Category: Blog posts

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Open online courses, a MOOC point?

Posted on by Tim Bones Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Yesterday, along with some 900 other people, I jumped in and began exploring The Association of Learning Technology’s MOOC. Named ocTEL Open Course in Technology and Learning, ALT describe the course as being “…an online course to help you understand better how to use technology to enhance your teaching practice. The course is aimed primarily at […]

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#ocTEL – Where MOOCs and MOOCs differ

Posted on by Oliver Coady Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I have gone through a variety of online learning experiences. I have been part of a focused and tightly designed learning module delivered entirely online, and I have enrolled into several Coursera offerings. On one hand, the closed unit was not a MOOC insofar as it was closed and was made up of a limited …
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Why this blog?

Posted on by Jo-ann Larkins Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Hi everyone. (Waves to anonymous cyberfolk).My name is Jo-ann Larkins and I teach at the beautiful Gippsland Campus of Monash University in Victoria, Australia.Image source: Monash UniversityI have a teaching position that I don’t think a lot of academ…

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Why this blog?

Posted on by Jo-ann Larkins Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Hi everyone. (Waves to anonymous cyberfolk).My name is Jo-ann Larkins and I teach at the beautiful Gippsland Campus of Monash University in Victoria, Australia.Image source: Monash UniversityI have a teaching position that I don’t think a lot of academ…

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First task: respond to the questions.

Posted on by tunners78 Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Well, here goes on my very first blog on a few days after my first tweet and it’s all thanks to #ocTEL  There follows answers to the questions posed in the induction activities 0.1. Neat way to get started! your previous experiences with TEL and what technology was involved My previous experience with technology enhanced […]

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First task: respond to the questions.

Posted on by tunners78 Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Well, here goes on my very first blog on a few days after my first tweet and it’s all thanks to #ocTEL  There follows answers to the questions posed in the induction activities 0.1. Neat way to get started! your previous experiences with TEL and what technology was involved My previous experience with technology enhanced […]

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My big TEL question

Posted on by Jilly Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Just how important is technology to teaching and learning?   As I look at this question, two things strike me. Firstly, it’s a very big question! I hope the ocTEL course might help me to establish where I stand on the issue. This leads to my second observation: it might appear from this question that […]

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My big TEL question

Posted on by Jilly Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Just how important is technology to teaching and learning?   As I look at this question, two things strike me. Firstly, it’s a very big question! I hope the ocTEL course might help me to establish where I stand on the issue. This leads to my second observation: it might appear from this question that […]

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Anyone for cricket? First day of ocTEL #ocTEL

Posted on by claire donlan Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Today is the first day of ocTEL the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning which is being organised by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT).  I’ve been looking forward to it because of my involvement with ALT and also I’m keen t…

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ocTEL Begins!

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

#ocTEL begins today!  I am looking forward to parallels and differences between it and BlendKit2012.  Eager to meet new people, swap stories and ideas, and explore Technology Enhanced Learning and open coursework in this MOOC format.I am a do…

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