Category: Blog posts

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Today’s #ocTEL learning machines and the social awakening.

Long ago (less then 10 years), there was no Tumblr, Twitter, Google+, Facebook or any software as a service (SaaS) cloud computing technologies. In those dark and drab days, Microsoft Office was the only ubiquitous software package capable of allowing for effective communication. Sure blogs and forums may have existed, but they were clunky and not user-friendly (not by today’s …
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Not minding my own business

I haven’t done a lot of my own blogging since my post ‘A blogging start’ as I have volunteered to be an ocTEL tutor this week and have become fascinated in finding out what others are up to in their blogs. It is fascinating. There is a great range of blogging backgrounds from seasoned bloggers to […]

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#oCTEL MOOCs or Serious Gamification

In week one of the oCTEL course, we’ve been asked to look at a couple of examples of learning methods and comment on them and decide which one you think is more powerful and relevant for you. First I selected

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Not minding my own business

I haven’t done a lot of my own blogging since my post ‘A blogging start’ as I have volunteered to be an ocTEL tutor this week and have become fascinated in finding out what others are up to in their blogs. It is fascinating. There is a great range of blogging backgrounds from seasoned bloggers to […]

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Index of Learning Theories (website)

http://www.learning-theories.com/ ‘A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction.’

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#ocTEL

Trying to get started on the ocTEL MOOC but feeling rather overwhelmed. There have been lots of concerns expressed by people that thye are getting overloaded with SPAM but luckily that doesn’t seem to be happening to me….yet!

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#ocTEL Week 1: reflecting on my practice

Well this is timely. In our institution we are just reflecting on module feedback, marking final assignments, planning for the coming year. I am also personally involved in compiling a portfolio for professional recognition.Reflecting on my p…

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Re: 1. TEL Concepts and Approaches

by Roger Emery.  That comment lead from a discussion in the office here (amongst a few parents I may add) at how open minded young children are and then how, as they work their way through education, they/we become used to a more and more regiment…

#ocTEL week 1 – My Practice

I’ve been considering my approach to teaching using this matrix.  I vary my approach depending on the cohort, subject and context.  For example, in accounting, there is some emphasis on technical proficiency, which can prompt ‘individual, autonomous’ self-testing and drilling approaches.  However, I am currently teaching a current issues module to final year undergraduates, and […]

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Re: OcTEL discussion

by Scott Johnson.  I agree we should be open to the rest of the OCTEL community. Where I work we’ve tried discussion forums limited to on-campus staff and topics either dwindled down to trading cake recipies or collapsed under attacks from upper a…

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