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Imagine a professor standing in front of a room full of students and lecturing at them. This is and continues to be a common, pervasive vision of what learning is and how it happens. In his session on “How Distance… Continue Reading →

Description: Once throughout the course, you are invited to submit your own idea for a Learning Activity. The activity must tie in with the topic for the module you are submitting it on, drawing on concepts from at least one… Continue Reading →

Description: Part of the goal of this module is to look at the history and development of distributed and open learning. For this activity, you will choose an Ed Tech or Open Learning development or technology and summarise it. You… Continue Reading →

Topic 4: Sharing Resources and Practicing ‘Open’ Things to do by July 26 (the last day of the course!) If you haven’t yet, complete the individual peer evaluation form for the pod project by mid-day on Thurs, July 21(today!) This… Continue Reading →

Topic 3: Equity and Access Things to do by July 20 Read the three assigned topic 3 readings Complete the Digital Equity and Perspective pod project by Wed, July 20. It is completed as a group and is worth 40%… Continue Reading →

As we approach the end of the course, you may be wondering what a good final digital portfolio would look like. In this post and video, I will provide guidance. For the best overview, I recommend viewing this video. There… Continue Reading →

Topic 2: History and Context of Distributed and Open Learning Things to do by July 13 (all activities are on you and your pod’s WordPress sites) Copy your Topic 1 initial post from Brightspace and re-create it as a new… Continue Reading →

As you begin blogging for this course, you may be unsure what to say and how to structure a post. Due to the open nature of a blog, an effective blog post may not be exactly the same as an… Continue Reading →

Topic 1: Privacy and Human-Centred Learning Things to do by July 8 (all activities for Topic 1 are available in Brightspace) Read Topic 1 course readings Meet on with your Learning Pod to discuss Topic 1 (use Zoom or another… Continue Reading →

Topic 0: Introductions and Getting Set Up to Engage Things to do by July 5 (all activities for Topic 0 are in Brightspace) Read the syllabus and review the course calendar Sign up for a WordPress blog. Join our Mattermost… Continue Reading →