online learning – All the blog posts from the #onl181 community

The value of narrative in online learning

Posted on March 25, 2021 by KayO

We were always moving towards providing more formal learning experiences via online media, but the lockdowns of 2020 gave online learning an almighty push. While blended learning opportunities, where students has the option of attending on-campus lect…

Another exciting online learning experience – the Twitter Conference

Posted on April 22, 2019 by KayO

Experimenting with different online learning opportunities which take advantage of the affordances of openly networked online social technologies underpins my approach to learning and teaching. Just as I encourage participants in the subjects that I te…

Lessons learns – future practice

Posted on December 4, 2018 by onlinelearningthoughts

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…

Learning in Communities – networked collaborative learning

Posted on November 16, 2018 by onlinelearningthoughts

Perhaps one of the first examples of a learning within a network or community in the field of technology was that of Steve Wozniak and the Wednesday garage meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club. This was an informal group of computer hobbyists who in March 1975 began to hold weekly meetings centered around the development…

Open Education in 2018 – Shifting Sands

Posted on October 18, 2018 by KayO

This post provides a brief summary of my reflections and insights after an asynchronous discussion with the ONL181 cohort about the concepts of open education and sharing openly online. As some of you may know, I have been involved with ONL for several…