Month: May 2013

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Week 8 webinar details and minor changes

Timing and practicalities Please note that next week’s webinar will be on Tuesday 4 June at 12:30pm British Summer Time. As always, we’ll be using Blackboard Collaborate. For help prior to the webinar and some frequently asked questions please visit our help page. To

altoctel: RT @OpenPlanStu: The #ocTEL catchup continues. Week 5 blog: how do you make technology disappear? http://t.co/Vg04S2m4PF

The #ocTEL catchup continues. Week 5 blog: how do you make technology disappear? http://t.co/Vg04S2m4PF— Stuart Allan (@OpenPlanStu) May 30, 2013

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Activity 4.3: Creating your own material

Have a look at one of the following tools (choose one you are not already familiar with) and consider its application in your context:XerteGlomakerCmap (click the small document and tool icons)Camtasia or JingScreencast-o-matic.Please respond to at lea…

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Activity 4.1: Comparing resources

Take the perspective of a learner

  • What elements of these do you think are appealing to different kinds of learners?
  • What kinds of learners, if any, would they be inappropriate for and why?
  • How do each of these resources differ from that of the resources we’re using in ocTEL?
  • What ways can you see to improve the effectiveness or potential reach of these resources?

I chose to view and compare  iEthics V ElearningExamples.

The iEthics resource is really good for the activities presented. It provides the learner with a realistic scenario, clear information and can be self paced so the learner can view and review the materials. Visually very nice, clear audio.
Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic learners. Relevant to people in the health field.
It is produced for a specific purpose, audience and use it is a relevant technology for professional development.
Include an interactive element (asynchronous discussion tool) so the learner can reflect on each part of the content and opt to reflect with other learner’s who are also engaging with the resources.
Links to the resources identified in each section so the learner can read up, e.g M.M.S.E. tool.

Elearning Example, I used Gauging Your Distraction

This is a fun game for a serious subject. It will appeal to those who enjoy keyboard games and want to be challenged to multi task on the screen. Reading and responding and also moving around the screen with keys and mouse simultaneously. Initial I ignored the text message and just focussed on the control keys, as soon as I looked at the text screen I crashed. I couldn’t actually do both!
Again it is visually pleasing, worked well and was fun. This will suit a Visual/ Kinaesthetic learner but also one who reads the instructions before use.
We have been introduced to games for education in the course so we are engaging with them in ocTEL but the ocTEL course has made use of existing resources rather than seeking to create it’s own stand alone resources. The iEthics resource would be quite costly to produce and may need the resources within it to be updated.The Distraction game is probably lower cost production and maintenance,
Both are specific for the intended audience, however the Distraction may also appeal as a concentration game as well as a powerful safety message.

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anortcliffe: #ocTEL. Sharing resource issue From a biz perspective as we compete in HE market will HE embrace or draw up the bridge on shared resources?

#ocTEL. Sharing resource issue From a biz perspective as we compete in HE market will HE embrace or draw up the bridge on shared resources?— anortcliffe (@anortcliffe) May 31, 2013

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Week 7 webinar recording now available

May 30, 2013

Thanks to everyone who took part in ocTEL’s weekly webinar with Nancy White yesterday afternoon.

If you missed all or part of the week 7 webinar, the materials from the session are now available on the Course Materials page, which is updated weekly with materials from each live webinar.

Gráinne Hamilton, this week’s lead tutor, has blogged about the session:

In the webinar, Nancy covered the impact of the contexts we teach and learn within, considering the ‘we, me, many&rsqu
o; – groups, individual, networks. Much of the discussion focused on how to move towards interaction and developing peer support online. Some of the participants described examples of courses they want to develop more peer-to-peer interaction and experiential learning within, sometimes in international contexts, and Nancy and the group came up with a range of suggestions that could help. These included:

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Siemens Learning Development Cycle #ocTEL 7.1

May 30, 2013 | Megan Kime | Megan Kime

I planned to write a post comparing Siemens’ approach (learning development cycle) with the Salmon model discussed earlier this week. But I must admit I didn’t get that much from the Siemens’ paper. I’m worried that I’m not understanding it right, but it didn’t seem to be saying very much Read more »

#ocTEL week 5: how do you make technology disappear?

May 30, 2013 | Open Plan Publishing

After a two-week hiatus while I built sandcastles on the beach in Spain, it was good to get straight into a meaty bit of theory when I started catching up on ocTEL: David Kolb’s learning styles model and experiential learning … Continue reading → Read more »

Supporting Learners…

May 30, 2013 | TEL course…

In your experience of the ocTEL course so far, describe an instance where the support you received from tutors or peers felt particularly good – what made it good? describe an instance where the support had weaknesses – what made it poor? When starting the course, there was a buzz Read more »

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Siemens Learning Development Cycle #ocTEL 7.1

I planned to write a post comparing Siemens’ approach (learning development cycle) with the Salmon model discussed earlier this week. But I must admit I didn’t get that much from the Siemens’ paper. I’m worried that I’m not understanding it right, but it didn’t seem to be saying very much …

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Edinburgh Research Archive: MOOCs @ Edinburgh 2013: Report #1

Tags: ocTEL, TEL, MOOC, xMOOC, Coursera, Edinburgh, HigherEducationby: David Jennings

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Siemens Learning Development Cycle #ocTEL 7.1

I planned to write a post comparing Siemens’ approach (learning development cycle) with the Salmon model discussed earlier this week. But I must admit I didn’t get that much from the Siemens’ paper. I’m worried that I’m not understanding it right, but it didn’t seem to be saying very much about learner support. Hopefully someone […]

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#ocTEL week 5: how do you make technology disappear?

After a two-week hiatus while I built sandcastles on the beach in Spain, it was good to get straight into a meaty bit of theory when I started catching up on ocTEL: David Kolb’s learning styles model and experiential learning … Continue reading

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