ONL172 Elisabeth

Image  by  johnhain  is licensed under  CC0 1.0   The topic for these 2 weeks is collaboration and I thought it could be a good idea to start this blog post with a short reflection about our own collaboration in our PBL13-group. I think that our collaboration works very good and I think it has improved since the first topic. Even though we are a large group, where some are more active than others, I experience that everyone contributes to the work in their own way. Some of us can´t attend every online meeting, which is fine, but we all still contribute, when we discuss online or work in the FISh-document. When collaborating online, I think the synchronous and asynchronous work are equally important! When thinking and reflecting about online collaboration, I don´t think it differs that much from collaborating in real life. I think that collaboration works in the same way, collaborating online or if you meet in person. You can have your meetings, work with a project toge

Image by opensource.com is licensed under CC BY-SA Before I started this course , I didn´t know much about MOOCs and other concepts related to open online courses. When I searched information for topic 2, I came across the expressions cMOOC and xMOOC, which I had never heard before. Admiraal et al. (2015) explain the two concepts and describe the differences. The cMOOC stands for connectivism, which is a theory of learning where the networking is a central part (Siemens, 2004). Admiraal et al. (2015) further describes a cMOOC with words as autonomy, diversity, openness and interactivity. Autonomy – the students can decide the content by themselves and what skills they want to learn. Diversity – different students choose different tools and content. Openness – the students have free access to content, activities and assessments. Interactivity – the students collaborate and communicate. An xMOOC is more like a regular course at a university, with vid