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Andrew Chambers
MemberAlice, Thanks for the details. That MBA sounds very similar to our model. One question. How were the exams taken? On campus? Proctored at workplace? At an exam venue? Online?
The screencasts sound interesting as well. We mainly have professional video from the coordinators talking about the content.
What were these screencasts made with? I am looking for simple solutions end user academic staff can use…
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MemberWow, great blog Helen! I wish I had the time to committ to more blogging…
MemberHi Helen, You are mmost welcome to join us…
BTW we use Yammer internally too. Seems to work reasonably well for discussions about the running and use of of the LMS (for example). From what I have heard sharepoint may drop some of its product line related to web sites shortly. We had been using this internally but am unsure where that project will head now.
We mostly support our students via discussion forums, blogs (for reflection) and quite a lot of assignment submission. Note however that our courses are quite academic in nature. One issue at the moment is difference between old media e.g. paper and new media e.g. ipads and reading habits. We are still investigating this but the research I’ve read so far seems to indicate we are giving students too much content and will need to change for online delivery of our content…
MemberGreat to hear from everyone,
Apologies for delayed response. But the weekend ensued and 3 kids means its sometimes busy…
Cvetanka, I teach study skills workshops face to face and online webinars on the same topic. It’s pretty full on come start of semester but a very rewarding experience. If you would like to see what we teach I can point you at our creative commons study skills materials.
Alice, I would be interested to know more about your online MBA course. Could we share content? The use of iPads is also intriguing. We have yet to go down this path however.
Jane, I had not heard of UCL before. It’s interesting. I will take a look at your blog. I might use Storify again like I did for the last MOOC I took. My earlier storify is here (partly incomplete and dated now: http://storify.com/atsc/moocmooc-reflections I found Storify to be quite powerful for linking together thoughts about online resources.
All for now. Must fly. Kids guitar lessons (And of course I signed up in moral support to learn Bass)… 😉
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MemberYes, I’m quite fine using Forums… It gets way complicated on some other systems 🙂
April 5, 2013 at 12:13 am in reply to: Small group reflection for educators on PG Cert staff development programmes #758MemberOne issue is that MOOCS like this one aren’t necessarily courses in the traditional sense and can end up being more like online conferences… (From experience of other “connectivist” style MOOCs). Just my 2 cents…
Andrew
MemberGreat topic,
I work in a business ed program that has 75% of students at a distance. The remainder meet face to face. Our model is quite unique in that all staff are contracted, we do most of the ed development for the eleanring environment, contractors write the courses, academics have flexibility to teach in Moodle but using our template and all while we assure students that whether they meet face to face or online they will have the same experience…
Would be interested in others program of study (course of study) designs and what makes them work as well as specific class designs. (Hope I am speaking the right terminology here!
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MemberI see one big issue for some programs in HE (part time ones in particular) is the one of NOT being able to “give away” free ipads. In part time programs you could quickly loose 10-20% of the devices if not careful to students who discontinue. Espcially if the course is via distance where higher drop out rates can occur.
I think the conversation should really be about BYOD – Bring your own devices. For post grad programs where working professionals are the main cohort this makes more sense and it also doesn’t make sense to give away iPads. Professionals will have their own device whether that is iPad, iPhone, Android phone or tablet, Blackberry, MacBook Air etc…
For k-12 of course, yes the iPad can rule, assuming you have the funds!
Andrew
MemberYeah, I’d be interested… Also an Ed Designer (Ed Developer in my case) and also working in Australia (Sydney) like you. See my post on that deluged mailing list or profile for more details… But essentially I work firmly on the ground in a Business School developing both eleaning and performing the act of educational design…
Andrew
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