Lessons learns – future practice

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Over the past 11 weeks, I was a participant of the Open Networked Learning Course (ONL 181) and what an experience in openness, network and learning it was. Here are my reflections on some of the lessons that I have learnt: Clear as sausage sauce – this is a saying our course facilitator, Lotta Åbjörnsson had…

Design for Online and Blended Learning

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During a webinar hosted by Dr Martha Cleveland-Innes she commented on the variety of learning theories and design models available.[1] She mentioned that one Canadian university which had started to maintain a database of these, has well beyond 50 entries in their collection, and updates and additions are continuously being done. But why has so…

Open learning – sharing and openness

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“Education” says David Wiley in a TEDX talk entitled Open Education and the Future, is “inherently an enterprise of openness, of sharing and generosity.” Technology has certainly made possible the advantages he mentions – the ability to share our expertise, our knowledge and experience on an open platform and within a spirit of generosity where…

Online participation and Digital Literacies

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There is a saying in the English language that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. A saying is meant to express a generally accepted truth. But transposed to a digital context, it is worth reflecting on whether this ‘truth’ really stands unassailable. Does it categorically mean that our age, or the fact that…

The ONL 181 Journey Begins

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This past week I joined the Open Networked Learning course so to learn more about using online learning tools, and how technology can assist in sharing and facilitating collaboration amongst students, educators and colleagues. Learning however is most aptly done by doing, so in the past few days we were tasked to open google accounts,…