Activities in PBL groups

All registered participants will get an email from the ONL organisers when the PBL groups are set up, on Monday 23rd September at the latest.

The most important thing to do during this week is to meet with your group! To start off work, attend meetings and get to know each other! There is one task for the group: to present the group to the wider ONL community in any way you like – it could be a google presentation, a padlet, a film or whatever you can think of! The presentation does not have to be neither technically advanced nor academically high-strung! Opt for a personal touch! Share your presentation in the ONL192 community by clicking “Submit your PBL group work” (and enter details) in your PBL group space at the end of the first week.

During this second week of the course the PBL groups will begin to form and plan for the collaborative work. It is essential that you are present and active in this important first phase of forming and starting up your group work!

• A facilitator and a co-facilitator in each group will guide and support you and take the lead for the start-up.
• Click “ONL192 community space”. In the left hand column you will see the PBL group you belong to (as well as the common ONL192 group space).
• The facilitators will have set up times for the first online group meetings. These important first meetings is about getting to know each other and to discuss how you are going to work together (“setting ground rules”).
  • Please note the dates and times and respond about your availability to the facilitators by responding to their post
• Introduce yourself in your PBL group to start connecting and comment on posts by others
• Each group has a Google drive folder for collaborative work. Here you will find some guides and templates to start up your work.
• Share the presentation of your group to the wider ONL192 community (see above)

Read about, discuss and familiarize yourself with the ONL design and ONL learning activities including using the FISh model for collaborative inquiry.

Activities for all learners

Learning blog – reflection
The course reflections are an important part of your learning process and the blogs were introduced last week. One blog post related to each of the five topics are required if you want to receive a certificate for the course.

• Read more about blogging and how to get started
• Connect your blog to the ONL course homepage

AIMS

By the end of this week, you will have had the opportunity to:

– connect with other participants and your facilitators

– learn about and discuss problem-based, open and collaborative learning in the context of ONL

COURSE SYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY

Introduction webinar Monday 23 September 1-2 pm CEST

The webinar was recorded please look at the playlist for Connecting webinar (two parts, since the breakout groups session was not recorded).

• The presentation
• The padlet
• The wordcloud: 

Check-list

• Check that you have done everything described in the “getting started week“
• Find your way to your assigned PBL group community
• Introduce yourself in your PBL group
• Attend the meeting(s) in your group
• Contribute to the presentation of your group
• Attend the Intro webinar or watch the recording
• Have fun ;o)

Readings and other resources

Articles
We recommend two articles, please consider them optional and see our comments below.

• Savin-Baden, M., (2014) Problem-based learning: New constellations for the 21stCentury. Journal of Excellence in College Teaching 25 (3/4) 197-219. (direct download)
  If you are not so familiar with PBL and collaborative learning, this article (and the whole journal issue) could be a good starting point.
• Kek, M. & Huijser, H. (2015). 21st century skills: problem based learning and the University of the Future. Paper Third 21st Century Academic Forum Conference, Harvard, Boston, USA.
  This one is more “inspiring” and maybe preferable if you already know something about PBL.

For further readings on PBL see ONL pedagogical design