Tag: Technology

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

ALTC2013 – Registration and Day One

Posted on by James Little Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

ALTC 2013 – Registration and Day One Storify by James Little Tue, Sep 10 2013 15:47:19 0 0 ALTC 2013 – Registration and Day One Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share by email David Kernohan@dkernohan OK, UK Ed Tech people. @downes is in …

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Technology – Distraction or Opportunity?

Posted on by hopkinsdavid Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

This article by Julie Tausend on the EdTech Magazine website – Distraction or Opportunity? A Guide to Embracing Technology in the Classroom – asks the question as to whether classroom technology, or the BYOD mentality, can be harmful or an opportunity to learning. It argues that it can (as I would agree) but specifies the […]

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Free eBook/iBook: “Advances in Technology Enhanced Learning” #edtech

Posted on by hopkinsdavid Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

This is a great free eBook / iBook, for the iPad, from The Open University: ”Advances in Technology Enhanced Learning”. The eBook aims to present a “range of research projects which aim to explore how to make engagement in learning (and teaching) more passionate” and to introduce “methodological and technological breakthroughs” to learners, instructors, and decision-makers in […]

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Learning from failure

Posted on by dhockridge Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

In an article on the Secrets of mLearning Failures: Confronting Reality, Thomas Cochrane suggests that “Often the most significant breakthroughs in pedagogical transformation resulting from participatory action research are those borne of experiences of failure and critical reflection upon the surrounding issues” (p. 132). (Article available at: http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/19186)  This is an interesting point because I […]

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#ocTEL Week 10 – Activity 10.3 Extended: An Evaluation of my own participation in #ocTEL

Posted on by James Little Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I’m finally joining in again at the end.  As ocTEL is finishing this week after its first run and I have been being a lurker rather than an active participant since week 4-5, although I did tutor on week 5 and 7. Tutoring was good but often meant that in …

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#ocTEL Week 10 – Activity 10.3 What do you think about ocTEL?

Posted on by James Little Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Revisiting the big TEL Questions… At the start of ocTEL I wrote the following blog post around the BIG technology enhanced learning questions. I was concerned with the wider questions around: Political changes in the education system Change occurring in society (e.g. technology) Interpreting and understanding how these affect both …

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#ocTEL Week 10 – Activity 10.1

Posted on by James Little Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Reflecting on evaluation instruments / tools. Whilst being quite familiar with evaluation tools such as Bristol Online Surveys, SurveyMonkey and evaluative tools in VLEs such as Blackboard I have chosen a bespoke use of Moodle to perform an evaluation for study days. The Context and Tool There was a need …

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#ocTEL Week 10 – Activity 10.3 Extended: An Evaluation of my own participation in #ocTEL

Posted on by James Little Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I’m finally joining in again at the end.  As ocTEL is finishing this week after its first run and I have been being a lurker rather than an active participant since week 4-5, although I did tutor on week 5 and 7. Tutoring was good but often meant that in …

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#ocTEL Week 9 Risk Management

Posted on by Jane Challinor Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

This week’s activity is called”Cheating Murphy’s Law”. I was about to embark on the first activity – reviewing a previous project and saying where it had gone wrong, what I would do differently etc when real life intervened and I was suddenly confronte…

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#ocTEL Week 8 Enhancement

Posted on by Jane Challinor Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

If you didn’t already realise it, I am a big fan of virtual learning, TEL, MOOCs, PLEs etc so I have enjoyed this week’s assignments – especially the videos about Saylor and Udacity.I admit I haven’t  really thought in terms of reducing costs as f…

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