Author: Stephen Brown
Ex-OU, EX-BT Distance Learning. Currently Visiting Fellow Centre for Distance Education, University of London , Head of School of Media and Communication, De Montfort University, Leicester and Professor of Learning Technologies.

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Learning by Stealth

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Ive been prompted by a question about my reflections on my approaches to assessment to reflect further on what the student experience is like.  Sancha de Burca @GraphDesProject asked “Would  this end up being confusing for a learner, or helpful, do you … Continue reading →

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Learning by Stealth

Posted on by Stephen Brown Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Ive been prompted by a question about my reflections on my approaches to assessment to reflect further on what the student experience is like.  Sancha de Burca @GraphDesProject asked “Would  this end up being confusing for a learner, or helpful, do you … Continue reading →

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Approaches to assessment

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Just thinking about the four perspectives on assessment described in Effective Assessment in a Digital Age (www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess): associative, constructivist, social constructivist and situative. The course Im teaching is an MA in Photographic History  http://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/photographic-history-practice/photographic-history-and-practice-ma-pgdip.aspx and I teach a module on … Continue reading →

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Approaches to assessment

Posted on by Stephen Brown Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Just thinking about the four perspectives on assessment described in Effective Assessment in a Digital Age (www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess): associative, constructivist, social constructivist and situative. The course Im teaching is an MA in Photographic History  http://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/photographic-history-practice/photographic-history-and-practice-ma-pgdip.aspx and I teach a module on … Continue reading →

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Do affordances make that much difference or 10 things to use a mug for?

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Getting back to ocTEL after a break imposed by too many other things to do, this week weve been asked to think about how different tools might relate to Kolbs model of learning styles as depicted here http://www.businessballs.com/images/kolb’s_learning_styles_businessballs.jpg.  I started off … Continue reading →

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Do affordances make that much difference or 10 things to use a mug for?

Posted on by Stephen Brown Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Getting back to ocTEL after a break imposed by too many other things to do, this week weve been asked to think about how different tools might relate to Kolbs model of learning styles as depicted here http://www.businessballs.com/images/kolb’s_learning_styles_businessballs.jpg.  I started off … Continue reading →

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Houston – we have a problem

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Oh dear, I just did the University of Houston Distance Education test to assess my readiness for distance learning.  According to my score I  ”may need to acquire some new skills before proceeding with online courses.” That was a bit … Continue reading →

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Houston – we have a problem

Posted on by Stephen Brown Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Oh dear, I just did the University of Houston Distance Education test to assess my readiness for distance learning.  According to my score I  ”may need to acquire some new skills before proceeding with online courses.” That was a bit … Continue reading →

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How important is trust and honesty?

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Its week 1 of ocTEL.  The introductory week 0 was turbulent, chaotic and almost overwhelming but exhilarating as well. Things seem to have settled down a lot now, although that may just be because like many others Ive switched to … Continue reading →

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How important is trust and honesty?

Posted on by Stephen Brown Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Its week 1 of ocTEL.  The introductory week 0 was turbulent, chaotic and almost overwhelming but exhilarating as well. Things seem to have settled down a lot now, although that may just be because like many others Ive switched to … Continue reading →

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