I don’t want to receive any emails, but just read the conversations on the JISCMail websitesend an email to listserv@jiscmail.ac.uk with no subject and the command in the body of the email.SET OCTEL-PUBLIC NOMAILFrom: ocTEL public mailing list [mailto:…

Just had to comment on Scott Johnson’s post. I found it very powerful and it made me stop and think, “Wow, so this is how my desperate online students feel at the beginning of each semester? I have become so comfortable with the Learning Management Sys…

Hi everyone,My name is Zayneb Makki and I am the university teacher for oral pathology at Glasgow Dental School, Glasgow University. This is the first time that I have registered for a course of this kind. I use the virtual microscope to teach oral pat…

Hi Everyone,Glad to be part of the ocTEL experience! I’ve createdsome introductory thoughts on a blog (which needs more setting up) thatocTEL has finally inspired me to start:http://learningtechnologist.co.uk/?p=14I look forward to meeting and discussi…

Experimenting has been interesting via the different channels of communication. I’ve found I get replies relatively quickly via all forms of media. Keeping tweets short is a challenge. The learning in either format is good although things are limited i…

Seems like were getting the hang of this. I’ve read most but not all the posts as yet. Anyway, I thought I would chime in with a brief introduction hoping not to fray the thread…I am a researcher based at the University of Leeds in the UK specialisin…

Hi JulieThanks for your comments on this. I totally agree with what you’ve said.Sandra Huskinson

Hi Scott,From experience limiting the word count works in discussions, wikis and blogs; also grouping participants reduces the reading. Juxtaposing the two will provide more engagement with the written content and future participation with the group. M…

Hello Alastair, Scott, Pete etc.I guess that an important skill in the 21st century is to developstrategies for coping with being overwhelmed by all the digital stuffthat flies at us, and the start of OCTEL is just a slightly extremeexample of this. (N…

Hi Scott, Pete (and possibly) 897 others.I had not thought of the parallel of arrival at school for the firsttime because my experience of that was more benign and was not as youdescribe. However, now you raise this ther is something scarilyDarwinian a…