There are no doubt that it is possible to change most courses into using more or different kinds of information and communication (ICT) tools. The difficult part is probably to know when it is relevant to do a change and how large development cost that is acceptable for a potential change. When working at a … Continue reading If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? →

Some years ago I took the course in pedagogy that is needed to work as a university teacher in Sweden. My biggest learning outcome from it was without doubt the content and discussion that regarded different learning styles. It can be said at this stage the I very much see myself as a traditional teacher; … Fortsätt läsa Constructive alignment – not just for the students

I think about a community of inquiry as a state of being as a team where each individual in the team contributes to each others’ individual learning in a meaningful way by being actively engaged and responsive. A community of inquiry is also what we have aimed for in the ONL course. Based on my … Fortsätt läsa Creating a community of inquiry

Already on Topic 4 out of 5 in this course and I´m starting to have separation anxiety! How can we continue this journey together???Ever since I was a university student myself I have liked acronyms in learning, as it really helps me remember things.Therefore, I found the ICEBERG seven design principles of designing for student … Continue reading ICEBERGs and Elephants →

We are living and working in hectic times. We all have a lot to do, a lot to say, and a lot to think. Do we ever have time to think about how to best design an online course? I have often found that teachers, administrators and coordinators do not have enough time, or do … Continue reading Stop and think →

After many discussions about learning in communities and networked collaborative learning I have tried to relate to my own experiences. I have spent many years in school, but most of the time by learning without any online resources. (During my first years in school the multimedia use was only series of reversal film slides together … Continue reading Learn collaboratively →

Hello everyone,   The past weeks have been as exciting as the previous ones. This time have we worked extensively with collaborative learning, learning communities and as well with some tools that could be used in working collaboratively. Actually, previous to this course, have I not worked all that much collaboratively even though I have … Fortsätt läsa Blog entry 2018-11-11

Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning, has been an interesting one. I recognised the notion of a community of practice (Wenger, 2010) from my own research in the field of learning in project-based organizations. However, the way it is considered within this field of research – as a tightly knit group with … Fortsätt läsa What’s in it for me?

This topic has so far been the one which I have been able to relate to most. I am active within several collaborative networks, learning networks etc. These range from everything from a news listserv which sends me mails everyday within my topic. In this network we ask each other questions and also discuss everything … Fortsätt läsa Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked & collaborative learning- is this fruitful or stressful?

As a sociologist I just could not resist the opportunity to paraphrase Emile Durkheim’s (1984) classic work from the 19th century. Back then the analysis regarded how modern societies develop and thrive through a higher level of division of labour. In a peculiar, and slightly ancient, way the societies relied on a peer pressure, but … Fortsätt läsa The division of labour in a digital society

This topic – Learning in communities – networked & collaborative learning, have been both more familiar, but at the same time quite intellectually demanding for me. It has a very metacognitive approach, and we are going deeper into sociological and psychological theories with terminology that is not natural to me, being a biomedical scientist by training. … Continue reading Counter dependency & Fight or Trust & Structure? Or even maybe Work & Productivity? →

During these two weeks, we have discussed online collaboration and learning. It has been rather interesting, as we have been talking about it while actually collaborating and learning online. In theory, facilitating an online collaboration should be rather easy if you just follow Brindley et al. steps (2009): Facilitate learner readiness for group work. Establish … Continue reading Easy peasy lemon squeezy? →

Hi all, It has been an interesting week with lots of new information that I was not previously acquainted with. To be honest have I never heard of any open courses before over the Internet even though I have participated in several different distance courses but that is not the same thing. I think there … Fortsätt läsa Topic two – some thoughts

We´ve now almost finished the second topic of this course:  Open learning – Sharing and Openness. This is a topic that really relates to my everyday life, as I more or less daily reflects on different aspects of my teaching. The first weeks of this course I was full of enthusiasm for trying out all … Continue reading The Roller Coaster ride continues! →

I must say I have enjoyed this topic to the fullest. It is so seldom you have time to really sit down and try to learn new things that are challenging. So far in this course I have opened a blog and webpage Gotten a myriad of accounts in different strange sites such as coogle, … Fortsätt läsa Slowly getting the hang of the course