What can we tell about the range of experiences and preferences among ocTEL participants?
What challenges does this present for the course?
In what ways is a MOOC like this one well or poorly suited to these challenges?

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The range of experiences: well just getting a flavour of that, seems very wide. encompassing many different professionals with correspondingly different motivations for being here! However it is difficult to form a clear picture of this? Is there a summary profile page with names, roles, institutions and reason for attending course? Or could one be created perhaps as a self enrolling group?

How are the aims of a ‘teaching’ participant different to developer or multimedia resource creator? Is there a clear line between teacher and those who support online teaching and learning. And what of the trainer or facilitator who directly assists or inspires students to try novel technological approaches to their learning? Are we all travelling in the same direction on different vehicles and arriving at different destinations at different times. How are the commonalities articulated and made useful?
Perhaps a MOOC like this with such a diverse membership enjoying multiple channels of input and modes of participation is a rich and effective way of addressing such challenges? The ability for parcticipants to indvidualise their own learning pathways must also be a positive facet of such a course in light of the diverse nature of fellow travellers.