OCTEL | Simon Fokt | Activity http://octel.alt.ac.uk/members/sf343/activity/ Activity feed for Simon Fokt. Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:33:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.3.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 66a81af19dadf10b16a31bbef3e482d2 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/reflections-on-the-mooc-model/#post-26326 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:08:03 +0100 Well, I think that one of the problems of the corporate universities is that there’s nothing to dislike about it on the surface, but only if one looks at nothing but the surface.

Here is one basic problem which doesn’t require much digging below the surface:

– One of the advantages of MOOCs is that a great teacher can reach many more students,…[Read more]

]]> 0 d50d086d5f61150725fed7e5ac6a7421 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/a-lecture-streaming-project/#post-26315 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:39:26 +0100 That’s fair enough! Thanks for the reply. I can see how mature students would prefer it for the more peaceful atmosphere – then again, I would think (apparently wrongly and perhaps unfairly) that mature students would be more used to traditional methods of lecture delivery and thus would prefer to be in the lecture theatre. It’s good to challenge…[Read more]

]]> 0 e48dbe0dc7f9db740def32a04aa3ba47 Simon Fokt started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/reflections-on-the-mooc-model/ Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:49:47 +0100 1. Elements of the xMOOC approach that I think could be applicable to your context

I like the fact that MOOCs allow people from all over the world to have access to the best teachers, and allow the best teachers to work with much greater numbers of students. Truth is, many academics who are great researchers aren’t really very good at teaching.…[Read more]

]]> 0 d919c10a27a9b5bf074815f4bc0ab10b Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/tel-one-planning/#post-25607 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:35:52 +0100 I really like the methods you adopted in selecting a new VLE. I wish more universities did this, and were more consistent about their use of VLEs. In St Andrews, we use several environments at the same time – MMS, WebCT, Moodle, iSaint, and e-Vision, and frankly, it’s a bit of a mess. The study materials for some modules are on MMS, for some on…[Read more]

]]> 0 118555e4fd8b45ba768076f07281e604 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/a-lecture-streaming-project/#post-24913 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 17:32:10 +0100 Sounds like quite a project. I particularly like the fact that you decided to employ someone who will make sure that the technical part works – lecturers are often expected to deal with this sort of issues themselves, but we all know that setting up multiple screens and projectors is already quite tricky, save if you have to do it in multiple…[Read more]

]]> 0 b22719d03ba4c282a36eff5e9643c4bc Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-24373 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:05:05 +0100 [accidental double post, sorry]

]]> 0 4b86b97acdd4b4fcc32be1b09bae6fc9 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-24372 Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:04:30 +0100 I also tried the E-learning Examples, though I went for a different game: ‘Expedition: The Game’. I have to say I don’t see the point in it.

It started from a small technical issue – the game doesn’t work in Opera. I had to use IE to run it. The game requires you to run an expedition in Africa, rolling dice to gain supplies, porters and miles,…[Read more]

]]> 0 79bcb369d5670cfc70f46830ae818143 Simon Fokt started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/tutorial-questions-practice/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:09:08 +0100 I have been leading tutorials in philosophy for several years, and have always struggled with students who show up to tutorials unprepared. My university gives me no power to assess students on the basis of their tutorial performance, so all I can do is encourage them.

I came up with a way to do so – one which requires little extra work, ensures…[Read more]

]]> 0 7c4f65a1243968df03fa4fd8aae2d76a Simon Fokt changed their profile picture http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6795/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:32:15 +0100 0 39337b658e3c0928b78eb397cdabbac3 Simon Fokt's profile was updated http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6794/ Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:30:55 +0100 0 39b476780cd38b5ffbc7a90d16e0f5cc Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/seen-evidence-of-differences/#post-24066 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:55:52 +0100 I find that at the university level the types of learning are very different depending on the year. In Scotland, undergraduate courses are typically 4 year long, with years 3& 4 contributing to the degree classification. This means that:

– level 1 students generally try to engage in deep learning, especially in the first semester, because they…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5f7dfe7854cae23e692f0eddf980fa0 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/deep-learning-is-not-the-ideal/#post-24064 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:47:30 +0100 I couldn’t agree more on the uselessness of the end-of-year summary assessments. In philosophy, students are typically given two hours to complete three short essays on topics chosen from 5-10 options. This seems to me to be the most unnatural way to conduct assessment – what is the relevance it bears to any actual practice students will engage in…[Read more]

]]> 0 51f1b83dbd518b9df88c1ce0e31281d0 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/must-we-choose-a-side/#post-24056 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:18:05 +0100 That’s very interesting, thanks! The remarks on iPads would be interesting to research in a bit more detail – assuming that medium is a message, I think it’s safe to also think that different technologies which might give you access to the same resources, but differ in interface and input-output methods, lend themselves better to different kinds…[Read more]

]]> 0 ac898ef9b3ccf90c8c54cbf9e9692887 Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/strategy-from-scratch/#post-24054 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:08:31 +0100 I was just looking for something like this as well, thanks!

]]> 0 989f67d70b013ad8c25a70ecc9006dea Simon Fokt replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/autonomous-and-social/#post-24052 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:04:59 +0100 I think that giving students autonomy to “direct” their own learning is very important, though not particularly easy. This is something I find to be the most important part in student essay writing – students are required to do independent research on top of the compulsory reading (at least that’s how it works in Philosophy). They are given a g…[Read more]

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