Author: Megan Kime
Teaching Fellow and Online Learning Specialist at the University of Leeds

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Siemens Learning Development Cycle #ocTEL 7.1

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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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Siemens Learning Development Cycle #ocTEL 7.1

Posted on by Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

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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Models for supporting learning: Salmon #ocTEL 7.1

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For this activity I choose to look first at the Salmon Five Stage Model, which I’m already familiar with, and then the others as comparisons. I’ll post the comparison discussions in a separate post after this one. Gilly Salmon Five Stage Model I’m familiar with the Salmon Five Stage Model, …

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Models for supporting learning: Salmon #ocTEL 7.1

Posted on by Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

For this activity I choose to look first at the Salmon Five Stage Model, which I’m already familiar with, and then the others as comparisons. I’ll post the comparison discussions in a separate post after this one. Gilly Salmon Five Stage Model I’m familiar with the Salmon Five Stage Model, and have used it to […]

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Learning support #ocTEL week 7

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Hoping to complete all of the ocTEL activities this week, as the topic – supporting learners online – is one of the most important for me. First thing – initial reflection on learning support… ocTEL Experience We’re asked to talk about positive and negative instances of learner support that we’ve …

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Learning support #ocTEL week 7

Posted on by Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Hoping to complete all of the ocTEL activities this week, as the topic – supporting learners online – is one of the most important for me. First thing – initial reflection on learning support… ocTEL Experience We’re asked to talk about positive and negative instances of learner support that we’ve received during ocTEL so far. […]

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Learning Platforms #ocTEL 5.2

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Reflection on learning platforms… What is your current virtual learning environment or the main technology you use? Blackboard – institutional VLE. How does it differ from the ocTEL platform? What learning styles does it afford that ocTEL cannot? Where is it restrictive? It’s a closed system in several respects: users …

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Drivers and constraints #ocTEL 5.1

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How do course dimensions drive and influence our use of technology? Hill et. al.(1) provide a model of the different factors at play here, identifying four key areas: Logistical: student numbers, class/programme duration etc. Practice-based: activity type, participant expertise, existing practice etc. Pedagogical purpose: pedagogical plan and guidance to instructor …

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finding (and using) resources #ocTEL week 4

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I choose to look for resources relating to distributive justice and healthcare, since I’ll be teaching on this topic in a couple of weeks. I looked on Merlot (as an example of an educational resource bank) and TED (as an example of a more open-ended repository), since I’d not used …

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What is learning? #ocTEL week 3

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‘Think about the last time you learnt something’ is the starting prompt for this activity. I’m finding this itself a surprisingly difficult task. Not because I can’t remember learning anything recently, but because once I started to think about it I (a) found it difficult to isolate a single piece …

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