Topic 3: Learning in communities-networked collaborative learning Online collaboration encourages social interaction and participation by instructor and students wh…
Connected Learning: Resources for educators
To support the webinar I recently presented with Eduwebinar, I have curated a small collection of resources for educators wishing to learn more about Connected Learning. This collection focuses on the Connected Learning Framework presented by Mimi Ito …
Introduction, week 2
2. ConnectingAfter getting some of the apprehensions and general scepticism off my chest, I feel ready to approach this course with a more open mind. And it is encouraging that the question I asked in my first post is (somewhat) addressed in the readin…
Topic 4 – W.8: Design for online and blended learning – Part 1
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
Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning
When it comes to working in groups I think the difficulties are the same in the classroom as in an online course. The research that have been performed have of course mainly been done on “off-line courses” and have then been applied (maybe slightly modified) to the on-line courses. The main difference as I see … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning →
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 …
WHY COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IMPORTANT?. Lets look at its benefits
In nowadays, we observe a huge growth in classroom technology, and with it, the introduction of new learning methodologies. One example that encourages collaborative learning is padlet. According to Nuiteq, (2017) Collaborative learning makes students with different backgrounds, race, or up bringing, to work together. They come together in a setting that maybe would not …
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Topic 3: Learning in communities: Competition vs. collaboration – how do our values affect successful learning in communities?
Values shape our actions in life: what we do, how we do it and why. The ways we interact with other people also reflect our values. The same is valid in the student-teacher relationship. Our values as a teacher will be reflected in the way we teach and will influence student’s perception of the content, … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities: Competition vs. collaboration – how do our values affect successful learning in communities? →
Learning in Communities – networked collaborative learning
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…
Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning
“For online learning to be successful and happy, participants need to be supported through a structured developmental process. The five-stage-model provides a framework or scaffold for a structured and paced programme of e-tivities. The five-stage-model offers essential support and development to participants at each stage as they build up expertise in learning online” – Gilly … Continue reading Topic 4: Design for online and blended learning
Topic 3: Learning in communities
I have just recently completed a research study which involved collaborative work. Personally, I feel that work best on my own as I feel that I have been done unfairly on too many occasions by being left to do the work on my own. However, I love learning! So collaborative work excites and engages … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities
Participation and synergy in groups
Topic 3 has been the most valuable so far. In my subject, due to large groups and low funding per student, the students do all assignments in groups. Three very pertinent questions were raised in my group. The first concerned how to really engage all s…
Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness
So what is sharing and openness in education and learning? Wiley (2014) in his discussion on Moocs, defines openness in education as the transition of ‘open entry’, in the sense of no entry demands from the Open Universities towards ‘open licenses’, as in Open Educational Resources (OER), towards a possible ‘open educational infrastructure’. Open education… Continue reading Topic 2: Open Learning – Sharing and Openness
Maintaining motivation in online learning
When we consider the reasons why students drop out of courses, a number of factors immediately spring to mind, including excessive workloads, timetable clashes, problems of personal chemistry with fellow students and the teacher and inappropriate levels of difficulty. Conversely, … Continue reading →
Learning in communities
The abundance of information we are confronted with in the digital age, the diminishing half-life of knowledge and the new possibilities to connect, communicate and collaborate have an impact on what we need to know and how we learn. While … Continue reading →