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This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Keeping up #ocTEL

Posted on by Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I’m currently experiencing what it’s like to be a student struggling to keep up with a distance learning course due to competing demands of work, family, and a bout of flu. This experience itself would make participating in ocTEL worthwhile, even if the course itself were rubbish (which of course …

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What does my learning look like? #octel

Posted on by Joseph Gliddon Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

So for #octel this week our first task is “What is learning? (30 minutes) Think about the last time you learned something. Describe what you learned? How did you go about learning it? What strategies did you use? “ I … Continue reading →

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History of Educational Technology – An Interactive Timeline

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

An Interactive Timeline of Educational Technology(Thanks to Google Docs, TimelineJS, and Dr. Rick Voithofer, OSU College of Education & Human Ecology)This is an interactive activity project exploring active learning and technology-enhanced learning…

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Just trying to catch up now that the students are away revising #ocTEL  

Posted on by Caroline Corley Posted in Course Reader, Google+, Social networks
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Thu, 02 May 2013 13:27:52 GMT
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Just trying to catch up now that the students are away revising #ocTEL  
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kerr63: Gamification of learning: What is the purpose of the application/game? Profit, learning, entertainment? #tel #ocTEL #edtech #gamification

Posted on by kerr63 Posted in Social networks, Twitter (Q&A)

Gamification of learning: What is the purpose of the application/game?Profit, learning, entertainment? #tel #ocTEL #edtech #gamification— James Kerr (@Kerr63) May 2, 2013

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#ocTEL MOOC (week 2 A22) Some thoughts about adult learning

Posted on by Nicolas Balacheff Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Adult learning is one of the issues addressed by the theme of #ocTEL week 2. I have read some of the material which emphasizes principles for a successful organisation of teaching to adults. Not surprisingly, we find as a major difference with children…

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National Student Change Agent Network

Posted on by jrconlon95 Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Going into webinar over-drive this week by also joining in the JISC event today which I thought was inspiring and thought-provoking. I saw a few familiar names from ocTEL there too! That will all have to wait though for the day-job to stop getting in the way! (more info on these here:  http://elearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2013/01/30/diglitwebinars/) and the recording is […]

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Dashboarding your WordPress bbPress forums to gain quick top level insight

Posted on by Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

The term ‘dashboard’ currently seems to have a similar effect to marmite, you either love it or hate it. In this post I show how you can create an activity data endpoint for bbPress forums which can be dashboarded in Google Spreadsheets

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Using technology to encourage student engagement with feedback: a literature review

Posted on by Anne Nortcliffe Posted in Bookmarks, Course Reader, Mendeley Group

Research in Learning Technology (2011). Volume: 19, Issue: 2. Stuart Hepplestone, Graham Holden, Brian Irwin, Helen J. Parkin, Louise Thorpe et al.This article presents a review of the literature over the past 10 years into the use of technological int…

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