OCTEL | dustinaced | Activity http://octel.alt.ac.uk/members/dustinaced/activity/ Activity feed for dustinaced. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:33:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.3.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 72e0a155b68000becbc1bee98c40d516 dustinaced replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/what-pedagogy-are-you-using-when-promoting-ilt-use-in-tla/#post-14392 Sun, 11 May 2014 14:05:04 +0100 Hello,

I believe that the pedagogical theories that inform TEL are quite numerous – but we just aren’t fully aware of it for various reasons.

If we consider education as a field and its experts, then here are a few names that I would suggest all learning technologists know when considering potential pedagogical theories to inform the creation of…[Read more]

]]> 0 79f553b5f07310590627a48169ffef30 dustinaced replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/concrete-examples/#post-14386 Sun, 11 May 2014 13:30:10 +0100 Here are a few ways to encourage learner participation online (e.g. taking part in forums and so on):

present the merits of their social interaction before the lessons and assignments come up in an induction of sorts. Basically, what’s in it for them?
set up a clear, well-crafted example that learners can look at to understand what is e…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e8699e4a91212280243a12bfeae7bee dustinaced posted an update in the group Language teachers: Hello all! I teach English for academic purposes at Coventry […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/4814/ Sat, 10 May 2014 09:37:51 +0100 Hello all! I teach English for academic purposes at Coventry University. I also have learning technology responsibility and am responsible for collaborating with teachers to drive the development of learning technologies and opportunities that can enhance our pre-sessional English programs that are aimed at international students.

I’ve read…[Read more]

]]> 0 6b067ed738a947d7516f4ba159dc5807 dustinaced joined the group Language teachers http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/4813/ Sat, 10 May 2014 09:33:31 +0100 0 e8b2447ff681e09c784025bead5c06e3 dustinaced posted a new activity comment http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/3157/#acomment-4812 Sat, 10 May 2014 09:30:27 +0100 All of these thoughts are encouraging. I have been a Google Apps for Ed advocate since I first started using it a few years ago. It’s excellent for collaborative writing activities, which of course can include a variety of individual and group writing activities.

I’ve used Google Forms with great success to do simple questionnaires or more…[Read more]

In reply to - damon_tokyo posted an update in the group Language teachers @vbaxter @barbarapg Our programme uses Moodle heavily, but mainly to deliver content. We have found some of the functions, as you say, heavy and time […] ]]> 7a3b914c41f1e603906f4396c5a4d9a5 dustinaced joined the group Higher education (general) http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/4810/ Sat, 10 May 2014 09:19:00 +0100 0 a248c36053851d2e6959c74ca95bc1ef dustinaced replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/activity-0-1-big-and-little-questions/#post-14060 Sat, 10 May 2014 09:15:07 +0100 I’m a bit late in joining but I’ll start here since I think it’ll let me answer a few questions that can help guide my participation in this MOOC of sorts.

What matters to me?

What matters most to be about TEL is that the technology should enhance, facilitate and quicken learning wherever possible. By this I mean that technology used for…[Read more]

]]> 1 6f60a5df8599b52883b0ab641405bea4 dustinaced changed their profile picture http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/4585/ Thu, 08 May 2014 14:50:23 +0100 0 2df7d39b6ee7ebfc16bd57c575ffaaaf dustinaced wrote a new post, DustinAcEd: #ocTEL hello - I still haven't received my login details yet. Could someone please e-mail me these before today's webinar? Thanks!, on the site ocTEL 2014 http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/?p=13088 Thu, 08 May 2014 11:13:55 +0100

#ocTEL hello – I still haven’t received my login details yet. Could someone please e-mail me these before today’s webinar? Thanks!— Dustin Hosseini (@DustinAcEd) May 08, 2014

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