The previous post comparing the activity level in ocTEL generated some interesting responses a number highlighting that whilst not visibly active on the ocTEL the had benefited from peripheral participation.

@mhawksey it has been might write a semi-lurker’s blogpost reflecting in #octel to help make my learning more explicit, show appreciation

— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 19, 2014

This type of auditing role is common in courses like ocTEL. One of the questions we posed participants in the mid course survey was what influenced their level of engagement. A summary of the responses (n. 42) shown below indicates, not surprisingly, that time is a factor in level of engagement. Interestingly for us as a course team, and the Association, is the indication that digital badging had such a positive influence on engagement. In some ways it is perhaps not surprising that this type of gamification managed to hook some people.  Another question raised internally was the apparent lack of influence tutor support had on ocTEL participants to engage. One factor that might have influenced this response was the visibility of tutor support, a number of our tutors having a dual role of participant AND tutor.

One issue this type of quantitative evaluation has is respondents are reporting level of engagement against a set of predefined factors. So what influenced you level of engagement in ocTEL?

@mhawksey it has been might write a semi-lurker’s blogpost reflecting in #octel to help make my learning more explicit, show appreciation— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 19, 2014

@Bali_Maha yes no magic tech to capture that but glad you found peripheral participation useful #octel— Martin Hawksey (@mhawksey) June 19, 2014

@mhawksey hey Martin. That graph seems normal, I guess. But #octel for me is sthg I engaged with in a semi-lurking fashion, but valued a lot— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 18, 2014

“@Bali_Maha: Who’s planning on engaging with #clmooc from #rhizo14 #octel #edcmooc #digped ???” What is it?— Jo Jacob (@jojacob_uk) June 17, 2014

Who’s planning on engaging with #clmooc from #rhizo14 #octel #edcmooc #digped ???— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 13, 2014

Reclaiming innovation http://t.co/FL3WpFnw8m via @jimgroom @brlamb #rhizo14 #edtech @educause #highered #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 12, 2014

Is there a tool where you can post/snap a photo and it tries to do a who’s who for you? #edtech #rhizo14 #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Who is going to Sloan-C’s #blend14 ? am going virtual again #rhizo14 #octel #blendkit2014 #edtech http://t.co/rM9euHdsHj— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Is It Okay to be a Luddite? – http://t.co/wexGD543J2 gr8 one by @slamteacher (@gihanosman we could use in our WS) #octel #rhizo14— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Revisiting the Content Question – http://t.co/N89ZtOMyiN via @Bali_maha – relates to #oer discussion on #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 03, 2014

Fave thing about blogs as e-assessment is that it allows us to involve an authentic audience to interact w learners beyond a course #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 02, 2014

Love this week’s #octel topic and guiding questions, hoping to engage this time!!!— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) June 02, 2014

Next twitter vs zombies #tvsz Starts June 20. See http://t.co/qqSwNeH6Ed for more details #rhizo14 #octel (@fadykromer @hodamost – edu game)— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 31, 2014

What’s ur fave (annotated?) listing of cool #edtech tools/pedagogies? #rhizo14 #octel #BlendKit2014 #digped— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 31, 2014

Building a course on the run http://t.co/xL27XY3ywr (will blog l8r) @GihanOsman #octel #blendkit2014 #rhizo14 @SuzanKoseoglu— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 28, 2014

“The ideas of students and not teachers should be privileged in our pedagogies” via @Jessifer #rhizo14 #octel http://t.co/bffPsuElq1— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 27, 2014

Discusses diff learners: Hybrid by Choice: Increasing Engagement in a High Enrollment Course via @HybridPed http://t.co/0hEHkrDwxP #octel— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 21, 2014

@mhawksey @Bali_Maha impressive – looking forward to catching up during next week’s break. #ocTEL— Rose Heaney (@romieh) May 20, 2014

Anyone know of an instrument for comparing sync v async video lecs? @gihanosman #blendkit2014 #octel #digped #edtech @whitneykilgore— Maha Bali (@Bali_Maha) May 20, 2014