tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.comments2013-04-22T03:52:02.191-07:00Sophistry BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11867540265415188015noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-35619311248860878722013-04-22T03:52:02.191-07:002013-04-22T03:52:02.191-07:00Just to add to this with a link to another post:
...Just to add to this with a link to another post:<br /><br />perhaps creating a culture of elearning is by being open as an academic and learning what this means. See Jenny Mackness' blog on this...<br /><br />http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/an-alternative-perspective-on-the-meaning-of-open-in-higher-education/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867540265415188015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-21326300003802147632013-04-19T05:00:23.116-07:002013-04-19T05:00:23.116-07:00Hi Clare, To be honest, I'm not too sure how y...Hi Clare, To be honest, I'm not too sure how you can scale this - perhaps by creaating what has been termed in other blogs on #octel as a 'culture of elearning'. <br /><br />i think what I am talking about is making the step in culture from 'pushing technology' to 'promoting technology', so it is a natural part of the teaching decisions that we make, rather than a bolt-on.<br /><br />So when the teacher thinks "how am i going to express this content to the students" its done with a recognition of the type of person they are, and the technology that they are familiar with, rather than "how x did it" or "using this or that technology". This is a never ending path of self-development for educators, and in my exp, this is much of their private motivations for working in education.<br /><br />The ideal 'culture of TEL' needs to be diverse, and collaborative in terms of practice sharing. Their conversations with the Learning Technologists need to reflect values as well as technology, I guess that is what I am saying...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867540265415188015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-54056498060772137282013-04-18T08:11:45.300-07:002013-04-18T08:11:45.300-07:00Hi Phil
Thanks for this post, I agree that person...Hi Phil<br /><br />Thanks for this post, I agree that personality can have a lot to do with successful projects, and in then engaging others to also develop whatever the opportunity was. I suppose one of the challenges then is not only that repetitions produce different results, but how to help those less naturally gifted in the personality area to also be successful in thier methods. As you say, 'personalised technology choices that empower people to teach and learn'. <br /><br />The personal approach is great, but how would you suggest scaling that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14601066466164367592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-18684470358178341182013-04-17T10:30:18.470-07:002013-04-17T10:30:18.470-07:00Interesting post. Especially striking is this half...Interesting post. Especially striking is this half-sentence:<br /><br />"The technology wants to disrupt everything in its purest form..."<br /><br />Is it the technology that is doing the driving? Apart from the teacher, are there not other, shadier figures trying to elbow their way into the driving seat? How about the corporate interests behind the tech? And how about schools and governments that see an opportunity to cut teaching staff and increase class sizes, and use the tech to keep tabs on pupils and teachers? How about teachers who are tired of eking a living teaching offline, and dream of bigger bucks online? <br /><br />Perhaps its less like a polite car-sharing agreement between neighbours and more like an ugly scheme to privatise public transport. <br /><br />By the way, also liked your post about Sugata Mitra. Hope you don't mind the plug, but our rather more critical comments about the same man are here: <br /><br />http://www.digitalcounterrevolution.co.uk/2013/sugata-mitra-knowing-is-obsolete/<br /><br />Torn Halveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18179353922087887957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-10999015372580386742013-04-11T11:42:20.135-07:002013-04-11T11:42:20.135-07:00Aha! It's a cunning trap as the moment I post ...Aha! It's a cunning trap as the moment I post a comment saying that there are no others then this blog becomes a MOOC (if you stretch the definition to breaking point). Blogs and communities are online, can be open and are potentially massive. If they have boundaries and an aim to they then become a 'course' and thus a MOOC? Hmmmm....Jim Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898469999845870533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-24736830943028020392013-04-08T07:58:24.845-07:002013-04-08T07:58:24.845-07:00cheers Joseph, I've subscribed to your blog to...cheers Joseph, I've subscribed to your blog to keep up. I think you just have to watch some richard feynman videos on youtube to realise that teaching is about inspiring changes in a person's mindset. Technology is part of that, but nowhere near as important as the inspiration. Its not a paint your pedagogy by numbers using technology and templated platforms. The basic truth about learning (and perhaps something you don't understand unless you've done a philosophy course) is that that mindset change may not happen for several years after. <br /><br />Perhaps teaching is more about mindset-midwifery rather than knowledge-transfer...<br /><br />I recently had a eureka moment which had its roots in a teacher from my PGCE several years ago. I wanted to write to her to praise her for being such a good teacher, and I didn't even realise it at the time. (ps and she never used technology, or 'learning outcomes'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11867540265415188015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1574319587453501657.post-855015092570285592013-04-08T06:50:08.790-07:002013-04-08T06:50:08.790-07:00I agree teachers are not looking for an answer tha...I agree teachers are not looking for an answer that changes everything they do (I am reminded of the reality shows where an expert goes to a failing business and tells them how to change to succeed - time and time again they refuse the advice, because what they really wanted was to be told how to keep doing exactly the same stuff and succeed).<br /><br />Technology is disruptive because it changes the rules so what was true before is no longer true (it wasnt practical to send your students a letter each week, it is practical to send them an email)<br /><br />In the last mooc I did I started putting down my thoughts on what technology IS in relation to education<br />http://morethanjustcontent.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/edcmooc-ponderings-technology-is-a-force-multiplier-and-a-cost-reducer/<br />I will try to expand on it a bit if I get time on this mooc Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798950702258171620noreply@blogger.com