What next? Looking for a new grand adventure!

Although I’ve blogged for many years, I created this space at the beginning of my PhD journey, over 3 years ago. As I re-read my first post to this blog, I am amazed at how quickly the time has passed, and I honestly can’t quite believe tha…

Learning in communities – networked and collaborative (#HP621A)

Suggested themes for reflection in your learning blog: 3a) An occasion when real collaborative learning took place, that moved your own thinking forward I love the concept of MOOC, but the ONL brought in PBL-groups where the participants got agency and took shared responsibility. I started to study Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) [Koschmann]. “CSCL locates… Read more »

Open learning, sharing and openness (#HP621A)

Suggested themes for reflection in your learning blog: 2a) What openness means for your own practice 2b) How to find and use openly licensed resources I have used WikiEducator and Wikiskola for OER, but are also experimenting with H5P and DS106bank to create an ecology for sharing 2c) Advantages and disadvantages of open and closed… Read more »

Tips for teaching as a PhD student

Today, me and my colleague Carolina Camén are invited by our Graduate student association to give some tips on teaching as a PhD student. Rather difficult task to summarize our experiences in 30 minutes. Here I put some slides together, mainly as resource links for everyone interested. “The Apprentice” by -{GP}- is licensed under CC […]

Copyright, Creativity and Change

Markus Spiske Setting the scene A number of recent events have led to this post. The first was the publication of a terrific blog post by Elizabeth Hutchinson who wrote about Why copyright ‘For educational purposes’ is becoming a real probl…

The Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers- a critical stakeholder for the proliferation of OEPs in Sweden

In the following text I will argue how the Swedish Association of University Teachers and Researchers (the teachers’ union in the contex of higher education in Sweden) is a critical stakeholder for the proliferation of OEPs in Sweden. By doing so, I will explain the primary context in which I am interested in Creative Commons, […]