{"id":281,"date":"2014-05-05T13:52:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marendeepwell.wordpress.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2014-05-05T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T13:52:47","slug":"curiosity-badges-new-stuff-running-and-participating-in-alts-open-course-octel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"Curiosity, badges, new stuff&#8230; running and participating in ALT&#8217;s open course, ocTEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_282\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/week-1-check-in-100x100.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-282 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/week-1-check-in-100x100.png\" alt=\"ocTEL week 1 badge\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ocTEL badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the past week I have been involved in running ocTEL, the open course in Technology Enhanced Learning &#8211; version 2.0. As well as helping with running the course, I have also done my bit to participate and now that the first few days are behind me, I want to reflect on my expectations of the course as a participant\/organiser hybrid&#8230; .<\/p>\n<p>So, first up, what am I hoping to achieve by participating? Like everyone else, this has to fit around all the other things I am doing and there are certainly limits to how much time I can spend on it. Still, participating is important to me and in an ideal scenario I would like to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>explore how the open badges impact on my approach to the course and interacting with it;<\/li>\n<li>read a few posts each day to gain insight into what other participants are doing and thinking about;<\/li>\n<li>reflect on how this kind of course and its activities can share my own learning habits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thus far, and week 1 has only just started, I have some thoughts on each of these three areas:<\/p>\n<p>First, in regards to the badges, I am finding that I want them! I like looking at who else has earned the same badge and I like the way in which getting a badge or trying to at least makes me more concious about what I am achieving. From a personal point of view then, they work for me &#8211; for what I want from the course thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, reading through the posts of what others have contributed gives me a whole new perspective on what others are up to in regards to using technology for learning, teaching or assessment. It&#8217;s inspirational to see how many resources there are that are being shared openly and in particular I enjoy reading contributions from outside the UK and getting a glimpse of the global learning landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, even during this first, at times slightly chaotic week, participating in the course has given me a renewed sense of enthusiasm for learning new things. Exploring random links via Twitter #ocTEL or finding something interesting in a post gives me a sense of shared curiosity. I am enjoying seeing how questions come up and get answered.<\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s my thoughts after a week of ocTEL 2.0. For this week, <a title=\"Link to week 1\" href=\"http:\/\/octel.alt.ac.uk\/2014\/course-materials\/week-1-concepts-and-strategies-for-learning-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\">week 1 of the course<\/a>, I am taking on a tutor role alongside Phil Tubman and others, but I shall still try and get a bit of the participant experience. After that &#8211; let the badge quest begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past week I have been involved in running ocTEL, the open course in Technology Enhanced Learning &#8211; version 2.0. As well as helping with running the course, I have also done my bit to participate and now that the first few days are behind me, I want to reflect on my expectations of the course as a participant\/organiser hybrid&#8230; . So, first up, what am I hoping to achieve by participating? Like everyone&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=281\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curiosity, badges, new stuff&#8230; running and participating in ALT&#8217;s open course, ocTEL<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,18,20,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fe","category-learning-technology","category-moocs","category-octel","category-tech","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wa4N-4x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}