At the end of the corridor
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After over 16 years and 968 posts I feel it is now time to say farewell to
this blog. It's a sad decision but but ha...
Skräphantering
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Nåt av det första som en turist med intresse för stadsplanering noterar i
Paris är omvandlingen mot en mer miljövänlig och bilfattig stad – tack för
det! M...
Mbona Hike
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An early morning start with mist whirling around us was the introduction to
Mbona Private Game Reserve. A cooler day compared to the week of hell hot
that ...
An unexpected present
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Today I got my first open badge and I am happy to share it here! You have
received an EDEN “Contributor” Open Badge Dear Colleague, We are pleased to
award...
The Power of Storytelling
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As we introduce ‘hands on learning’ and Design thinking in education there
is often a need to documnt what occur BEFORE, DURING and AFTER producing an
repr...
Final words in ONL 162
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I have knowned about the open networked learning course for a couple of
years now and have tried a couple of times to participate, but there hasn´t
been en...
Topic 4. Design for online and blended learning….
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..or “This is the true story… of seven strangers… picked to live in a G+
community (house)…(work together) and have their lives followed (taped)… to
find o...
Summative reflections and outlook for the future
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It is about time to look back at the experiences of the last couple of
months. Given that it has been rather an intensive period in my
professional and fam...
Cooking up a course - topic 4
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I remember when I started to teach university courses about 12 years ago: I
was basically thrown into full responsibility for several university
courses, t...
Topic 5 – time to take what we’ve learnt
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And here it is, the end of the course. 2 months passed veeery quickly. The
last week was very short for me – only two days as from Wednesday I was in
Berli...
Topic 5: Reflections
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THE OPPORTUNITY I was invited to join the ONL162 online networked course as
a student, this was a privilege and a journey of discovery into what it
really ...
Online network learning
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Working together in a group, where we only have met online has been a new
experience. I thought it was very confusing in the beginning, writing at
the same...
Summarize. Topic 5
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The most important thing for me was that I understood the topic and that
everybody had the same goal. That we where at the same level and wanted the
same o...
Scaffolding vs student resilience online
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Scaffolding an extremely good expression of this careful support for
learning. Scaffolding in the online learning context in my opinion is not
only about t...
Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning
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I am passionate about learning design (especially in the blended space) and
regret not having the time to spend contributing to this topic. Wonderful
work ...
Being part of an online PBL community
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I did not think that I would learn as much as I have during this ONL 162
course. So what have you learned, you might ask? The main lesson learned is
that t...
Last reflective post of ONL162
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So last night we had our last group discussion, and it was a bitter-sweet
affair. We had started out as a group of people with disparate backgrounds
with v...
Lessons learned
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The ONL 162 is coming to an end, it was a long but very interesting
journey. I took part in the course as an Open Learner and a member of PBL
Group 5. For ...
Topic 4: Designing from theory
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The last two weeks in the ONL-course focused on design and how we as
teachers can design better when we are designing courses for
online teaching or so ca...
An ideal online course?
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The design of an online course is not only about making teaching and
learning material accessible in an online space; it encompasses
careful introspection ...
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Reflections - topic 5
*What are the most important things that I have learnt through my
engagement in the ONL course? Why?*
At the end of this course, I...
Where differences blend
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Dialogue is not a new phenomenon in teaching and learning, but the models
we approach in the ONL course rebuild a technically supported dialogue
towards th...
Topic 4. Design for online and blended learning
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I find topic 4 about ‘’Design for online and blended learning’’ very
interesting and a good way to wrap up before the end of this course. I have
studied ...
Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning
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I have several handicaps after a heart failure followed by anoxic brain
injury 12 years ago, one of them being that I am unable to filter
background sounds...
Identify your practice
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Before this topic I didn´t know so much about the different design models;
ADDIE Model Instructional Strategies and The Five Stage Model. When I help
teach...
Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning
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For this topic, pinning down the most suitable theoretical framework proved
rather a challenge for our PBL group initially, but then after sharing our
view...
Scaffolding good online learning environments
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Teaching presence is immensely important scaffolding a good learning
environment and educational experience for the students, following a
community of inqu...
Topic 4. Design for online and blended learning.
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Constructive alignment is about making sure the assessment and teaching
reach the learning outcome! During this topic, we have looked at different
models...
Topic 4 – Creating an online course
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Of all the blogs we had to write so far this one was, for me, by far the
easiest. It is so practical and so relevant and I can so easily see how it
can be ...
Topic 4: Blended learning
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I was looking forward to researching and discussing blended
learning. Thanks to the ONL course, my interest in online education has
gradually increased and...
Topic 4: Course Creation
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This week, we are considering the design of online and blended learning
activities. I found the article “The 7Cs of Learning Design” by Gráinne
Conole part...
More challenging, and more rewarding…
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Topic 4 – “Design for online and blended teaching!” – has, without any
doubt, been the most challenging one so far. In PBL-group 5, of which I am
a proud m...
Falling behind… but moving forward
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So, here I am more than a month later. Been far too busy to do this course,
but I am trying to power do some of it now. We’ll see how that goes.
Anyway, I’...
About enlightenment in collaborative learning
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The presence of others in both teaching and learning always makes a
difference. Somestimes the presence of others can be hard to endure, at
other times i...
Topic 4 Design for online & blended learning
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This topic is all about learning design. In principal for online and
blending learning there are 2 models that we are analysing, so as I
continue my journe...
Collaborative learning
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In the last two weeks, we have been working on defining collaborative
learning communities and activities. We have been focusing on identifying
tools to im...
Is it more work to work with more people?
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This blog post is a reflection on the Topic 3: Collaborative Learning of
ONL162 course. It has stirred more questions than answers for me. More
questions m...
Me, myself and I… The pillars of collaboration?
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Although I am not very tech savvy, I must admit that I have been enjoying
the exploration of the online learning space. The options and opportunities
that ...
Topic 2. Open Learning – Sharing and Openness
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”Why is Open Education Important? Roundta” (CC BY-NC-SA
2.0) by giulia.forsythe During the last month I have gained new insight
into open learning. One of ...
About collaborative online learning and instruction
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In a collaborative learning environment students are active in their
process of knowledge acquisition, as they participate in discussions,
search for infor...
Topic 2 Openness
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How open are you? Truly open? Alastair asked. How much do you share? I am
not. I do not. I realize that after this topic. It is not a very gratifying
posit...
Investigating SHARING & OPENNESS
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SOURCE: http://www.spydialer.com/images/subscribe.png This interesting
topic turned group members into “investigators”. The topic had to do with
the openne...
Open or not to open in education
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Some university teachers are encouraged to share their material digitally
not only for their students but also for the public in Internet. This is
not easy...
Networking in Finland
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Problem based learning network meeting in Helsinki Last week me and some
colleagues flew out to Finland for some days of networking with colleagues
of the ...
Expectations from ONL162
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My main interest in ONL162 is from a practical perspective. I am eager to
see how online learning can be applied to some of the courses I am involved
in. S...
MyReflectionsTopic1
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So, what was this about? A meta course? By intention to make us as confused
as possible? To make us realise the necessity of a rudimentary framework. I
lik...
Visitor or resident
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Our first topic in the course ONL162 is to think about whether we are
visitors or residents on the net (see David White’s both short films,
http://youtu.be...
The FiSH is WOW! or how we came to the conclusion
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We all know those moments when suddenly you just feel stuck. In Topic 1
that moment finnaly came after reading almost all articles (uhh, some of
them reall...
Hakeem
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In ancient Arabic culture, the doctor was named Hakeem, which means the
wise man. In fact, some old people still call doctors “Hakeems”. I always
find this...
Hopes and expectations for ONL
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The first thing that struck me, is that it’s really good to get the
student’s perspective. Until you learn how to manage the learning tools,
it’s a real ch...
Starting ONL162
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In my daily work at Karlstad University in Sweden I support teachers in
developing their skills in using the digital tools for teaching and
learning. To jo...
Gearing-up for ONL162
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I can’t believe that a whole year has passed since I first signed-up for
the ONL152 programme; and this time I’m back for ONL162 as a Facilitator
(no pres...
Schmooze or lose
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I must say that after 10 weeks I feel somewhat attached to my PBL-group.
And trust me, I didn’t think that was going to happen after that first
chaotic w...
Concluding week – ONL future perspectives
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Upon joining this Open Networked Learning (ONL) course, I was encouraged by
my colleague at Karolinska Institutet (KI), who happened to be my
ex-teacher as...