Reflections on the course

When I signed up for the ONL211 course I had not really any clear idea of what I was in for. To be honest, I was expecting something a little bit more traditional and something certainly more boring. At some times also something a bit less time consuming, although I think I managed to balance

To engage students in blended learning environments

I have reflected partly on teaching during this course. So far the world of teaching is completely new to me, I only started in early February, and have thus not the privilege to be able to compare methods – because of COVID-19 everything happens online, at a distance. I have, however, some experience from lectures

Learning in a community of practice

Learning through communities can happen, albeit not exclusively, in a learning environment. I say not exclusively, because I have experience of community-based learning, when the learning part was not the goal itself, but something that came along the way. I have a background in activism and while I know most people think of loud demonstrations

Thoughts on Open Learning

I will here more or less associatively bounce ideas about open learning back and forth, especially when it comes to advantages, and to some part disadvantages. I am myself some wary with the notion, although I on the whole do support it and think that, if used correctly, it can be very progressive. First of

Myself in the digital age

I will here reflect a little on myself as an individual in the digital age. I am not really what people tend to call a “digital native”, as I was born in the late 1970s, but I do have been accustomed to computers since childhood. I did use a Commodore-64 computer quite a lot as

Connecting week

So, the course has started. It is somewhat of a soft landing into the whole ONL environment, but that is good, as it takes a bit of time getting used to, and I am sure we are all busy with other things, too. It’s only been five weeks since I started my current job, so

A bit about me

My name is Janne and I live in Helsinki, Finland. I have spent most of my life in this city, although I did live for one year in Malmö, Sweden, as an exchange student. Except for that, I have travelled quite a lot. I will not list all places I have visited, but some that

My first blog post

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