OCTEL | PeterHartley | Activity http://octel.alt.ac.uk/members/peterhartley/activity/ Activity feed for PeterHartley. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:33:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.3.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 6b3cbb42e5d0fe2993719d66d4f9e102 PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/martini/#post-26185 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:03:56 +0100 I agree with Jo’s point that there is always some power differential but I suspect that this is pretty minimal in ocTEL as we tutors have no real sanctions or influence which is associated with ‘authority’. The ocTEL course team have had various discussions about the tutor role but this has mainly been about what we should be doing rather than…[Read more]

]]> 0 083d81baaa7165f4b707cfa81e88720c PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/martini/#post-26087 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:20:40 +0100 A couple of unrelated comments:

Jo – I am a tutor so you may have been interacting with one of us without knowing. We don’t necessarily identify ourselves but have a remit to look at the forums and other inputs and either comment or initiate topics to keep things moving. Do you think we should be doing something different?

Thrun has now become…[Read more]

]]> 0 c27ef3fc2d5e5df7e1bb1cadd3499d38 PeterHartley started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/what-criteria-do-we-need/ Sat, 21 Jun 2014 07:08:06 +0100 What are the most important criteria we should use when we evaluate TEL initiatives?

My interpretation of the webinar case studies suggest the following ‘top 5’ criteria:

Improved student learning. (e.g. James McDowell pointed out several significant improvements in student performance).
Improved student engagement in the subject area (e.…[Read more]

]]> 0 21bfa8ca7d77b8685b1b1c6b3f7adbef PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/week-6-readings-as-a-downloadable-ebook/#post-25859 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:34:55 +0100 Thanks for this. I wondered how you had used this technique elsewhere in courses.

]]> 0 30247ccf62a9b0a55f1470454c00b478 PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/a-tale-of-evaluating-f2f-and-online-course-sections/#post-25858 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:33:28 +0100 A salutory tale, James – you are not alone! I and colleagues was once forced to deliver a mass lecture/interdisciplinary/tech-supported/CAA-assessed/cross-faculty module which was a complete disaster for all concerned. Them on high justified the decision to offer the module in the pursuit of interdisciplinary and efficiency – both of which failed.…[Read more]

]]> 0 b39e48530209bd76d3caedad59c5699a PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/glomaker/#post-25807 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:43:18 +0100 One of the advantages of Glomaker when I was using it was that it was transportable so you could store it on your own computers, access it through the VLE etc. I don’t know how many people are using it nowadays and I was unable to inspire my colleagues with it at the time (probably my fault rather than Glomaker’s).

]]> 0 ad8853902400d449b694e811ff9002ed PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/glomaker/#post-25802 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:59:36 +0100 I used it a bit a few years ago and found it quite a useful tool to create short clips where you wanted to contrast different views or opinions on an object/concept/theory. But I am not sure what has happened to it in terms of further or current developments.

 

]]> 0 16c9af6e709c1c53235fe866c1ab1b62 PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/martini/#post-25798 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:40:08 +0100 I think that we do need many more resource banks of the type you describe but I don’t think that MOOCs are the best analogy. I suggest an investment in MOONs – massive, open, online ‘nuggets’ – along the lines of the Khan Academy but using more sophisticated delivery when this is warranted by the subject matter (multimedia, animation etc). There…[Read more]

]]> 0 eb27a80bb5452ae456367c5905079020 PeterHartley replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/short-and-sweet/#post-25797 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:29:08 +0100 Interesting thought – where I would disagree is at the point where students might become ‘dependent’ on the learning platform which then ‘disappears’ when they leave the institution. Are we preparing students for the move that they will have to make from the ‘one-stop shop’ which their institutional VLE might provide into the possibly unsupported…[Read more]

]]> 0 265abd12656d825cc218fab8dab923a4 PeterHartley started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/which-devices-should-students-and-staff-use/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:18:27 +0100 Mark Kerrigan’s input to the webinar made an impressive case for the impact of iPads as student devices. But, in the last week, I’ve come across two opposing arguments:

1. Simon Thomson’s excellent presentation at the recent Edge Hill Solstice Conference argued that ‘staff and students should have one and the same device’ and reported succe…[Read more]

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