2020 has been quite a year for everyone. I won’t bore you with my personal story of how 2020 has turned my life upside down, because I am sure you have your own! However I will say that I am writing this blog post from a completely different pers…
What we learnt
This is the last week of the ONL181 course. Our task is to summarize what we have learned and how it may affect our internship. Therefore, I have asked myself what I’m taking with me and how I think it will change my educational approach in blended learning. The first thing I want to highlight …
Three level design
The fourth topic in the ONL 181 course was about design for online and blended learning. This is something that I think all teachers should thinking about. When I’m in a physical classroom together with a group of students, we can hear and see each other. But in online and blended learning, often written communication …
Collaboration or division of labor?
I believe in collaboration. I think that when multiple persons perspective and preunderstanding are used to try to understand a knowledge area or problem, it will be better. Partly because their own limited understanding can be complemented by others’ understanding. Partly because collaboration is based on communication and in communication with others, I have the …
Open for students
To me, open education is an exciting thought. Openness in the sense that the educational material used can be shared and reworked by anyone other than the person who created the material. Openness in the sense of giving the opportunity to follow a course without difficult application procedures. But something that is not as often …
Troublesome knowledge
The first topic of the ONL181 course has a scenario that we in our group chose to interpret as a teacher’s fear of publishing their online teaching materials. During the weeks I have been thinking about what it is that makes us fear the kind of changes that the digitalization of school means. Last week …
This is the beginning of a journey
The beginning of a journey I never experienced before. A journey where I have to change, think of new ways, revaluate myself in meeting with others. I think learning requires change. My brain needs to be rebuilt. But change is tough. We humans are constantly trying to get the world to hang together, be rational. …
Open Networked Learning: Challenges and Opportunities
The next iteration of the online course Open Networked Learning is beginning next week. As a past participant, co-facilitator and presenter, I have been involved in different ways with this wonderful open learning opportunity for academics teaching in …
Diversity: a curse or a blessing for online collaboration?
I did this Prezi for LiU pedagogical days. I wanted to share my experiences from the Open Networked Learning course, that I took last year. I believed that this course or a similar one could be an alternative for Linköping University where the teachers are more and more interested in developing their digital skills. Specially […]