The end of the course. Honestly, I am relief. It has been quite some additional workload to my already-busy agenda that I will not miss. Yet, I consider myself lucky to have the opportunity to follow this course and learn so many different and interesting aspects of online learning. But if I have to highlight … Continue reading Topic 5 – W.10: Lessons learnt -> The importance of the GROUP

The end of topic 4, and basically the end of the course since the last week will be used to reflect on the learning goals. I must admit that this last topic, although it looked interesting, has been a bit tricky to tackle. It may add to the situation that the last two weeks have … Continue reading Topic 4 – W.9: Design for online and blended learning – Part 2

This topic looks promising. I think it will be a good exercise for all of us following the course. In my group, we have decided to merge the two scenarios that were offered, and focus on the design of a course with a particular emphasis on feedback. Challenging! My group had the meeting where we … Continue reading Topic 4 – W.8: Design for online and blended learning – Part 1

And yet another week has passed. This has been, so far, the topic I have enjoyed the most. Maybe this is due to, at least from my perspective, the fact that the transfer of the content to my day-to-day work is easier to apply (plus the interaction with my group is getting very fun!). I … Continue reading Topic 3 – W.7: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning – Part 2

Group work. When students hear this term some of them are happy, other scared. Some assume they will have to work for more than a classical individual assignment, others think it will be an easy ride. How the same term can have so many interpretations even when the context is the same for all students? … Continue reading Topic 3 – W.6: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning – Part 1

This week has been a difficult one. The course I am responsible for started, which means a lot of hours spend on that, plus I went to a conference for two days, plus all the rest of activities I usually do as a researcher (including a couple of deadlines)… and this only workwise. On a … Continue reading Topic 2 – W.5: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness – Part 2

New topic, new challenges. The new topic caught our group somewhat by surprise, since we had the face-to-face meeting on Monday morning and nobody could check the material… This was not good, more so since I was leading the meeting 😱! However, I must admit that it was very nice to see where the discussion … Continue reading Topic 2 – W.4: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness – Part 1

And another week has passed! Time goes really fast when you are busy 😉 This week my group (PBL13) and I have tried – and succeeded! – to put together the first assignment. If you have not checked it yet, I strongly recommend you to do it. In our talk last Monday we decided to … Continue reading Topic 1 – W.3: Online participation and digital literacies 2nd part

Now the “real thing” has started. It was nice to participate in the online meeting last Monday. It seems all my group colleagues are engaged with the course, and luckily for me, they also have many questions to solve about online teaching/learning! I watched the videos given as resources. They were very interesting. I was … Continue reading Topic 1 – W.2: Online participation and digital literacies

The first “real” week of the ONL course has passed. A week where the feelings of excitement and overwhelming have been running in parallel. The uncertainty of what we, as students should do, together with the use of new technologies and platforms has generated many questions in my head. Unfortunately, still nothing that important to … Continue reading Week 1 – Connecting

Looking forward to start learning about online tools to improve the learning experience of my students 🙂