@mhawksey it has been 🙂 might write a semi-lurker’s blogpost reflecting in #octel to help make my learning more explicit, show appreciation

— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 19, 2014

This type of auditing role is common in courses like ocTEL. One of the questions we posed participants in the mid course survey was what influenced their level of engagement. A summary of the responses (n. 42) shown below indicates, not surprisingly, that time is a factor in level of engagement. Interestingly for us as a course team, and the Association, is the indication that digital badging had such a positive influence on engagement. In some ways it is perhaps not surprising that this type of gamification managed to hook some people.  Another question raised internally was the apparent lack of influence tutor support had on ocTEL participants to engage. One factor that might have influenced this response was the visibility of tutor support, a number of our tutors having a dual role of participant AND tutor.

One issue this type of quantitative evaluation has is respondents are reporting level of engagement against a set of predefined factors. So what influenced you level of engagement in ocTEL?

@mhawksey it has been 🙂 might write a semi-lurker’s blogpost reflecting in #octel to help make my learning more explicit, show appreciation— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 19, 2014

@Bali_Maha yes no magic tech to capture that but glad you found peripheral participation useful #octel— Martin Hawksey (@mhawksey) June 19, 2014

@mhawksey hey Martin. That graph seems normal, I guess. But #octel for me is sthg I engaged with in a semi-lurking fashion, but valued a lot— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 18, 2014

“@Bali_Maha: Who’s planning on engaging with #clmooc from #rhizo14 #octel #edcmooc #digped ???” What is it?— Jo Jacob (@jojacob_uk) June 17, 2014

Who’s planning on engaging with #clmooc from #rhizo14 #octel #edcmooc #digped ???— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 13, 2014

Reclaiming innovation http://t.co/FL3WpFnw8m via @jimgroom @brlamb #rhizo14 #edtech @educause #highered #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 12, 2014

Is there a tool where you can post/snap a photo and it tries to do a who’s who for you? #edtech #rhizo14 #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Who is going to Sloan-C’s #blend14 ? am going virtual again #rhizo14 #octel #blendkit2014 #edtech http://t.co/rM9euHdsHj— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Is It Okay to be a Luddite? – http://t.co/wexGD543J2 gr8 one by @slamteacher (@gihanosman we could use in our WS) #octel #rhizo14— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Revisiting the Content Question – http://t.co/N89ZtOMyiN via @Bali_maha – relates to #oer discussion on #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Fave thing about blogs as e-assessment is that it allows us to involve an authentic audience to interact w learners beyond a course #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 02, 2014

Love this week’s #octel topic and guiding questions, hoping to engage this time!!!— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 02, 2014

Next twitter vs zombies #tvsz Starts June 20. See http://t.co/qqSwNeH6Ed for more details #rhizo14 #octel (@fadykromer @hodamost – edu game)— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 31, 2014

What’s ur fave (annotated?) listing of cool #edtech tools/pedagogies? #rhizo14 #octel #BlendKit2014 #digped— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 31, 2014

Building a course on the run http://t.co/xL27XY3ywr (will blog l8r) @GihanOsman #octel #blendkit2014 #rhizo14 @SuzanKoseoglu— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 28, 2014

“The ideas of students and not teachers should be privileged in our pedagogies” via @Jessifer #rhizo14 #octel http://t.co/bffPsuElq1— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 27, 2014

Discusses diff learners: Hybrid by Choice: Increasing Engagement in a High Enrollment Course via @HybridPed http://t.co/0hEHkrDwxP #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 21, 2014

@mhawksey @Bali_Maha impressive – looking forward to catching up during next week’s break. #ocTEL— Rose Heaney (@romieh) May 20, 2014

Anyone know of an instrument for comparing sync v async video lecs? @gihanosman #blendkit2014 #octel #digped #edtech @whitneykilgore— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 20, 2014

Em isn’t it normal that the same person engages at diff times using diff learning approaches? #ocTEL— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 18, 2014

MT “@HybridPed: CFP: Critical Digital Pedagogy http://t.co/H20O0rGHvj Please share widely.” #rhizo14 #octel #blendkit2014 @GihanOsman— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 13, 2014

CC-BY-NC – why I am pro “non-commercial Creative Commons licensing” – http://t.co/U9BGJ8mSB3 via @Bali_maha questions 4 #octel #blendkit2014— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 13, 2014

There has been much interesting discussion again this week, and a lot of issues raised and thoughtful, reflective comments posted by so many people that it has been a joy to participate, and occasionally to respond.  The focus of most of the comments and postings that I have read has been strongly focused on the pedagogy.  I think that the opening question about how one’s own practice relates to the quadrant:

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set a good tone, and some people even posted some of their practice and published quadrants, one that I looked at by Maha Bali (‏@Bali_Maha) lists some of her practice

.@cpjobling tried to nuance my #octel 1.1 to show how same tool/pedagogy can be moved across quadrants (note colors) pic.twitter.com/GKstg6wpn6— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 9, 2014

There are two areas of CMALT that the work that people have done relate to

1a) An understanding of the constraints and benefits of different technologies

2a) An understanding of teaching, learning and/or assessment processes

Clearly there is some overlap between these sections anyhow, but also, the way in which people have approached this week’s work has had different emphases, some people taking a more technological starting point and others a more pedagogic one.  Note, that neither of these are better, they reflect different ways of thinking, different interests and different starting points.

There has been discussion of strategies for learning and teaching (or was that teaching and learning) and that has covered both institutional and personal strategies, and the relationship between them, and sometimes the dissonance that can be created when personal belief systems and institutional structures are at odds.

There has also been discussion of learning theories and how practice relates to (preferred) learning theories.

All this has been excellent, and the spirit in which it has been undertaken has been that of mutual support and cooperation, which supports the principles as well.  In case you have forgotten the principles are:

A commitment to exploring and understanding the interplay between technology and learning.
A commitment to keep up to date with new technologies.
An empathy with and willingness to learn from colleagues from different backgrounds and specialisms.
A commitment to communicate and disseminate effective practice.

I would say that all those participating in the MOOC (at least all that I have seen) are amply demonstrating all four of the principles, and I think that is what has made participation in the MOOC such a pleasure.

What has been shown is people’s deep engagement and enthusiasm for thinking about teaching and learning and the processes involved.  All of this would come across very well in CMALT portfolios as it shows:

Knowledge (experiential knowledge from people’s practice, engagement with the theory and how it supports their practice).
A willingness to learn and to share experience, good practice and ideas.
A keen ability to reflect on practice, and to think about how that reflection will impact on future practice.

This is exactly what we are looking for when we are assessing CMALT portfolios.

The one thing that has sometimes been missing (because this is not CMALT portfolios, but a public discussion) is the supporting evidence.  I would not expect to find it here.  Often this material is sensitive, and ocTEL is not about proving what you have done, but learning from what you, and your colleagues, have done and are doing.

Tom Franklin
CMALT Lead Assessor
from the CMALT ocTEL Group

Interested in CMALT? Join the CMALT ocTEL group

@Bali_Maha @cpjobling I liked the shifting of the activity round the compass quadrants #ocTEL and the visual nature of your tweet— Mark Schier (@markofmarks) May 12, 2014

using #octel for #networking #reflection #IdeasForMyOwnTeaching @iLearningUK— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 12, 2014

@Bali_Maha OK, I’ll have a look at #octel. Thanks.— Mark McGuire (@mark_mcguire) May 11, 2014

.@mark_mcguire u might also like to dip into #octel – i love the assignment prompts even tho not enough time to engage— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 11, 2014

Good comment in response to the Guardian article that was anti-student feedback http://t.co/CcfukoYoFN @nomadwarmachine #rhizo14 #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 10, 2014

#octel @xLontrax @timklapdor I want to learn from Tim the art of the brief, to the point, blogpost!— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 10, 2014

RT @Bali_Maha: “Behind every quantitative measure there is a qualitative judgment.” – Elizabeth Churchill http://t.co/aXTA70jmAw v @timklap…— Maria Snyder (@mariacsnyder) May 10, 2014

RT @Bali_Maha: “Behind every quantitative measure there is a qualitative judgment.” – Elizabeth Churchill http://t.co/aXTA70jmAw v @timklap…— Yasmine Motawy (@ymotawy) May 10, 2014

Great post by @jimgroom (tho i prefer “spectrum” to “divide”): Two digital divides http://t.co/9h4pWOpbXx #rhizo14 #octel #blendkit2014— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 10, 2014

Good idea MT “@chcoll: @ #ocTEL I often do the same activity 2 or more times, each time in a diff quadrant, so it ‘sticks’ w diff learners.”— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 09, 2014

+1 “@guy75: @shrifootring too much to think about and not enough (#ocTEL) time”— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 09, 2014

RT @jmenglund03: #ocTEL webinar week 1: “Technology is only a small part…the big decisions are the pedagogical ones.”— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 09, 2014

@Bali_Maha sent you a LinkedIn invite to connect. You can see how I also embed Slideshare presentations there #ocTEL— Sue Beckingham (@suebecks) May 07, 2014

@gotanda @Bali_Maha @S_J_Lancaster LinkedIn is used by some employers as a search engine to locate graduates as the sole tool. #ocTEL— Sue Beckingham (@suebecks) May 07, 2014

@gotanda @Bali_Maha @S_J_Lancaster I received an invite to present in Denmark through a recommendation of a LinkedIn connection #ocTEL— Sue Beckingham (@suebecks) May 07, 2014

@Bali_Maha @S_J_Lancaster opening up opportunities for professional collaborations for projects, research and sharing good practice #ocTEL— Sue Beckingham (@suebecks) May 07, 2014

@Bali_Maha @S_J_Lancaster LinkedIn members did over 5.7 billion professionally-oriented searches on the platform in 2012 alone. #ocTEL— Sue Beckingham (@suebecks) May 07, 2014

MT Teach online? help out @harpsouth by being part of her study of interaction & practices: http://t.co/iq908MDpUS #digped #edtech #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 05, 2014

Useful for #octel & #blendkit2014 Best Practices: Thoughts on a Flash Mob Mentality via @HybridPed http://t.co/fmUrGCP3W7 @gihanosman— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 04, 2014

@NomadWarMachine i feel weird about badges, too! #BlendKit2014 #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 02, 2014

RT @Lenandlar: The #octel Facebook group is ready here https://t.co/o6S6sqIp0G for FB fans— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 02, 2014

@kwhamon @NomadWarMachine welcome to #octel Keith! So many diff things going on so pick what interests u i guess. Weekly webinars too— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 02, 2014

RT @mhawksey: Join @cogdog and me at 3pmBST to chat about technical side of using WordPress to support open courses #ocTEL https://t.co/r9…— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 02, 2014

“each MOOC should be evaluated separately, rather than evaluating #MOOCs as a genre” http://t.co/RwR7xnlHDG cc #octel #blendkit2014 #edtech— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 02, 2014

RT @Kerr63: So many #ocTEL posts for Act. 0.1 – Summarize, you say? Impossible, you say? Challenge accepted!— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 02, 2014

RT @damon_tokyo: This is how the message is getting through at #ocTEL 2014 – chart of Course Reader. http://t.co/MtkJB4BAHx— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 01, 2014