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 »
Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning
I would like to start by introducing what I do for living. I am a teacher at an University of Applied Sciences where I have the privilege to create the future nurses. The main topics I teach in are clinical care and medication administration. I have ordinary lectures, skill stations where they learn how to … Continue reading Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning →
Topic 3
Topic 3 In the midst of writing my exams we entered topic 3. I had to able to manage my time well and make sure to make a worthy contribution to our group work after all this week was dedicated to GROUP work. This topic intrigued me from the start. It was interesting to learn … Continue reading Topic 3 →
Topic 3: My contributions to our FISh document
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/tag/the-networked-teacher PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 1. PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 2. Not only about tools, but how these tools “mediate connections” (Connected Learning Alliance, 2012). PLN vs. CoP “With CoPs, the people who make up the community have a profession or professional field in common. A network […]
Topic 3: Reflection
For this post, I thought it would be beneficial to focus on the questions suggested in the course: An occasion when real collaborative learning took place, that moved your own thinking forward Within my day-to-day working environment, I am constantly engaging with a team of academics. Importantly, these ‘academics’ (in most cases) have their own […]
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Topic 3: Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning
I am torn – these past two weeks we have taken a closer look at collaborative learning in a digital age. I have watched Kay Oddone explain the theory and practice behind PLNs (Personal Learning Networks) (PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 1 & PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 2), been … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in Communities – Networked Collaborative Learning →
On how I learned I am privileged
When I first read the scenario for Topic 2, I was somewhat puzzled by the following question: “How do I get support from my colleagues and how do I introduce the
Taking the ‘inside view’
Seth Godin in a recent blog posting shared his thoughts titled “The magnetic generosity of the network effect” in which he aptly describes the concept of networking. He says that if you share a pizza with a large crowd, no one will be very satisfied. But if you share an idea with a group, it … Continue reading Taking the ‘inside view’ →
Topic 3 – Learning Communities
This week I was one of the co-facilitators for the topic of learning communities. I had an idea in mind of how the week would go (or some big questions I was focused on related to communities of practice). After the webinar and the focus on personal…
Group work and collaboration
CC BY by LUMAXARTReflections on topic 3Students and distance learning and collaboration is really a challenging task. My experience is that it is harder to get the on-line student to take part in a group and to collaborate than the students …
Openness in academia
What does being open mean in higher education? Can we take the same scholarly approach to teaching and research?
Blog entry 2018-11-11
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
What’s in it for me?
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?
Topic 3: Learning in communities – networked & collaborative learning- is this fruitful or stressful?
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?