VLE – ocTEL 2013

Tag: VLE

This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

#ocTEL Week 8 Enhancement

Posted on June 7, 2013 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…

Tagged with: #ocTEL, digital literacy, eLearning, ple, Student Engagement, Technology, VLE

Learning Platforms #ocTEL 5.2

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Reflection on learning platforms… What is your current virtual learning environment or the main technology you use? Blackboard – institutional VLE. How does it differ from the ocTEL platform? What learning styles does it afford that ocTEL cannot? Where is it restrictive? It’s a closed system in several respects: users …

Tagged with: #ocTEL, Blackboard, Higher Ed, learning, Learning Technology, moodle, VLE

Assessing Assessment – ocTEL

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

James Clay Posted in Bookmarks, Course Reader, Scoopit

This week on ocTEL we’re looking at assessment. As part of my thinking I refelcted on the use of quizzes in Moodle. Designing Moodle quizzes is much more than just been able to use the quiz tool from a technical perspective. There is a real art to crafting questions so that they not only allow […]

Tagged with: #ocTEL, ALT, assessment, bloom's taxonomy, moodle, quiz, VLE

Drivers and constraints #ocTEL 5.1

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

How do course dimensions drive and influence our use of technology? Hill et. al.(1) provide a model of the different factors at play here, identifying four key areas: Logistical: student numbers, class/programme duration etc. Practice-based: activity type, participant expertise, existing practice etc. Pedagogical purpose: pedagogical plan and guidance to instructor …

Tagged with: #ocTEL, Learning Technology, pedagogy, Reflection, Site structure, VLE

#octel Active learning session

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Joseph Gliddon Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Ok so I am going to borrow/rework an idea from someone I did some teacher training with a few years back (cheers Rob Hawkins!). In the original, Rob told his A level students “you work for a university and have … Continue reading →

Tagged with: #ocTEL, eLearning, mooc, VLE

networks

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Megan Kime Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

I’ve been involved with the launch and re-launch of two networks (or communities of practice?) at Leeds this week and last week: the re-launch of the Learning Technologists Network, lead by James Little (fellow blogger, ocTEL participant, and Sheffielder!); and the (soft) launch of the Online Distance Learning Network for …

It’s not Napster

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

James Clay Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Interesting Examples of Technology Enhanced Learning – ocTEL Probably the most interesting example of TEL for me at the moment is the MOOC, but probably not in the way you would expect. What interests me about MOOCs is the hype surrounding them and a belief that they will have a significant impact on the HE […]

Tagged with: #ocTEL, ALT, mobile, mobile learning, mooc, napster, ple, VLE

Who are you? What do you want? – ocTEL

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

James Clay Posted in Blog posts, Course Reader

Having avoided taking part in a MOOC since they became the latest fad, I have now taken the plunge and enrolled on the ALT ocTEL MOOC. So who am I? What do I want? I have been working with using technology in learning since the early 1990s. Prior to that I used technology as a […]