This Course This semester has been a bit of a roller coaster. I was trying to cram in too much content into too short period of time. I would love to have more of it to read all there was to read for this course as a lot of these …
Constructive Alignment A while ago was the first time I have heard about the Constructive Alignment (Biggs/Tang 2011) and I could not grasp why all courses are not designed in that way. It made perfect sense to me that the first question to ask myself as a teacher was: What …
Gospel Some of the papers, McConnel specifically, treats the collaborative learning as gospel and feels very dismissive towards any other method. I didn’t get the feeling it was investigated enough in a comparative way to other methods. Most of the questionnaires have been circulated around students still participating at the …
MOOCs The idea of Massive Open Online Courses has me both excited and terrified. Excited because they are about spreading knowledge and it being accessible to everyone with Internet connection. The lack of fees also has me excited as I truly believe, education should be free. What got me to …
Analog vs digital Although I have grown up fully analog, I have embraced some aspects of the digital world. Some out of necessity, others out of curiosity and a need for a creative outlet. In many cases I feel a bit in middle of White’s diagram, but not really leaning …
When few years ago I have discovered distance learning and could actually study a course at a university far far away, it was amazing. However, it wasn’t easy. Some courses offered a possibility to discuss material online, but often without a teacher. During other courses I never even saw my …