OCTEL | owyerbin | Activity http://octel.alt.ac.uk/members/owyerbin/activity/ Activity feed for owyerbin. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:33:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.3.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 ebaa03fbec64e3e7005e8ca9c301a79a owyerbin joined the group Webinar Week 1 Badge http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/4308/ Wed, 07 May 2014 12:22:42 +0100 0 14bbc049f9401d6a14b83af146831850 owyerbin earned a week 0 badge: TEL One Badge: Each week we award a TEL One badge for completing 'If you […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/4291/ Wed, 07 May 2014 11:05:47 +0100 Each week we award a TEL One badge for completing ‘If you only do one thing…’. As week 0’s one thing is to join/watch the webinar this badge is awarded to TEL One (other thing), which is to record your reflections for Activity 0.1 Big and little questions. Click on the badge link to enter your submission.

]]> 0 fd047f3bcc256f3d5970928fbe484acf owyerbin posted a new activity comment http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1638/#acomment-3432 Fri, 02 May 2014 20:15:28 +0100 Agreed – it’s about what I am trying to achieve / what do I need my students to achieve. However even getting some staff to have a conversation about teaching is an achievement in its own right sometimes… especially with the more research oriented institutions where teaching is seen as an inconvenience rather than something to be engaged with.…[Read more]

In reply to - ilearninguk posted an update in the group Activity 0.2 small group reflection Hi all. What is our topic of reflection going to be or is it organic? Joel ]]> ab3c4921a821d4910b1ea62e98f10abb owyerbin earned a week 0 badge: Webinar Badge: Tune in or watch the weekly recording of each week's webinar […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/2610/ Thu, 01 May 2014 12:12:01 +0100 week-0-webinarTune in or watch the weekly recording of each week’s webinar to achieve the this badge. To receive this badge click on the badge link and enter the code given during the webinar in the submission box.

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]]> 0 6f4b757607250776b9d5642e1972a11a owyerbin posted a new activity comment http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1875/#acomment-2593 Thu, 01 May 2014 11:51:49 +0100 The notion of HE adopting business based models is interesting – and why not I say! Let’s face it the institutions are competing for students within the sector (well some are – depending on whether you are a recruiting or selective institution)

In reply to - ilearninguk posted an update in the group Activity 0.2 small group reflection Fear is a good topic. Fear is usually about the unknown. There was a methodology for working with clients at Apple that was designed to […] ]]> 04c7a618e557ef62dc9fa10ad932ec53 owyerbin posted a new activity comment http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1638/#acomment-1900 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:56:38 +0100 I’ll chip in the notion of fear around uptake of technology? The idea that the people who are taking up technology sit within a standard distribution curve (a good explanation is in Chasing the Chasm by Moore – which I know is a business publication but it transfers to this issue really well) so you have those who grab technology, run with it,…[Read more]

In reply to - ilearninguk posted an update in the group Activity 0.2 small group reflection Hi all. What is our topic of reflection going to be or is it organic? Joel ]]> cc99fa081287a04d6fcd517c2416a449 owyerbin posted an update in the group Activity 0.2 small group reflection: It's a big question for me... I wonder about adoption of […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1641/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:20:11 +0100 It’s a big question for me… I wonder about adoption of technology for adoption’s sake and what affect this has on the wider group of people involved in learning and teaching. The early adopters who are engaged with technology will whizz off with latest gizmo… the late majority, those in the other half of the curve are seeing them whizzing…[Read more]

]]> 0 7129265af95d3adcb3778a024ad9348a owyerbin joined the group Activity 0.2 small group reflection http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1637/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:14:50 +0100 0 cc91abe0cc0b24c42970b53b7f8cb15f owyerbin and kerstephenson are now friends http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1620/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:35:32 +0100 0 39006ccee3015f09cfb75f63c08f942c owyerbin's profile was updated http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1589/ Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:53:05 +0100 0 f777f4cd1c3689bfccdf0c9c0d4a7748 owyerbin wrote a new post, Owyerbin: listening in to my MOOC loads of people here #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014 http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/?p=6745 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:10:55 +0100

listening in to my MOOC loads of people here #ocTEL— AndyBirch (@Owyerbin) April 30, 2014

]]> 0 5009ba15511402f75752e025db938512 owyerbin and c.turnock are now friends http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1368/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:34:25 +0100 0 591ac435bfd6b1b5016af050976969fb owyerbin and ilearninguk are now friends http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1365/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:28:35 +0100 0 ce286186b4128a02878d9dac55da8c39 owyerbin and katebridgeman1 are now friends http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1361/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:27:30 +0100 0 ab2f86cfc43b01e08b09038d648581d5 owyerbin wrote a new post, Owyerbin: Signed up signed on blogged and profiled (is that a proper word?) #ocTEL, on the site ocTEL 2014 http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/?p=3816 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:59:26 +0100

Signed up signed on blogged and profiled (is that a proper word?) #ocTEL— AndyBirch (@Owyerbin) April 29, 2014

]]> 0 a80bb3abe08ae603a32e5949681e3a33 owyerbin wrote a new post, Owyerbin: RT @thebigparticle: Registration is open for the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (#ocTEL). 28 April 2014 #altc http://t.co/H8A4…, on the site ocTEL 2014 http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/?p=3824 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 12:57:44 +0100

RT @thebigparticle: Registration is open for the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (#ocTEL). 28 April 2014 #altc http://t.co/H8A4…— AndyBirch (@Owyerbin) April 29, 2014

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]]> 0 c8d7692f2df4ac2cc9f61ad7aca02754 owyerbin's profile was updated http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1151/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:46:29 +0100 0 edafa2c5818c99695ec64d486fa931cf owyerbin changed their profile picture http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/1137/ Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:37:33 +0100 0 78131a9d693e622aeeb9924308bf183e owyerbin wrote a new post, ocTEL W0 Activity 0.1 Big and little questions, on the site ocTEL 2014 http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/?p=4775 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:29:40 +0100 What matters to me in TEL?
The notion of old wine in new bottles…  Seems a little strange to be starting of on a TEL based blog saying that I am worried about the adoption of technology!  My thoughts are this, sometimes technology can ‘take over’ where actually it isn’t appropriate.  I took over a training department from a colleague (and friend) and he explained ‘every thing is sorted Andy I’ve now got every session on powerpoint’.  My heart sank to say the least.  It’s getting the balance between technology and pedagogy.  Who was ‘everything on powerpoint’ suiting ?  I suspect much more about the trainer and the least about the learning.  Having said that the last thing I would want to be doing is stifling innovation.  A bit like when the ipad first came out and thinking ‘what’s the point of that?’ but then seeing the innovation that is happening now.  I love the idea of seeing new technology and thinking ‘wow what can I do with that?’ but conversely it’s also about not throwing the baby out with the bathwater…
A bit about me:
My early teaching was very much student centred, working through issues and learning in class, typically on longer training courses.  I was around when powerpoint started to emerge and initially I wasn’t that happy with it.   later started to use it in different ways, mostly about images and overlaying photos onto whiteboards to expand on learning (lot of my teaching at that time was about roads, vehicles, mechanics and so on.   Later did some good stuff with smartboards (really interesting stuff about building up witness accounts using photos and then composite images)
Once I got into HE much of my TEL was about web searching, online resources etc.  Laterly having become involved with a project through HEDG I started looking at the way different people used technology and in particular the widening gap between those who do and those who don’t – look here (http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/48783639/HEDG%20DL)
Through my current project I am really getting into the way people use technology, particularly the notion of the flipped classroom.
One of the things I am coming to is this… the idea that technology supports teaching is now only partially true, I would argue now that technology forms part of the pedagogies.  It’s role has gone from being subservient if you like to part of the mainstream.
I still find that I learn much the same way as I always did, in that I reflect, take time, understanding as a longer process and that I am by nature a social learner.  I value very much the discussion and the deeper learning that this brings with it.  Tech tends to make this easier, more portable or accessible, what I do wonder. really wonder though, is in learning, what is important?
 

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