support/challenge the student to develop higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) (Krathwohl, 2002), but also because in engineering work there is most likely a team that share a responsibility to solve a project […]