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This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Free education part 1: Saylor

I found the 13 minute video about the Saylor Foundation and how they have developed 241 degree-level courses, available free of cost, free of accreditation and largely free of professors very inspiring. Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating so to get a really good idea of what they do you would need […]

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Free education part 1: Saylor

I found the 13 minute video about the Saylor Foundation and how they have developed 241 degree-level courses, available free of cost, free of accreditation and largely free of professors very inspiring. Of course the proof of the pudding is in the eating so to get a really good idea of what they do you would need […]

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Supporting Learners…

In your experience of the ocTEL course so far, describe an instance where the support you received from tutors or peers felt particularly good – what made it good? describe an instance where the support had weaknesses – what made it poor? When starting the course, there was a buzz of activity in which there […]

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Supporting Learners…

In your experience of the ocTEL course so far, describe an instance where the support you received from tutors or peers felt particularly good – what made it good? describe an instance where the support had weaknesses – what made it poor? When starting the course, there was a buzz of activity in which there […]

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#ocTEL week 7 – activity 7.1 Designing learner support (peer support)

I am interested in encouraging more of a peer support thread through one of my modules.  I therefore decided to have a look at some of the ocTEL resources in this area.  I found the REAP project principles practical, pragmatic and well-considered, so I have used these as the framework for my learning design (http://www.reap.ac.uk/PEERToolkit/Design.aspx). […]

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#ocTEL week 7 – activity 7.1 Designing learner support (peer support)

I am interested in encouraging more of a peer support thread through one of my modules.  I therefore decided to have a look at some of the ocTEL resources in this area.  I found the REAP project principles practical, pragmatic and well-considered, so I have used these as the framework for my learning design (http://www.reap.ac.uk/PEERToolkit/Design.aspx). […]

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#ocTEL Week 6 – help and ideas please!

Effective Assessment in a Digital Age (JISC, 2010): consider the following questions. Week 6 is certainly raising a lot of questions for me, and presenting challenges in terms of my current teaching methods. To be honest, I’m left wondering how

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Importance of question design #octel

One of my colleagues told me they were planning a session on question design for students who had opted to create eLearning materials as part of their course.  As we were looking at assessment and feedback on #octel this week, … Continue reading

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Learning by Stealth

Ive been prompted by a question about my reflections on my approaches to assessment to reflect further on what the student experience is like.  Sancha de Burca @GraphDesProject asked “Would  this end up being confusing for a learner, or helpful, do you … Continue reading

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Learning by Stealth

Ive been prompted by a question about my reflections on my approaches to assessment to reflect further on what the student experience is like.  Sancha de Burca @GraphDesProject asked “Would  this end up being confusing for a learner, or helpful, do you … Continue reading

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