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This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Reflections on other ocTEL participants

Im impressed by the quality of the course population: lots of people active in the field of TEL, although I get the impression the balance is more in favour of those who support teaching (learning technologists) than those who do … Continue reading

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Reflections on other ocTEL participants

Im impressed by the quality of the course population: lots of people active in the field of TEL, although I get the impression the balance is more in favour of those who support teaching (learning technologists) than those who do … Continue reading

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Open online courses, a MOOC point?

Yesterday, along with some 900 other people, I jumped in and began exploring The Association of Learning Technology’s MOOC. Named ocTEL Open Course in Technology and Learning, ALT describe the course as being “…an online course to help you understand better how to use technology to enhance your teaching practice. The course is aimed primarily at […]

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#ocTEL – Where MOOCs and MOOCs differ

I have gone through a variety of online learning experiences. I have been part of a focused and tightly designed learning module delivered entirely online, and I have enrolled into several Coursera offerings. On one hand, the closed unit was not a MOOC insofar as it was closed and was made up of a limited …
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ocTEL Begins!

#ocTEL begins today!  I am looking forward to parallels and differences between it and BlendKit2012.  Eager to meet new people, swap stories and ideas, and explore Technology Enhanced Learning and open coursework in this MOOC format.I am a do…

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#ocTEL: my first MOOC experience (week 0 A01)

This first week, interestingly numbered “0”, the ocTEL MOOC has five activities which add up to about 4 hours of work. It is designed in a way which first invite you to think why you are here, and second to stimulate socialization.My first impression, …

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Here we MOOC again

Over the coming weeks I’ll be participating in #ocTEL and I plan to keep my contibutions here. This is the second MOOC I’ve dipped into; I participated in Coursera’s HCI course for a while last year & created a similar notes blog. I’ll probably only be dipping in to ocTEL as I’m outside of the […]

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xMOOCs, cMOOCs and what I might get from #octel

MOOC is a popular word buzzing around universities at the moment, and some people are talking about Udacity, Coursera, FutureLearn like they are going to be the be all and end all for higher education. Much of the content for these platforms is video, …

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xMOOCs, cMOOCs and what I might get from #octel

MOOC is a popular word buzzing around universities at the moment, and some people are talking about Udacity, Coursera, FutureLearn like they are going to be the be all and end all for higher education. Much of the content for these platforms is video, …

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marendeepwell: How does helping to run a #mooc compare to participating in one? The next 11 weeks with #ocTEL will tell.

How does helping to run a #mooc compare to participating in one? The next 11 weeks with #ocTEL will tell.— Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) April 4, 2013

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