Author: jrconlon95

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

National Student Change Agent Network

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Going into webinar over-drive this week by also joining in the JISC event today which I thought was inspiring and thought-provoking. I saw a few familiar names from ocTEL there too! That will all have to wait though for the day-job to stop getting in the way! (more info on these here:  http://elearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/01/30/diglitwebinars/) and the recording is […]

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Implementation: A Tight-Loose Approach

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Initially my big question was a very simple ‘what works and how can I adapt it’.  I’ve subsequently added a few more: What comes first technology or pedagogy? How can we take the T out of TEL? How can we measure and evaluate the effectiveness of planned changes / innovations? How can we join up the […]

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Power Law of Participation – Ross Mayfield

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I can’t get Howard Rheingold out of my head! His video ’21st Century Literacies’ seems to be on a loop in my head. • Attention • Participation • Collaboration • Network awareness • Critical consumption This is posting is loosely connected to ocTEL activity 2.1 about exploring colleagues readiness to engage with TEL. I haven’t […]

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Motivation – role of autonomy, mastery and purpose

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In this ocTEL learner’s needs / readiness week I have been mulling over the importance of intrinsic motivation in learning. I thought I would share this:RSA Animate — Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us (10.48  – worth it for the content but the animation adds another dimension and makes it really memorable. Enjoy […]

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Bursting (filter) bubbles

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I didn’t know about filter bubbles till last week.  I have clearly been existing in a happy bubble unaware of the potential implications of Google’s algorithms generating / tailoring a reality just for me.  I do like all the personalization that comes with Google now but hadn’t really thought about potential flip-sides.  Nothing like a […]

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Digital literacies – a bevy of infographics

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I was prompted to really think about the term ‘digital literacy’  after the ocTEL webinar this week when HelenB made the specific point about how it was different from technical competence.  Firstly, this was a relief for me as I am far from technically competent.  However, I hadn’t previously considered the significance of the actual words so I […]

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JISC understand…

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JISC understands Digital Literacy to “define those capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society”

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Resources from the chat-room (ocTEL webinar week 1)

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I just wanted to post 2 links that came from the chat-room during this webinar: https://portal.solent.ac.uk/support/support-with-it-media/learning-technologies/resources/sol-standard-may2010.pdf There was an interesting discussion going on about consistency.  While I am all for ‘deliberately vague’ as an approach to prepare students for their unknown futures, I think there is also a lot of merit in a consistent starting […]

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ocTEL Activity 1.2

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Gosh I’ve made heavy weather of this activity.  I found it impossible but thanks to some forum posts I think I can complete in a way that is useful to me.  I did have plans to use the two axes in a spider-diagram style and plot (colour-coded) each of the following: my approach, activities and […]

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Thanks to frangers – thoughts and connections now lost in forums and the ether

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Before I started week two I really wanted to gather my thoughts from the first two weeks of this MOOC.  I’m not sure one post is going to do it as there is so much going on. In the induction week we were encouraged to get into small groups for discussions and this lead me […]

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