November 29, 2023

Week 2 A1: We participate therefore we are?

Reflections on the webcast by John Seely Brown  http://stadium.open.ac.uk/stadia/preview.php?whichevent=1063&s=31 Your work so far on H800 includes some individual reading, listening and perhaps viewing. Does Brown’s argument imply that this is less valuable than your group work? It is illogical for John Seely Brown to claim that study groups are the “best indicator for success” when he is asking us to listen to one person – himself! – in lecture mode.’   Well listened to the first 20 minutes for the talk – Personally I could listen to him all day – for me he has such a lovely way of speaking – although I admit that some of it went over my head though but some of it really struck a chord. At first glance it might seem a bit contradictory ( perhaps illogical ) as the environment of the talk lends itself to a traditional lecture format and doesn’t embrace some …

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Week 1 Activity 4: Generations of information seekers

https://learn2.open.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/1280125/mod_resource/content/1/UCL_Reading_research.pdf What follows starts with a quick exercise to focus your thinking about the Google Generation. Below are four statements about that generation. Two statements have been described as myths by the authors of the study from which the graph is taken: please try to identify those two statements. And, in your view, how accurate are each of the other statements? ‘They [the Google Generation] need to feel constantly connected to the web’ ‘They are the “cut-and-paste” generation’ ‘They pick up computer skills by trial and error’ ‘They are expert searchers’ Which of Statements 1–4 above, if any, apply to you? I think that in some way most of these statements could apply to me, although to varying degrees.  I’m pretty much a daily user of the web through both my work, my study and my home life. I definitely pick up computer skills by trial and error and I …

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Week 1 Activity 3 : How much changed when printing arrived?

Thanks, Gutenberg – but we’re too pressed for time to read http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jan/27/internet.pressandpublishing What strikes you as interesting? Mmm … I liked this article … well I did until I tried to look up the link it mentions in to the study by the British Library and researchers at University College London. The link to the study which the article says is available from tinyurl.com/2eslnr seems to reach a dead link … now it could just be me and my little old computer perhaps but if it isn’t me and if the link truly is dead then this might well provide another aspect to the ‘power browsing’ and quick wins referred to in the article – did I bother trying to get to the study after my fruitless effort ? Well no …. will I look it up at some point in the future ? Possibly but probably not … Could I just be …

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Week 1 Activity 2 : Sharing your reactions

Something that interested me … I’m really interested in how people learn both in formal situations and informal contexts. I love the idea of the fact that you can learn without realising you are learning ( if you know what I mean). I’m really interested in the different attitudes and behaviours that people have towards use of technology for their own learning and I’m looking forward to working in a collaborative setting as we go through the course. My Chosen Learning Outcome For me I guess the key learning outcome would come under Cognitive Skills  and developing my ability to  ‘use …differing perspectives to make sense of your own and others’ experience of learning with technologies’ .  Working with other people and learning about their values and attitudes towards the use of technology will really help with this 🙂

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Activity 1 Meeting Fellow Students and your tutor

Hello Everyone From Debs  ! Here is my introductory message for Activity 1 (A1) https://learn2.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=553057&section=4 My name is Debbie …. well actually its Deborah but usually only my mother calls me that when I’m in trouble ! I work full-time, have studied part-time for more years than I would care to admit to  … I  am married with two children that keep me busy … this is my final module in my MA ODE. Something Unusual : I love pink and drive this little pink car ! I also love cake … One Learning Technology :  I love using my I-Pad – it really has changed the way I do things in work and home life. I use it for taking notes, as a diary, as a camera, finding out all sorts of things on the internet, using it for face time to keep in contact with family when I am away …

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Week 1 : Activities

Activity 1, Meeting fellow students and your tutor: introducing yourself in the forum, reading messages and responding (up to an hour and a half, spread over two or three visits to the group forum). Reading ‘Introducing H800’ and ‘A taste of H800’s themes’, and getting to know the website (about half an hour). Activity 2, Sharing your reactions: forum discussion (about an hour). Activity 3, How much changed when printing arrived? Reading an online newspaper article, ‘Thanks, Gutenberg – but we’re too pressed for time to read’; discussing it in the forum and doing some guided exploration on your own (between an hour and a half and two hours – depending on the forum discussion). Activity 4, Generations of information seekers: finding out who in your group likes GoogleScholar, and who prefers to visit a library in person. Comparing your group with research findings on age-related differences, and spotting myths …

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H800 Technology Enhanced Learning – Practices and Debates ( and coffee)

https://msds.open.ac.uk/students/study/postgraduate/course/h800.htm Well I’m FINALLY on the FINAL leg of my Masters in Online and Distance Education … FINALLY ( ….there is a long story to tell about the need to study a compulsory module that wasn’t compulsory before , regulations changing etc and a lot of to-ing and fro-ing that I won’t bore you with … except to say that I’m now FINALLY on the last piece of the puzzle and will therefore be studying this last module for the next 32 weeks … )  after that hopefully all being well I should get my Masters … FINALLY YAY 🙂 So as I wait for my student record to catch up with itself and allow me access to the module website,  I am looking forward to the next stage on my journey and wondering what delights await and just how much coffee I will need to drink to keep me awake in the wee …

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