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Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 2: Open Learning and the Growing of Plants   

Posted on by W.L. Cheah

I always thought of ‘open learning’ and ‘open access’ as making educational resources freely available to all online and was thrown completely off balance after hearing Maha Bali speak at our ONL webinar about OER as ‘Self’. Maha Bali and Susan Koseoglu argue for a broader understanding of open educational resource (OER) that goes beyond … Continue reading “Open Networked Learning Course (ONL212), Topic 2: Open Learning and the Growing of Plants   “

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Structuring our open field

Posted on by Isabel Tarling

Ubuntu (pronounced [ùɓúntʼù] is a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity”. It is sometimes translated as “I am because we are” (also “I am because you are”), or “humanity towards others” (in Zulu, umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy A new field has emerged from the field of education. For practical purpose, we can call it the ‘open’Continue reading “Structuring our open field”

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Digital literacies during COVID-19

Posted on by Malvina Latifaj

The topic on digital literacies, was a very interesting one, but before reading the literature, and before starting our group discussions, I think I had this “tunnel vision”. I had a very narrow definition of what it meant to have digital literacy skills. To me, it was probably enough, to be able to use technology […]

Topic 2 – Week 1

Posted on by Martin Lundgren

For this weeks topic and scenario, we decided to address openness in education and teaching from challenges and opportunities. To help us denote just what we mean by that we landed on the three dimensional model as presented by Dalsgaard and Thestrup (2015): communication, transparency, and engagement. When reading up on various challenges and opportunities, […]