The document outlines the ONL (Open Networked Learning) initiative, which began in 2013 to foster international collaboration in online education through open, collaborative learning models. It highlights the importance of digital literacy, community engagement, and the balance of support in facilitating student participation in online environments. The findings emphasize that open learning spaces and social connections are crucial for enhancing students' motivation and successful completion of courses.

1. From awareness to participation -
student engagement in an online
environment
Lars Uhlin och Maria Kvarnström
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Maria Hedberg, Lotta Åbjörnsson and Ebba Ossiannilsson
Lund University
Alastair Creelman, Linnaeus University
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2. ONL – the open course
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3. 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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4. 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

5. ONL 151
TOPICS
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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6. ONL – overview
organisation and participation
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7. 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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9. Collaboration in practice
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Participants at KI
Participants at LU
Participants at Lnu
Open learner
KI-facilitator
LU-facilitator
Lnu-facilitator

10. 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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11. Challenge - open learners
 PBL group key to
completion
 Motivation
 Learning objectives
 Support
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12. Participants’ voices

13. Participants’ voices

14. 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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15. ONL152 - autumn 2015
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