Author: James Little

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

#ocTEL Week 3 – What is Learning?

A bit tight for time this/last week so I’ve completed the “if you do just one thing” option What is learning? Think about the last time you learned something. Describe what you learned? How did you go about learning it? What strategies did you use? The small innocuous three words …

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#ocTEL Week 3 – What is Learning?

A bit tight for time this/last week so I’ve completed the “if you do just one thing” option What is learning? Think about the last time you learned something. Describe what you learned? How did you go about learning it? What strategies did you use? The small innocuous three words …

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#ocTEL Week 3 Webinar

#ocTEL Webinar Week 3: Designing Engaging Learning Activities – Keith Smyth A quick summary of the ocTEL week 3 webinar through screenshots and Storify. You can view a recording of the webinar. (via Elluminate, requires Java) Storify by James Little Wed, May 01 2013 13:34:53 0 0 Edit #ocTEL Webinar Week …

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#ocTEL Week 2 Activities…

ocTEL Week 2 is all about Understanding Learners’ Needs: http://octel.alt.ac.uk/course-materials/understanding-learners-needs/ Questionnaires and Needs Looking at the initial focus on questionnaires and other tools that existing instituions had produced in order to gauge learners needs was a starting point: Penn State University: Online Readiness Assessment San Diego Community College: Online Learning Readiness Assessment Illinois Online …

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#ocTEL Week 2 Activities…

ocTEL Week 2 is all about Understanding Learners’ Needs: http://octel.alt.ac.uk/course-materials/understanding-learners-needs/ Questionnaires and Needs Looking at the initial focus on questionnaires and other tools that existing instituions had produced in order to gauge learners needs was a starting point: Penn State University: Online Readiness Assessment San Diego Community College: Online Learning Readiness Assessment Illinois Online …

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Thoughts on participation in MOOCs (#ocTEL Week 2…a little bit late… )

Many MOOC and distance-learners experience ups and downs in participation. Certainly my participation for weeks 1 and  2 of ocTEL has been missing in action so far. I suspect that staying engaged is a challenge for many people when trying to fit in activity that is extra-curricula both from time and concentration energy …

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Thoughts on participation in MOOCs (#ocTEL Week 2…a little bit late… )

Many MOOC and distance-learners experience ups and downs in participation. Certainly my participation for weeks 1 and  2 of ocTEL has been missing in action so far. I suspect that staying engaged is a challenge for many people when trying to fit in activity that is extra-curricula both from time and concentration energy …

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Digital Visitors and Digital Residents – food for thought for #ocTEL and work

I had my mind opened wide on Tuesday this week.  It’s always fun, exciting and confusing to come across a new idea or way of thinking and totally changes your current perspectives. Perspectives Often as a learning technologist there is a tension between enabling your colleagues to develop content and …

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Digital Visitors and Digital Residents – food for thought for #ocTEL and work

I had my mind opened wide on Tuesday this week.  It’s always fun, exciting and confusing to come across a new idea or way of thinking and totally changes your current perspectives. Perspectives Often as a learning technologist there is a tension between enabling your colleagues to develop content and …

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ocTEL Activity 0.5

POST #1 to thread: Are you a learning technologist? Join this group Hi, As profession that often works at the interface between teaching, students and technology we could consider Activity 0.5 together: With one or more fellow participants, organise a period of reflection and discussion over two or three days and see …

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