A cloudy start to week 1 #MoocsAndMe
On Saturday I revisited the OLDS MOOC website to participate in some week 1 activities. The image on the website has changed but basic details the same then scroll down to discussion groups and to...
View ArticleSo much. Too much? #MoocsAndMe
Week 1 continued. I think so far I've spent about 3 hours on the OLDS MOOC not counting blogging about it. My aim is to spend 3 - 4 hours a week if possible. Next task - Team Up, form a team for...
View ArticleNot inclined to converge #MoocsAndMe
Next activity for week 1 was entitled Converge. I followed link from website to video of open google hangout session which had happened yesterday I think. First question posed by one facilitator to...
View ArticleUps and downs - reflection on OLDSMOOC wk1 #MoocsAndMe
At the end of week 1 I'm feeling fairly positive about the OLDSMOOC. I have an idea of what it is about and what I can get out of it. I'm not sure if my perception of it is the correct one or even a...
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Badge #MoocsAndMe #oldsmooc
I got a badge - yayIt's very strange how pleased I am by a virtual badge that has been electronically generated.......but hey, a badge is a badge
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Participating and Personal Planning #MoocsAndMe
OLDS MOOC Week 2 : InquireMy strategy for week 2, after reviewing the ups and downs of week 1, is to plan my own levels of participation in the activities and own levels of collaboration. There is an...
View ArticleDipping in to #etmooc #MoocsAndMe
Last week while on MOOC related activities mainly as part of the OLDS MOOC I saw lots of tweets about #ETMOOC. I read through a few and then predictably, even though I'm meant to be only participating...
View ArticleSo far, so yay with E-Learning and Digital Cultures #edcmooc #MoocsAndMe
Today is the first day of the E-Learning and Digital Cultures MOOC from University of Edinburgh on the coursera platform. This is the third MOOC that I've signed up for in as many weeks - two planned...
View ArticleIdeate #oldsmooc #MoocsAndMe
Week 3 is entitled Ideate. It's about visualizing and forming ideas of learning design. I'm considering the approach that I use for designing learning or have used in the past. I usually start with the...
View ArticleUtopian v Dystopian #edcmooc #MoocsAndMe
The #edcmooc task for Week 1 is to look at some resources i.e. videos and articles and review whether they represent a Utopian or Dystopian view of technology.Utopian claims of Information Technology...
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Using Facebook as a Filter and Funnel for MOOC interactions #edcmooc...
When I started to take part in the #edcmooc I made the usual social media / networking connections between the course and my accounts i.e. twitter hash tag, Google+ community, blog. There is also a...
View ArticleGood, Bad and Ugly - Videos in MOOCs
I've not had a chance to do much Moocing in the last week or so due to being busy at work and also having friends to stay and generally being out and about doing interesting things. This way of...
View ArticleHumans and technology #edcmooc #MoocsAndMe
Week 3 of the EDC MOOC is 'Reasserting the human'Some more films to review but now using my filtering system of less than 3 minutes, I watched the first two.The first one was the Toyota GT86 'real...
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Redefining the human #edcmooc
Week 4 is about how 'the human' is a flexible category, one we can change and re-make in the interests of a fairer society. I read a little bit of Bostrom (2005) ‘Transhumanist values’ reproduced from...
View ArticleCreating a Digital Artefact #edcmooc #MoocsAndMe
The assessment for the EDC MOOC consists of creating a Digital Artefact.The artefact has to be published on the web so that others can view it and give feedback.It should consist of two of the...
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This is my digital artefact It is a video of a series of wordles which are visualisations of the words that make up the themes and ideas of the EDC MOOC course. They show the perspective from the...
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Anyone for cricket? First day of ocTEL #ocTEL
Today is the first day of ocTEL the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning which is being organised by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). I've been looking forward to it because of my...
View ArticleTEL and Me
This post started off as the introductory activity for #ocTEL but ended up being too wordy so it's here instead.I'm not great at drawing a distinction between TEL, eLearning, ICT, computing, technology...
View ArticleOne thing.... #ocTEL
The induction week 'if you only do one thing...' is to write an introduction about yourself and your experiences with TEL / technology as a student / teacher / learning technologist and how it affects...
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Big ?'s about Technology Enhanced Learning #ocTEL
One of the activities for week 0 of ocTEL, in addition to writing an introduction about yourself, is what is the most important question about TEL for you? I'm not sure what my big question is. Does...
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