OWLET on Innovating Pedagogy - Mike Sharples

Don't forget to come along to the OWLET at snap.vu/b3rf tomorrow! Thursday 6th February at 12.30pm UK time

Professor Mike Sharples of FutureLearn and The Open University will be leading the session.

We will be using Google Hangouts On Air for the first time so this will be a chance to see this tool in action!

OWLET on 6 February - MOOCs and FutureLearn

A quick alert that Professor Mike Sharples who is the Academic Lead at FutureLearn will be leading the next UCS OWLET on 6 February 2014.

To get some background on Mike's thinking especially around MOOCs please have a look at the following:

http://theconversation.com/no-room-for-sloppiness-in-online-classroom-21861?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+17+January+2014&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+17+January+2014+CID_9b9c97654481cb6b1f54610f7c8ec898&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=No%20room%20for%20sloppiness%20in%20online%20classroom

OWLET programme for 2014

The following webinars will be taking place on Thursdays in the early part  of 2014, and  as part of the OWLET programme run from University Campus Suffolk (UCS)

2014	All at 12.30-1.30pm UK time	THEMES
6th February	Professor Mike Sharples Professor of Educational Technology IET Open University	Online and distance learning
6th March	Dr Jaki Lilly Anglia Ruskin University	The Good Teaching project
3rd April	Caroline Marcangelo University of Cumbria	Patchwork assessments
1st May	Susan Armitage Lancaster University	Teaching and curriculum development

introduction to the OWLETs

OWLETs (Open Webinars on Learning and Enhancing Teaching) are are open to anyone interested in learning and teaching in Higher Education, at UCS and beyond. 

A guest presenter opens each live webinar, to share perspectives on a chosen theme linked to their interests, experience and expertise. Discussion follows in the webinar, with opportunity for all participants to join in, ask questions, as well as to share comments and ideas. OWLETS are informal and collaborative opportunities to share and discuss experiences, innovations and ideas connected to learning in HE.

OWLET webinars are recorded and made available as Open Educational Resources - follow the link below

Link to OWLET recordings