Chamara Kumara

Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies The COVID19 pandemic made us maintain most of our connections online and teaching was part of it too. Thus, I thought of taking this online open network learning (ONL) course to dive a bit deep to make this unfamiliar area more familiar. At the end of this course, my objective is to be more efficient and effective in teaching in an online environment. WOW! what an experience so far. Meeting new people around the world and working in a fun way to achieve a common goal. So, we have just finished our first ONL211 task ( Topic 1: Online participation & digital literacies ) and now it’s time to give out my reflections about what I have learned from this topic. In this digital era, the majority of people who has a smartphone and internet connection are spending a lot of time online using online platforms and tools. However, each one of us has different objectives and goals when using these online platforms and tools. Each of us p