Well things didn't look promising at 1600. Cloudworks database error, and YouTube livestream not streaming. The QT feed from the OU worked. But the uni-directional presentation with no back channel or discussion forum (well there is Twitter!) made it a bit well... lacking? Twitter was sort of engaged but mostly with the tech problems for … Continue reading Launch of the OLDS MOOC
Tag: Educational development
Integration of Pathfinding activities into staff and educational development activities; Development of models and processes to support inter and intra institutional teams undertaking transformative course redesigns; Support for e-Learning Champions in academic Schools and e-Learning Networks in Associate College Partners and Community Learning Centres; Guidelines, Reports and Dissemination to embed e-learning into the wider communities.
re Furedi: The Unhappiness Principle
This is a version of a letter that I wrote to the editor of the THE, which they did not publish, further to Frank Furedi's rant against learning outcomes. I am the course leader for Oxford Brookes University's Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education. We were very pleased to see that when Professor Furedi … Continue reading re Furedi: The Unhappiness Principle
Blogging the iPad Study
Just read Andy Saul's excellent post on blogging the iPad project. Using blogs for peer mentoring is a very good idea. It is the way the "blogosphere" works. Bloggers carry on conversations on their blogs. I am slightly less certain about the need to make the readership a closed group. Maybe I am just being … Continue reading Blogging the iPad Study
Setting up for the OLDS MOOC
I am familiarising myself with the OLDS MOOC. It will be very interesting to see if Cloudworks works as a learning platform. I am going to see if I can consume this blog into a cloudscape. I do not intend to use a different blogging platform for the course. In fact I wonder why they … Continue reading Setting up for the OLDS MOOC
Learning objectives or not?
Jo Badge pointed me to a post by Stuart (no other id given), "Learning objectives or not?", which started with this intentionally provocative statement, "A good teacher states clear Learning Objectives. The best don't. Discuss." I commented on the blog and repost my comment here. My perspective is from higher education. Courses are required to … Continue reading Learning objectives or not?
MOOCs and chaos
Dave Cormier has written a thoughtful critique from a cynefin perspective of massive open online courses (moocs) as an approach to learning the "basics". I reduce his argument almost to absurdity, but it is extremely relevant to a massive open online course that I, Jenny Mackness and Marion Waite are developing. Our mooc is called … Continue reading MOOCs and chaos
Open is as open does – what do you want in an #fslt #oer #mooc
As planning gets underway to run a mooc based in the first instance on OCSLD's First steps into learning and teaching (#fslt) in higher education I have been struck by a couple of questions. First is when does a mooc start? Second is how open should the mooc planning process be? The questions are related. … Continue reading Open is as open does – what do you want in an #fslt #oer #mooc
Extending your online course
Last month I and some colleagues developed, ran and participated in an online course called extending your online course. The course site is here: https://sites.google.com/a/brookes.ac.uk/extending-your-on-line-course/ My reflective blog for this course is here: http://extendingonline.brookesblogs.net/ It was one of the best learning experiences I have participated in in recent years. I mention this now by way … Continue reading Extending your online course
Extending your online course
I am developing a new online course on "Extending your online course" (how meta is that). We go live with it on 2 November 2011. This four-week short course focuses on enhancing teaching and learning by using new technology and tools - social media - for interactivity and engagement. What does that mean? We are … Continue reading Extending your online course
Teaching across two sites using “Classroom” audiographics – trials and tribulations
Audiographic tools can enable teaching and the support of learning across two or more sites but our university's classroom computing infrastructure cannot support audiographic tools: local hardware is not up to the job. I conducted a trial this week to test these propositions. Context Our University has four main campuses. We are structurally divided into … Continue reading Teaching across two sites using “Classroom” audiographics – trials and tribulations
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