This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning – week 0

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

Elizabeth E Charles Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

After a calm introduction (that is my personal experience of this course so far) the first webinar took place.

Storified by Elizabeth E Charles · Fri, Apr 12 2013 05:39:16

Looking forward to webinar by Diane Laurillard on #ocTEL course. Her seminar 'Remodelling HE to harness tech' was a revelation! #edchat
— Elizabeth E Charles · Wed, Apr 10 2013 02:15:30

Wednesday webinar

This webinar was a condensed version of the presentation I attended the previous evening at the Institute of Education.The text chat during the webinar was fast and furious and certainly put me to the test in listening to one thing, reading another and responding to questions all at the same time!
My take away key points are as follows:
* Technology is a tool and not the objective,
* Education and #MOOCs (cMOOCs or xMOOCs) are currently riding on the crest of a wave but this too will pass, when this plateaus education baseline will have changed
* The economics of scaling up the guidance, quality subject and student support is not possible given the thousands of participants that enrol on MOOCs.
* To release the necessary time for teachers to be able to provide the above one approach could be to use the 'Pedagogical Pattern Collector' (a collaborative course design tool)
* Education sector needs to harness technology and use it to further enhance teaching be it face-to-face, distance, mobile or blended learning. The various modes of delivery all have a place and a role to play in the education landscape.

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The response to Diana's presentation was varied and generated many more questions amongst the attendees with very few answers but that is what this course is all about - finding those answers!
The following selected tweets from #ocTEL participants reflect this.

Pedagogical Pattern Collector: a suite of tools that enables teachers to share their good teaching ideas. web.lkldev.ioe.ac.uk/PPC/live/ODC.h… #ocTEL
— Sue Beckingham · Wed, Apr 10 2013 05:30:22

#ocTEL Diana Laurillard: recruit the teaching community, use the PPC tool (bit.ly/UXvN2Q) to share efficient teaching design
— Irmgard · Wed, Apr 10 2013 05:27:13

Interesting talk by Diana Laurillard on the big questions in TEL. Over 100 on Elluminate. Tricky keeping up with the chat #ocTEL
— Kim Aling · Wed, Apr 10 2013 06:21:31

#ocTEL Can somebody convince me that PPC is fantastic? Why am I so sceptical?
— GraphicDesignProject · Wed, Apr 10 2013 10:02:15

#OCTEL How do we maintain the focus on learning when tec is so seductive?
— Daran Price · Wed, Apr 10 2013 04:56:19

#octel @thinksitthrough great webinar. Big Q, how do we get student engagement and hi standards of learning at a viable cost through MOOCs?
— lisa anderson · Wed, Apr 10 2013 05:31:21

MIght have to change my #ocTEL question after todays webinar! Lots more to think about and ask.
— Sue Barnes · Wed, Apr 10 2013 05:28:52

How do we persuade 'reluctant' members of staff to engate with TEL-especially those with limited skills/confidence/time? #octel
— James Kerr · Wed, Apr 10 2013 05:17:04

Recording of webinar:

RT @ALTocTEL: If you missed today's #ocTEL webinar with Diana Laurillard, the recording is now available at ow.ly/jVMcE
— Sue Beckingham · Wed, Apr 10 2013 11:38:42

Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning – week 0

Wednesday webinar

Recording of webinar:

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