From awareness to participation - student engagement in an online

environment

Lars Uhlin och Maria KvarnströmKarolinska Institute, Stockholm

Maria Hedberg, Lotta Åbjörnsson and Ebba OssiannilssonLund University

Alastair Creelman, Linnaeus University

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ONL – the open course

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What is ONL?

• Started 2013, international co-operation- earlier FDOL (Flexible, distance & online learning)

• Open online course (cMOOC)

• Open collaborative learning based on PBL

• Target groups – teachers, educational developers, educational technologists, course designers in higher education

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ONL151 team

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Lars Uhlin

Maria Kvarnström Lotta Åbjörnsson

Ebba Ossiannilsson

Alastair Creelman

Paula Morais

Maria Hedberg Kenneth Johansson Anders Gerestrand

Elna Mortensen Zsuzsa Kovács Martin Karlsson

KI LU LNU

ONL 151TOPICS

Connecting & Networking

Digital literacy Collaborative learning & communities

Flexible and mobile learning

Designing learning environments

Open Educational Practices

Concluding week: ONL, future perspectives

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ONL – overvieworganisation and participation

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5 stage model – Gilly Salmon

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Scaffolding

Focus on introduction phase

On-site meetings if possible

Study partners Mentoring by previous

students Recorded ”how to”

videos

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Collaboration in practice

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Participants at KI

Participants at LU

Participants at Lnu

Open learner

KI-facilitator

LU-facilitator

Lnu-facilitator

Support- getting the balance right

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Danger of ”curling” students

Just enough, just in time

How to ”organize freedom”

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Challenge - open learners

PBL group key to completion

Motivation Learning objectives Support

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Participants’ voices

Participants’ voices

Conclusions

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Open learning spaces enhance participation

Community of practice Social element is vital Scaffolding – a delicate

balance

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ONL152 - autumn 2015

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