Category: Blog posts

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Musings on digital literacy

Posted on by dhockridge Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Week 2 of the OCTEL Mooc deals with understanding learner’s needs.  I am particularly interested in the one of the themes for this week, which is digital literacy because in my institution we have recently convened a working group on this topic which aims to come up with some strategies for improving digital literacy for […]

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A note of optimism to encourage digital visitors – increasingly intuitive technologies

Posted on by jrconlon95 Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Jonathan Sands OBE gave his Professorial Inaugural lecture at the University of Huddersfield tonight. This gem of optimism came from the Q&A session.  Jonathan was asked if he was concerned that some would be left behind and excluded from the benefits of the digital society.  He said no – I expected him to, he describes […]

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This Page has been Blocked – ocTEL

Posted on by James Clay Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

After posting my reflection on the Adventure Game I was reminded of Fantastic Contraption. This is a puzzle game that require logical thinking, but because of the design of the game there is no one answer, you can be very creative. It’s also very social as you can share your “contraptions” with others. I have […]

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Active Play – ocTEL

Posted on by James Clay Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Have found a little time this week to look at ocTEL. Over recent decades, game-based learning has grown as a form of TEL. It encapsulates many principles of active learning, such as engagement in an authentic context, learning by mistake-making and reflection, experiential learning, collaborative learning and learning by problem-solving. As such, it is worth […]

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Keeping up #ocTEL

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

I’m currently experiencing what it’s like to be a student struggling to keep up with a distance learning course due to competing demands of work, family, and a bout of flu. This experience itself would make participating in ocTEL worthwhile, even if the course itself were rubbish (which of course …

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What does my learning look like? #octel

Posted on by Joseph Gliddon Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

So for #octel this week our first task is “What is learning? (30 minutes) Think about the last time you learned something. Describe what you learned? How did you go about learning it? What strategies did you use? “ I … Continue reading →

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History of Educational Technology – An Interactive Timeline

Posted on by James Kerr Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

An Interactive Timeline of Educational Technology(Thanks to Google Docs, TimelineJS, and Dr. Rick Voithofer, OSU College of Education & Human Ecology)This is an interactive activity project exploring active learning and technology-enhanced learning…

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#ocTEL MOOC (week 2 A22) Some thoughts about adult learning

Posted on by Nicolas Balacheff Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Adult learning is one of the issues addressed by the theme of #ocTEL week 2. I have read some of the material which emphasizes principles for a successful organisation of teaching to adults. Not surprisingly, we find as a major difference with children…

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National Student Change Agent Network

Posted on by jrconlon95 Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

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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Dashboarding your WordPress bbPress forums to gain quick top level insight

Posted on by Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

The term ‘dashboard’ currently seems to have a similar effect to marmite, you either love it or hate it. In this post I show how you can create an activity data endpoint for bbPress forums which can be dashboarded in Google Spreadsheets

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