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Course syllabus - Open Networked Learning
Scope
3 credits
Course code
PEA927
Valid from
Autumn semester 2019
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
School
School of Education, Culture and Communication
Ratified
2018-12-07
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Articles
Kurslitteraturen består av vetenskapliga artiklar och texter som görs tillgängliga online.
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Articles
Creating effective collaborative learning groups in an online environment
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3), 2009
URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/675/1271
Emotion and learning - emotional presence in the Community of Inquiry framework (CoI)?
2019
Developing digital literacies
JISC guide, 2014
URL: http://www.21caf.org/uploads/1/3/5/2/13527682/39_kekhuijser.pdf
21st century skills: problem based learning and the University of the Future
Paper Third 21st Century Academic Forum Conference, Harvard, Boston, USA, 2015
URL: http://www.21caf.org/uploads/1/3/5/2/13527682/39_kekhuijser.pdf
Are online learners frustrated with collaborative learning experiences?
The International review of research in open and distance learning, 13(2), 26-44, 2012
URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1127/2129
Being open: drawing parallels with the Coffee House model.
2020
URL: https://kiruthikaragu.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/being-open/
Problem-based learning: New constellations for the 21stCentury
2014
Digital resilience in higher education
European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 16(1), 53, 2013
URLs
The Community of Inquiry - What is it really about? Introductory video on the Padlet.
2019
Doug Belshaw: The essential elements of digital literacies
PLE or PLN or LMS or OLN? Blog post about the ONL course
2016
URL: http://www.linkinglearning.com.au/ple-or-pln-or-lms-or-oln/
Open education and the future, Short TED-talk by David Wiley
Open Networked Learning: Challenges and Opportunities. Blog post by Kay Oddone
URL: https://www.linkinglearning.com.au/open-networked-learning-challenges-and-opportunities/
PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 1
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mJX5n3IEg&feature=youtu.be
PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 2
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqSBTr9DPH8&feature=youtu.be
What is a MOOC? Short explanation by Dave Cormier, one of the people behind the first ever MOOC.
Reference Literature
Teaching in an online learning context. In The theory and practice of online learning (pp. 343-395)
Athabasca university press, 2008
Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
2015
URL: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/
Four key challenges to the design of blended learning: A systematic literature review. Educational Research Review, 22, 1-18.
2017
City University London
Online Facilitation Techniques, 2016,
Guide to Blended Learning
Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning, 2018
The 7Cs of Learning Design. Manuscript
2015
Teaching crowds: Learning and social media
Athabasca University Press, 2014
URL: http://klangable.com/uploads/books/99Z_Dron_Anderson-Teaching_Crowds.pdf
NMC Horizon Report
2020
Open Universities report Innovating pedagogy
2020
URL: https://iet.open.ac.uk/file/innovating-pedagogy-2020.pdf
Memes and GIFs as Powerful Classroom Tools
2018
Learning Design for Student Retention. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, Vol 6 | Issue 2 | pp.41-50
2018
URL: https://jpaap.napier.ac.uk/index.php/JPAAP/article/view/318/473
Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry
Edmonton: AU Press, 2013
Learning management system or the open web?
2014
Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesnt feel like victory
London: Ubiquity Press, 2014
Communities of practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept. In Social learning systems and communities of practice (pp. 179-198)
Springer London, 2010
URL: http://wenger-trayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/09-10-27-CoPs-and-systems-v2.01.pdf
Visitors and residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday, 16(9)
2011
URL: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171/3049
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Articles
Problem-based learning: New constellations for the 21stCentury
2014
21st century skills: problem based learning and the University of the Future
Paper Third 21st Century Academic Forum Conference, Harvard, Boston, USA, 2015
URL: http://www.21caf.org/uploads/1/3/5/2/13527682/39_kekhuijser.pdf
Developing digital literacies
JISC guide, 2014
URL: http://www.21caf.org/uploads/1/3/5/2/13527682/39_kekhuijser.pdf
Digital resilience in higher education
European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 16(1), 53, 2013
PLE or PLN or LMS or OLN? Blog post about the ONL course
2016
Creating effective collaborative learning groups in an online environment
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3), 2009
URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/675/1271
Are online learners frustrated with collaborative learning experiences?
The International review of research in open and distance learning, 13(2), 26-44, 2012
URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1127/2129
Emotion and learning - emotional presence in the Community of Inquiry framework (CoI)?
2019
Community of Inquiry and Teaching Presence: Facilitation in online and blended learning
Presentation slides from ONL181 webinar, 2018
Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. Edmon-ton: AU Press.
2013
URLs
Open Networked Learning: Challenges and Opportunities. Blog post by Kay Oddone
URL: https://www.linkinglearning.com.au/open-networked-learning-challenges-and-opportunities/
Doug Belshaw: The essential elements of digital literacies
Open education and the future, Short TED-talk by David Wiley
What is a MOOC? Short explanation by Dave Cormier, one of the people behind the first ever MOOC.
PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 1
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mJX5n3IEg&feature=youtu.be
PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 2
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqSBTr9DPH8&feature=youtu.be
Reference Literature
Visitors and residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday, 16(9)
2011
URL: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171/3049
Learning management system or the open web?
2014
Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesnt feel like victory
London: Ubiquity Press, 2014
Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
2015
Communities of practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept. In Social learning systems and communities of practice (pp. 179-198)
Springer London, 2010
URL: http://wenger-trayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/09-10-27-CoPs-and-systems-v2.01.pdf
Teaching in an online learning context. In The theory and practice of online learning (pp. 343-395)
Athabasca university press, 2008
Teaching crowds: Learning and social media
Athabasca University Press, 2014
URL: http://klangable.com/uploads/books/99Z_Dron_Anderson-Teaching_Crowds.pdf
City University London
Online Facilitation Techniques, 2016
Guide to Blended Learning
Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning, 2018
The 7Cs of Learning Design. Manuscript
2015
Learning Design for Student Retention. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, Vol 6 | Issue 2 | pp.41-50
2018
URL: https://jpaap.napier.ac.uk/index.php/JPAAP/article/view/318/473
Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry
Edmonton: AU Press, 2013
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Articles
Problem-based learning: New constellations for the 21stCentury
2014
21st century skills: problem based learning and the University of the Future
Paper Third 21st Century Academic Forum Conference, Harvard, Boston, USA, 2015
URL: http://www.21caf.org/uploads/1/3/5/2/13527682/39_kekhuijser.pdf
Developing digital literacies
JISC guide, 2014
URL: http://www.21caf.org/uploads/1/3/5/2/13527682/39_kekhuijser.pdf
Digital resilience in higher education
European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 16(1), 53, 2013
PLE or PLN or LMS or OLN? Blog post about the ONL course
2016
Creating effective collaborative learning groups in an online environment
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3), 2009
URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/675/1271
Are online learners frustrated with collaborative learning experiences?
The International review of research in open and distance learning, 13(2), 26-44, 2012
URL: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1127/2129
Online collaboration principles
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks. DOI: 10. 10.24059/olj.v10i1.1768, 2006
URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242404879_Online_collaboration_principles
Emotion and learning - emotional presence in the Community of Inquiry framework (CoI)?
2019
Community of Inquiry and Teaching Presence: Facilitation in online and blended learning
Presentation slides from ONL181 webinar, 2018
Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry. Edmon-ton: AU Press.
2013
URLs
Open Networked Learning: Challenges and Opportunities. Blog post by Kay Oddone
URL: https://www.linkinglearning.com.au/open-networked-learning-challenges-and-opportunities/
Doug Belshaw: The essential elements of digital literacies
Open education and the future, Short TED-talk by David Wiley
What is a MOOC? Short explanation by Dave Cormier, one of the people behind the first ever MOOC.
PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 1
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mJX5n3IEg&feature=youtu.be
PLNs Theory and Practice by Kay Oddone, part 2
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqSBTr9DPH8&feature=youtu.be
Reference Literature
Visitors and residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday, 16(9)
2011
URL: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171/3049
Learning management system or the open web?
2014
Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesnt feel like victory
London: Ubiquity Press, 2014
Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
2015
Communities of practice and social learning systems: the career of a concept. In Social learning systems and communities of practice (pp. 179-198)
Springer London, 2010
URL: http://wenger-trayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/09-10-27-CoPs-and-systems-v2.01.pdf
Teaching in an online learning context. In The theory and practice of online learning (pp. 343-395)
Athabasca university press, 2008
Teaching crowds: Learning and social media
Athabasca University Press, 2014
URL: http://klangable.com/uploads/books/99Z_Dron_Anderson-Teaching_Crowds.pdf
City University London
Online Facilitation Techniques, 2016
Guide to Blended Learning
Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning, 2018
The 7Cs of Learning Design. Manuscript
2015
Learning Design for Student Retention. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, Vol 6 | Issue 2 | pp.41-50
2018
URL: https://jpaap.napier.ac.uk/index.php/JPAAP/article/view/318/473
Teaching in blended learning environments: Creating and sustaining communities of inquiry
Edmonton: AU Press, 2013
Objectives
The purpose of the course is to develop the participant's understanding of the values, possibilities and challenges of using digital tools to support teaching and learning.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the participant shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. explain, discuss and reflect on different aspects of e-learning such as digital literacy and collaborative, open and online learning,
2. critically reflect on questions concerning open networked learning related to own teaching practice.
Course content
- Online participation and digital literacies
- Open learning - sharing and openness
- Learning in communities - networked international collaborative learning
- Design for blended learning online
Specific requirements
Didactic digitial competence, 2.5 credits.
Examination
GRU1, group assignment, 1.5 credits, problem based learning concerning learning outcomes 1 and 2, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL1, written assignment, 1.0 credits, reflective blog posts concerning learning outcomes 1 and 2, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
PRA1, practice, 0.5 credits, giving peer feedback concerning learning outcomes 1 and 2, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
For Pass (G) on the course as a whole, the student must have earned that grade for GRU1, INL1 and PRA1.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Two-grade scale