This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Introduction & greetings

Hello all, my name is Vanessa Vaile. I am retired from full-time, formal teaching and live in a rural community in central NM. Who am I kidding? My physical address is Mountainair NM but I live on the internet. Here's a not too out of date self introduction post, http://computerslanguagewriting.blogspot.com/2011/08/heres-my-introduction.html My IT and tech experience is teaching related (writing, humanities, ESL ~ hybrid, enhanced and online) and has been picked up along the way since the mid 90s. Since late 2010, I have been participating in MOOCs, both x and c and following the complex academic, participant and public reaction to [...]