Activity 2.2: Researching themes in learner needs

(45 mins reading and assimilating; 45 mins writing and discussing; 45 mins finding more resources)

Consider one or more of these four themes:

1. The nature of adult learning and implications for practice (tags: ocTEL, adultlearning)
2. Studies of online expectations and ‘readiness’ (tags: ocTEL, readiness)
3. Implications of digital literacy (tags: ocTEL, diglit)
4. Implications for your teaching approach/delivery and implementation (tags: ocTEL, delivery) […]

HiAfter posting this message about the activity I then had a meeting with one of my students on the PGCert for teaching and learning. She is a lecturer at my institution, lets call her Susie…Our PGCert is blended with most content being online and so…

Hi Maggie and Welcome to ocTEL,Don’t worry about being a later starter, there are lots of activities and lots of discussion streams but we don’t expect you to engage in every way, you’ll find your preferred place. There is a great blog post by one of t…

HelloApologies for the late introduction.My name is Maggie Jensen and I am ten months into an exciting new (for me) role as Learning Technologist at the University of Gloucestershire.Like so many other people on the course, I have a fairly eclectic bac…

Hello everyone

We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s webinar with our guest expert Helen Beetham. If you missed it you can catch up by listening to the recording. Helen introduced us to a range of tools in the Elluminate room which made the session very interactive and engaging.
It’s good to see some discussions of the forum for Activity 2.1: Learner expectations. If you don’t have time to login to the ocTEL site and prefer to discuss here, the focus of this activity is… […]

An interesting link. But I noticed in the small type that it was a ‘sponsor’s feature’ from an e-textbook publisher. Didn’t think the Guardian did this in its educational sections. So I’d raise questions about its ‘neutrality’.

Best wishes
Peter Hartlley

On 24 Apr 2013, at 14:38, “Nortcliffe, Anne” wrote:

> Hi,
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> Ironically on the JISC mail list for employability Ruth at Birmingham University posted yesterday’s article on Digital Literacy and HE Agenda in The Guardian, (wonder if anyone from The Guardian was paying attention to this week’s ocTEL activity (spooky).
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> Duggan, F. (2013) Why […]

Hi,

Ironically on the JISC mail list for employability Ruth at Birmingham University posted yesterday’s article on Digital Literacy and HE Agenda in The Guardian, (wonder if anyone from The Guardian was paying attention to this week’s ocTEL activity (spooky).

Duggan, F. (2013) Why universities should acquire – and teach – digital literacy, Education, The Guardian, 23rd April 2013, last accessed 24th April 2013 at http://m.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/apr/23/universities-should-teach-digital-literacy […]

Serena,

On 24 Apr 2013, at 11:11, Serena Bradshaw wrote:

> Think I must be missing something here. Please help out someone
>
> Based on your suggestion and quotes I would posit that Digital Literacy as defined by some academics is irrelevant for students who are not in HE: certainly the definition does not encompass the needs of our students. […]

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Think I must be missing something here. Please help out someoneBased on your suggestion and quotes I would posit that Digital Literacy asdefined by some academics is irrelevant for students who are not in HE:certainly the definition does not encompass …