In fact any kind.

Coming out of H807 I felt I was ‘reading for a degree’ in the traditional sense of the words.

Entering H808 I found there’d be stuff I’d have to use, no escape.

In both instances I eventually got down to it; read masses in H807 and started to learn or relearn how to take an academic approach to research, reading and writing nad in H808 I tried everything, mastered some, reviewed…

The realities of MOOCs

I stumbled upon this succinct article on MOOCs by Ben Betts.

MOOCs are why I returned to the OU having completed the Masters in Open and Distance Education (MAODE) at the end of 2012. I followed H817:Openness and Innovation in eLearning, joining the Open but, and have now complete two further modules: H809: Research based practices in Educational Technology(with an eye on…

H807: Innovations in E-Learning. Tutor Marked Assignment 3 – Reflective Writing and e-learning (or not). http://wp.me/sOtc2-h807

I understood from the heading for TMA03 in H807 that ‘it is permissible to use an extract from a very long message.’ I therefore deleted the 900+ additional words that on two occasions occurred in a forum message.

At one stage I had in an earlier draft all messages including the Tutor’s introduction, my full response and even a previous pertinent message from another contributor. This for…

Deeply disappointed and feeling let down by the OU … or the course http://wp.me/sOtc2-h807ema

Somehow despite my best efforts to understand fully what was required for TMA03 I still didn’t follow the question apparently … frankly fellow students and I tied ourselves in knots trying to understand what was required of us. Coming away from this I eventually felt sure I had understood what it would take and with confidence pressed on.

Coming down to the reflection, this is what I did. Eleven…