Month: July 2013

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

ALT-S SIG Glasgow Caledonian University – 20th June 2013

A belated blog about the ALT-S SIG Glasgow Caledonian University on 20th June 2013.

This is the first meeting, apart from at ALT-C that I have attended and the first time that I’ve been to GCU.  It was very interesting and useful and I met and talked to quite a few people that I’ve not met before.  The attendees were mostly Learning Technologists.
There was a mixture of presentations and talks and then group discussions with feedback.
The presentations were the following which were all very interesting and useful.

Dr Christine Sinclair, University of Edinburgh: The Coursera Experience

Grainne Hamilton, Jisc RSC Scotland: Open Badges

Martin Hawksey, Cetis: ALT’s ocTEL MOOC experience: Designing the platform


As well as tweeting from the event, I did take some brief notes……


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EOF/SOF: Building a connectivist conference platform for ALT-C using WordPress (first look)

End of File/Start of File – before another era starts here are the beginnings of a connectivist inspired conference platform for ALT-C 2013 proudly powered by WordPress

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Technology – Distraction or Opportunity?

This article by Julie Tausend on the EdTech Magazine website – Distraction or Opportunity? A Guide to Embracing Technology in the Classroom – asks the question as to whether classroom technology, or the BYOD mentality, can be harmful or an opportunity to learning. It argues that it can (as I would agree) but specifies the […]

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Flexible Learning

Exactly a week ago I was presenting at HEA Flexible learning through professional practice at Bath Spa University Corsham Court Campus.  The place is beautiful!  Worth the long drive from Huddersfield (as much as I love Huddersfield too – do visit, you will be surprised!)  The event was great too. I was presenting a module re-design to […]

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Retention and Intention in Massive Open Online Courses: In Depth (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu

Comments:Interesting data shared by Cousera founders, with pointers to further MOOC research – David JenningsTags: MOOC, retention, ocTEL, TEL, PotentialReading, PotentialResource, Coursera, researchby: David Jennings

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Open online course platform launched – FT.com

Tags: ocTEL, TEL, platform, MOOCby: David Jennings

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The research that MOOCs need | George Veletsianos

Tags: ocTEL, TEL, mooc, evaluation, PotentialReading, PotentialResource, researchby: David Jennings

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For an urban planning MOOC, they used this tool for town hall discussions, instead of Coursera's discussion…

Patrick Kiely

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 15:55:11 GMT
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For an urban planning MOOC, they used this tool for town hall discussions, instead of Coursera’s discussion forum: http://www.mindmixer.com/

Some other similar tools out there that might better handle large scale discussions might include things like Google Groups (which has a Q&A format now), Google+ Communities, StackExchange clones like Q&A (for Wordpress) or LampCMS or OSQA or Coordino, or reddit-like clones, or RSS aggregators such as used in the OCTEL mooc: http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/03/mooc-in-a-box-turning-wordpress-into-an-open-course-reader-octel/


An OSU prof explains why she went to a platform often used by municipalities in her Coursera class.

For an urban planning MOOC, they used this tool for town hall discussions, instead of Coursera's discussion…

Doug Holton

Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:52:21 GMT
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For an urban planning MOOC, they used this tool for town hall discussions, instead of Coursera’s discussion forum: http://www.mindmixer.com/

Some other similar tools out there that might better handle large scale discussions might include things like Google Groups (which has a Q&A format now), Google+ Communities, StackExchange clones like Q&A (for Wordpress) or LampCMS or OSQA or Coordino, or reddit-like clones, or RSS aggregators such as used in the OCTEL mooc: http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/03/mooc-in-a-box-turning-wordpress-into-an-open-course-reader-octel/


An OSU prof explains why she went to a platform often used by municipalities in her Coursera class.

Difficulties researching the effectiveness of cMOOCs | You're the Teacher

Tags: MOOC, TEL, ocTEL, cMOOC, evaluation, GeorgeSiemens, StephenDownes, DaveCormierby: David Jennings

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