Open learning

Posted on by Sara Davoudi

Are our old norms changing after the pandemic? Could it be that we were forced to move a bit from teacher centric to learning centric and that it therefore feels reasonable not to only have monologue lectures as standard teaching? Even though it is still the content focus and that it is an end result […]

Reflection week

Posted on by Pierre Sjöberg

A well needed week to catch up and analyze what we have done. Our previous topic was handed in less than a week ago, this time we used a padlet as the tool for our contribution. Our last topic “Open learning – sharing and openness” started by a scenario that we all read individually. When […]

Topic 2: Openness – enabler for new learners?

Posted on by Anna Granberg

As the digitalization spreads and mobile phones are more common than access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa, also the opportunity for learning exploades (The Economist, 2017). One of the Sustainable Development goals number 4 and specifically the target 4.4 states that we should, “By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have … Continue reading “Topic 2: Openness – enabler for new learners?”

OPEN LEARNING

Posted on by Malvina Latifaj

Feels good to get back to writing, after two very constructive weeks discussing open learning. Had a few reflections during the past couple of weeks, but I would like to focus on a specific phenomena. I have been on LinkedIn for years now, and I am a big fan. Among the different job ads, job […]

Jan on Open Learning

Posted on by Jan Auracher

For Topic 2 – Open Learning – Group 3 based its discussion on the three dimensions of openness introduced by Dalsgaard and Thestrup (Dalsgaard & Thestrup, 2015). The authors distinguish between Transparency, Communication, and Engagement, with Transparency referring to the interaction among students, Communication to the contact with the world outside the classroom, and EngagementContinue reading “Jan on Open Learning”

Open Learning – Sharing is Caring?

Posted on by Johan Lugnet

I found it very interesting to have the PBL group discussions on open learning both in terms of our cultural and social backgrounds and what will happen after the pandemic. After reading some of the blogposts written by other participants in this ONL212-course I realize that we all have different understanding and use of open […]

Topic 2: Is this open?

Posted on by Kirsty Dunnett

This topic was a bit strange for me. Mostly because I was travelling, meeting an awful lot of new people and getting a real introduction to the context of my new job for a large part of the topic. This meant that I could not attend the middle two PBL g…