I have always found Kolb’s learning cycle a helpful concept but have been a little more uncertain about his learning styles.  I suppose I don’t like the idea of “putting people in boxes”.  (Kolb’s four-stage cycle of learning is: ‘immediate or concrete experiences’ provide a basis for ‘observations and reflections’. These ‘observations and reflections’ are […]

I have always found Kolb’s learning cycle a helpful concept but have been a little more uncertain about his learning styles.  I suppose I don’t like the idea of “putting people in boxes”.  (Kolb’s four-stage cycle of learning is: ‘immediate or concrete experiences’ provide a basis for ‘observations and reflections’. These ‘observations and reflections’ are […]

Week 2 of the OCTEL Mooc deals with understanding learner’s needs.  I am particularly interested in the one of the themes for this week, which is digital literacy because in my institution we have recently convened a working group on this topic which aims to come up with some strategies for improving digital literacy for […]

Week 2 of the OCTEL Mooc deals with understanding learner’s needs.  I am particularly interested in the one of the themes for this week, which is digital literacy because in my institution we have recently convened a working group on this topic which aims to come up with some strategies for improving digital literacy for […]

The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is currently running a MOOC on Technology Enhanced Learning (http://octel.alt.ac.uk/).  So I thought I’d register and check it out.  There appear to be around 1000 participants so far.  Our first task is: reflecting on your own work experience and ambitions for developing your teaching,  what is the most important […]

The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is currently running a MOOC on Technology Enhanced Learning (http://octel.alt.ac.uk/).  So I thought I’d register and check it out.  There appear to be around 1000 participants so far.  Our first task is: reflecting on your own work experience and ambitions for developing your teaching,  what is the most important […]