Andrew MacLeod

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:07:51 GMT
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#octel Looking forward to many discussion points with colleagues around the world. I am working as a Director of Technology and Instructional Innovation in Canada, but used to work with many schools in the UK implementing technology in the classroom and enhancing the curriculum. 

Biggest single challenge for me is engaging reluctant teachers…

Maren Deepwell

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:33:41 GMT
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I’m participating in #ocTEL , ALT’s first online course over the next 11 weeks http://octel.alt.ac.uk

Jane Challinor

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:10:39 GMT
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#ocTEL  profile – me and TEL – Principal Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Nottingham Trent University. I have been using tech of various kinds since I began teaching in 2007 as my first experience was on a distance learning course. I have a love hate thing going on with the VLE (any sort of VLE really). I am a VLE “champion” in my institution and think we need to promote good practice in its use, but I like also to be unchained and free to roam the interweb with my students.  Recent highlights include a group project where students produced an online resource using wikis, blogs, Facebook, Twitter or anything else they could lay their hands on.
My big question about TEL is how to promote safe, ethical, creative use of such platforms for learning and collaboration…..

Jane Challinor

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:53:37 GMT
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Hi all – I think I will use G+ to micro blog on #ocTEL  – mainly because I hardly ever use this space and know I should do so more! I don’t think I am going to be able to cope with email/digests. 

David Read

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:36:26 GMT
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hi there all, just set up this Community as a ‘space’ for the #Octel  MOOC, Google+ occupies a useful middle ground between the short-form posts of Twitter and the long-form expression on blogs, there are no word limits but people can write as little or as much as they want..

Laura Gibbs

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:53:06 GMT
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Oh, this is intriguing. +Martin Hawksey is always doing such interesting things!

Martin Hawksey

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:41:59 GMT
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Now pulling #ocTEL results from Google+ into our Course Reader http://octel.alt.ac.uk/category/reader/social-networks/google/ using +Eric Koleda ‘s Feed+ App

Doug Holton

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:39:23 GMT
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Wordpress (with several plugins) is being used for the #OCTEL MOOC (Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning), which starts today:
http://octel.alt.ac.uk/

Janek Wagner

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:16:11 GMT
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