Education, teaching, formalities and support.

 This week I have focused on the similarities and differences in teaching on net and live. The similarities are many. The difference is that we do not have close contact with the students, we are not in the same house, we  may not even be in the same country. We may not have the same conditions, technical, economic elller politically. Awareness of the differences mean that we need to be clear, so clear that we can bridge the differences. 
There is a lot to take in account -To get to our students both in and out throughout the course. Hence the need for awareness of pedagogy perspective on learning - we learn in different ways. Despite differences in learning methods are meeting and discussing important.
 How should and can get you get your students to start a discussion on the web - without coercion? How might we examine thousands of students in a course, is that even possible?

This course is approaching its end. And  it has opened my eyes to all that online learning offers, Moocs, and Google +, blogs, twitter etc. The pedagogy of online courses is something I realize I want to familiarize myself with even more. And still there  are theories (Andersson (2008), Salmon (2013)). And so much, much left to know ,,,

Salmon, G. (2013) Scaffolding for online learning. Available here

Anderson, T. (Ed.). (2008). The theory and practice of online learning . Athabasca University Press. Available here