Week 1 #ocTEL - it's all very well but.....
Week 1 (2nd week) of ocTEL is focused on TEL Concepts and Approaches.Using my usual filtering system, read the introduction and went to the 'if you only do one thing...' section. There are five...
View ArticleEmbracing the challenge #ocTEL
The challenge is not the course, the course is fine - in fact as far as MOOCs and online courses are concerned, it's great. It's my engagement and progress that is the challenge because I am ticking...
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Catching Up #ocTEL
Catching up with ocTEL by doing the following1. Filling in expectations questionnaire2. Looking at the results so far from the expectations questionnaire - it's very interesting to know what other...
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#ocTEL Effective Learning Resources - Global Citizenship
ocTEL week 4 Effective learning resourcesHow can we take advantage of technological developments in order to create and source relevant learning resources for our students?I wasn't sure what I...
View ArticlePUBLISHING: EVOLUTION, DISRUPTION & THE FUTURE #pubconf
I managed to watch / listen to one of the sessions via the live webcast of the Edinburgh Publishing Conference. PUBLISHING: EVOLUTION, DISRUPTION & THE FUTURE...
View ArticleWhy tweet from a conference or event?
When I attend a conference or event I try to tweet as much as possible for the following reasons:1. As a record of what is happening for myself. I really don't want to be spending time writing or...
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ALT-S SIG Glasgow Caledonian University - 20th June 2013
A belated blog about the ALT-S SIG Glasgow Caledonian University on 20th June 2013.This is the first meeting, apart from at ALT-C that I have attended and the first time that I've been to GCU. It was...
View ArticleGetting to the Repository of the Future. RepositoryFringe2013
Yesterday I attended the first day of Repository Fringe 2013 and an afternoon workshop entitled Getting to the Repository of the Future. It was held at the University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum. I...
View ArticleMoocs, Music Festivals and Cricket Matches
In July I spent the weekend at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk. It was the first time I had been to a music festival as opposed to concerts and also the first time I had been camping in a long time.I...
View ArticleAssociation for Learning Technology Conference 2013 - Tuesday 10th Sept...
ALT-C 2013 Tuesday The Association for Learning Technology conference took place in Nottingham at the East Midlands Conference Centre 10th - 12th September. It was an excellent conference, as it always...
View ArticleDog food, fire hoses and asking permission - phrases overheard at education...
You expect to hear a certain amount of jargon and soundbites in education and technology in order to attract attention and tap into the popular culture of the day. But sometimes you hear people using...
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Future of Technology in Education conference #fote13
Last Friday I attended the FoTE conference which was enjoyable and interesting. I attended in 2011 but didn't make it last year so was pleased to be able to shuffle work and travel and life to get...
View ArticleGifford Lectures
On Monday, T2 and I went to listen to Lord Williams deliver one of the Gifford Lectures. The lecture was entitled Representing Reality and was about language and natural theology. It was very...
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Professionalism and Engagement in Customer Service Event - M25 Consortium of...
Professionalism and Engagement in Customer Service: M25 Customer Service Group ConferenceI attended this event at Kings College, London University on 7th November 2013.Before this event was advertised...
View ArticleALT Strategy, NLS visit and Blipfoto focus #altc #nls #blipfoto
Despite the fact that it was a dull and drizzly day in February, today turned out to be quite interesting. Three exciting things happened:Firstly, and most importantly, the Association for Learning...
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Do you know the impact of your service? Customer Services Practitioners Group...
Last week I attended an event 'Do you know the impact of your service?' at University of West of Scotland, Ayr Campus. It was organised by the Customer Services Practitioners Group which consists of...
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Effective Online Learning in the 21st Century - #BCS event
On Wednesday 2nd April I attended a BCS event at University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum. It was a joint event between the Edinburgh BCS branch and BCS Women. I haven't been to a BCS event for some...
View ArticleOpen Scotland Webinar 2nd April 2014
Attended this webinarhttp://www.slideshare.net/LornaMCampbell/open-scotland-webinar-2-april-2014
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ocTEL Just dipping in....... #ocTEL
Lunchtime at work and just dipping in to see what's happening with ocTEL. ocTEL is an online course, a MOOC, being run by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). This is the second running of...
View ArticleocTEL activity: Reflecting on strategies for Learning Technology #ocTEL
A reflection on Learning Technology Strategies:A: If you have your own example, reflect on these questions:Did you contribute to the strategy, if so, in what capacity?I have contributed to Learning...
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