Category: Blog posts

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Reflections on other ocTEL participants

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

Im impressed by the quality of the course population: lots of people active in the field of TEL, although I get the impression the balance is more in favour of those who support teaching (learning technologists) than those who do … Continue reading →

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My Big Question

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

Ive worked in distance education for a lot of my life and that has necessarily entailed using a lot of technology: TV and radio, print, video and audio cassettes, telephone and post, laservision discs(!), CDs,  First Class, Blackboard, Moodle, YouTube, … Continue reading →

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Who are you? What do you want? – ocTEL

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

Having avoided taking part in a MOOC since they became the latest fad, I have now taken the plunge and enrolled on the ALT ocTEL MOOC. So who am I? What do I want? I have been working with using technology in learning since the early 1990s. Prior to that I used technology as a […]

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Reflections on other ocTEL participants

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

Im impressed by the quality of the course population: lots of people active in the field of TEL, although I get the impression the balance is more in favour of those who support teaching (learning technologists) than those who do … Continue reading →

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My Big Question

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

Ive worked in distance education for a lot of my life and that has necessarily entailed using a lot of technology: TV and radio, print, video and audio cassettes, telephone and post, laservision discs(!), CDs,  First Class, Blackboard, Moodle, YouTube, … Continue reading →

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#ocTEL Welcome to my professional blog – my first blog ever!

Posted on by Lynne Francis Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Well HI! I’ve produced this blog as a result of joining an ocTEL  course which is basically a MOOC . And being on a MOOC is also a first experience for me. I will post my ocTEL activities on the dedicated page I’ve created for this, and the About page gives you a little more detail […]

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Welcome to my professional blog!

Posted on by Lynne Francis Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Well, I never expected to be doing this! I can see already how joining the ocTEL course is going to help me develop my knowledge and skills in using technology for the enhancement of learning – starting with my own! I hope to be able to share what little I do know with others and […]

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Getting my blog sorted + This weeks aims

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

It has taken me a while to get my blog sorted. We have various blogs on wordpress account shared by myself and my husband and the usernames, passwords and email addresses have sent me round in circles. The up shot is that I am now using a different blog from yesterday with a slightly different […]

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Following #octel

Posted on by cbokhove Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

OK, so I’m not the type of person who likes to keep long personal logs or elaborate mindmaps of my thoughts. I prefer short 140 character tweets. I followed quite a few MOOCs already, finished half of them and ‘cheated’ on one because I wasn’t going to make such a concept map any way (#lak13). […]

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Day 0 Week 0

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

I have been very busy this morning so have not found the time to get everything sorted in my mind. I seem to have loads of emails coming in from all sorts of places and links to all sorts of other places so it is all rather overwhelming? I have decided to set up a new […]

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