It’s a magical world, Hobbes…let’s go exploring. (Bill Watterson) Summarising the last weeks is difficult and easy at the same time. First of all it is easy, because it was a fun, engaging and productive curriculum. The course sparked the interest to do more in this regards of open networked learning. But this is where the …

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Some reflections about the ONL181 journey.

How can you create learner activity online? Can online learning be interactive and collaborative?

Is it really possible to collaborate online in a limited time frame? Are deadlines killing collaboration? Do you need to be process-oriented to achieve real collaboration?

Topic 3 of 5 of the ongoing and inspiring Open Networked Learning Course. …revolving around learning communities and networks. This topic hit close to home. My “past” as a student and lifelong learner in anesthesia and critical care was centered around the use of twitter, reading blogs and listening to various podcasts. What I was …

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We easily fall into the groupwork mode from school and divide tasks between us, but this don’t allow collaborative inquiry and collective responsibilitiy. How could a learning community help participants to become part of a learning community and collaborate with their peers? In my experience the connections between participants is in a star-network dependent on… Read more »

What does being open mean in higher education? Can we take the same scholarly approach to teaching and research?

During Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness I looked at some chapters in Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning by Tony Bates (2014). He emphasizes decision-making in our volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.   “Although governments, institutions and learners themselves can do a great deal to ensure success… Read more »