From here, it’s onwards and upwards. Sky is the limit. What a wonderful course, thank you so much to all the facilitators and programme planners and designers for giving me the opportunity. It is unfortunate that this is my last blog post for ONL and I hope that I don’t stop blogging about other interesting… Continue reading Topic 5 – Lesson Learnt – future practice

This topic was actually my favourite as I have been using this concept of teaching this year and I will definitely recommend my programme manager to followed the suggested step by the University of Concordia when designing the programme. These steps are; Identify course goals and learning objectives The course goals and outcomes are explicit… Continue reading Topic 4 -Design for online and blended learning

In this topic I thought I should share my experience of lecturing online and distance students this year. I find that learning in communities puts students at their best, especially when they are learning from and with each other. Building in opportunities for students to work together in an online course will help them be… Continue reading Topic 3 – Learning in Communities

So what is sharing and openness in education and learning? Wiley (2014) in his discussion on Moocs, defines openness in education as the transition of ‘open entry’, in the sense of no entry demands from the Open Universities towards ‘open licenses’, as in Open Educational Resources (OER), towards a possible  ‘open educational infrastructure’. Open education… Continue reading Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness

In the beginning, I felt like the image above, I was very anxious and did not know where and how to start, until our first webinar, which made me feel comfortable and confidence that I can do this programme. I have always thought that I was “pretty” okay with online platforms, until I started this… Continue reading Topic 1: Online participation and digital literacies

I am really excited to begin my journey with ONL. Meeting the ONL community has been a great experience, especially the video webinar we had on the 24/09. Looking forward to learning, experiencing and interacting a lot with all of you.