Infrastructure – ocTEL 2013

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This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

altc2013 building new connections: Notes on integrating Conferencer, BuddyPress, FeedWordPress and MailPress for a conference platform

Posted on September 9, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I’m not entirely sure what this post is. I started writing it on the train down to altc2013 and think it lost its focus between York and Sheffield. Essentially I wanted to write this to highlight some of the benefits of using BuddyPress as a way to capture user activity streams but at the same time some of the challenges of achieving an integrated experience using WordPress. I’ll let you decide it’s value and please feel free to comment (the ‘dirty code’ post will be a lot better).

Tagged with: #altc2013, Half baked, Infrastructure, WordPress

Horses for open courses: Making the backend of a MOOC with WordPress #altc2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

On Tuesday (10th September, 2013) I’ll be giving a short presentation at altc2013 on using WordPress as a course platform for ocTEL. I had planned to write more about the actual presentation but instead got lost in how to box an open course.

Tagged with: #altc2013, Infrastructure, mooc

EOF/SOF: Building a connectivist conference platform for ALT-C using WordPress (first look)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

End of File/Start of File – before another era starts here are the beginnings of a connectivist inspired conference platform for ALT-C 2013 proudly powered by WordPress

Tagged with: #altc2013, Conference, Infrastructure, WordPress

[Presentation] ALT Scotland SIG: ALT’s ocTEL MOOC Experience

Posted on June 20, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Another day, another presentation. Today I’m at ALT Scotland’s SIG highlighting some of the experiences of developing/delivering the ocTEL open course. Slides are embedded below. This is a shorter version of a webinar I gave for ocTEL, a recording of this is here. ALT’s ocTEL MOOC experience: Designing the platform from Martin Hawksey

Tagged with: Infrastructure, Open Course, Presentation

Creating a ‘full fat’ RSS feed for Google Gmail labels (enabling some dark social judo)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

In this post I want to cover three things. First I want to introduce a little app I’ve developed which allows you to create a RSS feed for any of your Gmail labels (with the option to remove certain links – useful if you don’t want others unsubscribing you from mailing lists). Secondly I explain how it was made and how you can use it yourself. Finally I want to discuss how this could be used in an open course environment, utilising the vast processing power from services like Twitter and reusing there target marketing emails to your benefit with a bit of ‘dark social judo’

Tagged with: Google Apps Script, Infrastructure, mooc, Open Course

Opening the intercom with your open course participants: Tracking and engaging students

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

A quick look at how the intercom customer relationship management tool might fit into open online courses (MOOCs)

Tagged with: #ocTEL, Infrastructure, mooc

Webinar: Overview of cMOOC platform trends and creating your own open online course using WordPress 15th May 16:30BST

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

As part of ocTEL on the 15th May at 16:30BST (check in your own timezone) I’ll be doing a webinar on platforms for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), in particular focusing on some of the connectivist style recipes I’m aware of. As part of this I’ll be taking participants behind the scenes of the ocTEL […]

Tagged with: #ocTEL, Infrastructure, mooc

Tapping the rhizomes of dotlife: Creating an RSS search feed for Scoop.it posts

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Ready for a ramble? In this post I take you on a journey from my dotbirth, RSS feeds, Chrome Apps, touching upon how I created an RSS feed for Scoopit searches, before kicking the ‘Tin Can’

Tagged with: #ocTEL, Google Apps Script, Infrastructure, mooc, Open Course

Dashboarding your WordPress bbPress forums to gain quick top level insight

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

The term ‘dashboard’ currently seems to have a similar effect to marmite, you either love it or hate it. In this post I show how you can create an activity data endpoint for bbPress forums which can be dashboarded in Google Spreadsheets

Tagged with: #ocTEL, analytics, Infrastructure, mooc, Open Course

#ocTEL- an open online course recipe using WordPress

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Martin Hawksey Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Having recently posted the ingredients card for ocTEL I thought I flesh out some of the details and give ‘mama’s secret recipe’. Like most recipes it’s not perfect and I encourage you to try it yourself and refine where necessary. Also it’s worth remembering that even though the course is in progress the recipe is being continually […]

Tagged with: #ocTEL, Infrastructure, mooc, Open Course

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