Author: Sue Barnes
I am a learning technology advisor at the University of Strathclyde where i deal with day to day support issues for the use of our Moodle based VLE as well as advising more widely on online learning in general.

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Free education part 1: Saylor

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I found the 13 minute video about the Saylor Foundation and how they have developed 241 degree-level courses, available free of cost, free of accreditation and largely free of professors very inspiring. Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating so to get a really good idea of what they do you would need […]

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Free education part 1: Saylor

Posted on by Sue Barnes Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I found the 13 minute video about the Saylor Foundation and how they have developed 241 degree-level courses, available free of cost, free of accreditation and largely free of professors very inspiring. Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating so to get a really good idea of what they do you would need […]

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Associative perspective on Assessment & Feedback in Mathematics

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In my past as a Maths teacher/ lecturer my perspective of assessment was largely associative. (see image below) Learners practice skills in order to acquire the knowledge and skills and later the understanding necessary to progress. The learners are assessed on their ability to perform the skills and apply the knowledge and understanding. Feedback is […]

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Associative perspective on Assessment & Feedback in Mathematics

Posted on by Sue Barnes Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

In my past as a Maths teacher/ lecturer my perspective of assessment was largely associative. (see image below) Learners practice skills in order to acquire the knowledge and skills and later the understanding necessary to progress. The learners are assessed on their ability to perform the skills and apply the knowledge and understanding. Feedback is […]

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Back from holiday and ready to roll!

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I have lots to catch up on after an excellent holiday doing mad things in Devon and then Perthshire so will definitely be doing a sherlock!  

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Back from holiday and ready to roll!

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I have lots to catch up on after an excellent holiday doing mad things in Devon and then Perthshire so will definitely be doing a sherlock!  

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Figure in Setting

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I am getting ahead of myself as I have been unwell and have not painted for a couple of months. I looked ahead to the next unit to see what was involved and when we went out walking on Dartmoor thought these images might be good to tackle although they are outside  so don’t have […]

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Keeping things together

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I have created an account for Scoop.It and for Diigo in the last 24 hours and have added links for Digital literacies sites. Do I need both? I expect I won’t be able to answer that question until I have tried them both out so we shall see.

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Keeping things together

Posted on by Sue Barnes Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I have created an account for Scoop.It and for Diigo in the last 24 hours and have added links for Digital literacies sites. Do I need both? I expect I won’t be able to answer that question until I have tried them both out so we shall see.

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Tour ‘o the border sportive 2013

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The weather was dreadful at the start and then got worse! I was very apprehensive about dealing with the rain, wind and hills! I also had a problem with brakes – bike had been serviced a week before and now they were sticking. Just an added challenge when going up hill. We stopeed a couple […]

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