As the ONL 181 course comes to an end, I am able to reflect that this is a start of a new journey to a new ‘open’ me. This is particularly exciting and thrilling for me! This experience has opened my mind to a host of new possibilities and I thoroughly enjoyed the PBL … Continue reading Topic 5: Lessons learnt – future practice

“For online learning to be successful and happy, participants need to be supported through a structured developmental process. The five-stage-model provides a framework or scaffold for a structured and paced programme of e-tivities.  ​The five-stage-model offers essential support and development to participants at each stage as they build up expertise in learning online” – Gilly … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning

  I have just recently completed a research study which involved collaborative work. Personally, I feel that work best on my own as I feel that I have been done unfairly on too many occasions by being left to do the work on my own. However, I love learning! So collaborative work excites and engages … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities

This is a topic that I thoroughly enjoyed learning bout and reflecting on. the scenario that we were presented with, made me think creatively and objectively whilst providing an opportunity to reflect on what I was/m struggling with when it comes to open education. I took quite a bit away from the webinar with Alistair … Continue reading Topic 2: Open Learning – sharing and openness

The first topic had me reflecting on how confident I really am in the digital world… How do I really fit in. I’m generally quite a private person and struggle in sharing information or venturing into the relatively wide world of online and digital network. While I have a Facebook and Instagram account, I haven’t … Continue reading Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies

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