David – All the blog posts from the #onl181 community

Essentials from Open Networked Learning 2018

Posted on December 4, 2018 by David

More than two months ago, I wrote a post entitled Fresh start with a nice view: I was about to reactivate my old blog while I still enjoyed my last autumn vacation day in Italy. I remember being slightly stressed … Continue reading →

Design for online and blended learning

Posted on November 27, 2018 by David

Topic four of Open Networked Learning was about good design to support learners in an online environment. It was interesting to learn about different frameworks to facilitate and support learning communities and discuss them in the the PBL group which … Continue reading →

Learning in communities

Posted on November 13, 2018 by David

The abundance of information we are confronted with in the digital age, the diminishing half-life of knowledge and the new possibilities to connect, communicate and collaborate have an impact on what we need to know and how we learn. While … Continue reading →

Digital, networked and open

Posted on October 28, 2018 by David

In my function as learning technologist I support academic staff of the department of Social Work using education technology. Although many of our teachers are inquisitive and open to new innovative teaching methods, social work practitioners are rather sceptical towards … Continue reading →

Online participation & digital literacies

Posted on October 17, 2018 by David

Open Networked Learning has started for real. Over the last two weeks our Problem Based Learning Group 5 (PBL5) has been discussing the first topic of the course, “Online participation & digital literacies”. We have launched into the subject with two … Continue reading →

Sharing and openness

Posted on October 12, 2018 by David

What does the term ‘open scholar’ actually mean? It seems that the traditionally scholar has undergone a transformation with the rise of digital and networked technologies. These technologies have brought about opportunities for researching, collecting, categorizing and managing information as … Continue reading →

Connecting

Posted on September 28, 2018 by David

After checking out the course infrastructure and setting up my blog last week, Open Networked Learning took off for real this week. I attended a ZOOM meeting where the ONL facilitators presented themselves, gave a overview on the course and … Continue reading →

Fresh start with a nice view

Posted on September 21, 2018 by David

This week the Online Networked Learning Course ONL181 has started an so I am reactivating this blog. It has been a while since I have posted something here and I have to say it looks quite bleak. I will have … Continue reading →

Storyboard reviewed – ready for prototyping

Posted on June 9, 2013 by David

This week we have completed and reviewed our storyboard and started with the creation of the course prototype. We had a fruitful discussion of the storyboard and overall progress so far on our regular Friday call: we have probably focused … Continue reading →

Storyboarding

Posted on June 3, 2013 by David

We are almost done with the main activities of weeks 16&17 and are close to creating a final storyboard (see below). As expected, not all tasks could be completed but everybody should review/update our activity planner and try to complete … Continue reading →

Conceptualise

Posted on May 28, 2013 by David

Tasked with searching for theoretical frameworks which could provide a reference grid for our project, I have selected two more general concepts dealing with minority groups and marginalized individuals/communities and a study focussing on digital storytelling and providing a set … Continue reading →

Theoretical framework

Posted on May 28, 2013 by David

Part of the inspiration and ideation processes of weeks 15 & 16 was searching academic literature for case studies and theoretical frameworks that can inform our project. While reports of specific case studies would help to identify challenges and issues … Continue reading →

Learning Design Studio

Posted on May 20, 2013 by David

The first section of Block 3 of H817 – a Learning Design approach to innovation in technology enhanced learning – was divided into major steps: agreeing on a definition of our project defining and assigning project roles setting up our various workspaces … Continue reading →

The ‚big 5‘ of teamwork

Posted on May 10, 2013 by David

Successful teamwork is usually grounded on a common goal which to achieve all members of a team contribute to their best ability. The combining of diverse strengths and negotiating of different ideas can help to resolve a task faster and … Continue reading →