John Graves

Wed, 08 May 2013 05:56:02 GMT
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“participatory learning”

I’m coming to participatory learning from just completing a PhD in Open Source Software Development, studying how to build a sequel to Wikipedia: a crowd sourced resource of learning material (rather than reference material).

Very enthusiastic about the idea of collaborative learning.

Have become involved in several related Google+ communities:

Using Google Apps as a Free LMS (learning management system – 611 members)
https://plus.google.com/communities/110147344160609001644

Online Learning Collective (101 members)
https://plus.google.com/communities/112542481102501875677

Peeragogy in Action (326 members)
https://plus.google.com/communities/107386162349686249470

along with starting Google+ communities for several MOOCs:

Academia and the MOOC
https://plus.google.com/communities/112243817982502760507

OCTEL Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning
https://plus.google.com/communities/101382199434711534938

(and others)

and developing a platform, SlideSpeech, for web/mobile eLearning:
http://slidespeech.com
https://plus.google.com/communities/111737290066479067100

John Graves

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:43:20 GMT
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A MOOC called ocTEL, the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning, is running 4 April – 17 June 2013. If you’d like to catch up with it or sample it, this one-stop spreadsheet has a set of week-by-week teasers:
https://docs.google.com/a/slidespeech.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap4efB86ZBGCdGxpRGtST2R4NElsTHVac2U0UXJXWlE#gid=0

The teaser presentations “tell the story” of the course using a computer voice in just a few minutes. Others have commented “The slides are good but the voice, admittedly, is annoying.” and “being able to run through a quick recap of the webinar was worth the slight irritation”.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/100772331866826784248/posts/Yf6UHfZ1JHF

What do you think?

John Graves

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:01:21 GMT
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A MOOC called ocTEL, the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning, is running 4 April – 17 June 2013. If you’d like to catch up with it or sample it, this one-stop spreadsheet has a set of week-by-week teasers:
https://docs.google.com/a/slidespeech.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap4efB86ZBGCdGxpRGtST2R4NElsTHVac2U0UXJXWlE#gid=0

Martin Hawksey

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:13:14 GMT
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The things you do on your day off … create a Chrome Web App and standalone apps to create RSS feeds from Scoop.it searches (and then wonder if RSS is the right route) #ocTEL  

Joseph Gliddon

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:10:22 GMT
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For the #octel  mooc I had to write an active learning session.  While I was away for the bank holiday I suddenly remembered a session a colleague of mine had done – with a few tweaks I made it work online and I even typed it up on my phone.  In the end getting the picture of the bee on my phone proved the hardest bit (the little blighters tend to fly off before I get a decent focus)

Joseph Gliddon

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:06:50 GMT
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Like so many others, running to catch up but here is my 3.3 task.  Some active learning for ya 🙂

Elizabeth E Charles

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:39:54 GMT
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I have posted my findings and thoughts on the comparison of learning resources activity in the relevant forum (4.1)

Elizabeth E Charles

Mon, 06 May 2013 04:40:49 GMT
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Week 4 – if you do only one thing this week.  My post has now been added to the forum.