Compose a second email to the same teacher, which succinctly summarises an example of the use of an e-portfolio and draws attention to the implications of this example for her context. I don’t know about succinct but here is my follow up email Dear lecturer, This email provides further details about the use of eportfolios in assessment. You state that your students are required to work collaboratively but it is likely that they will be working on individual eportfolios. As…

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In this weeks activities we have considered how the role of the mentor changes in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) when compared with roles we traditionally associate with teaching. In this unscientific juxtaposition I have summarised how I perceive the main differences. As you can see as the participant count increases the role of the educator changes. When courses become massive it is not possible to maintain some of the traditional tasks of educators such as marking or one to…

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As part of my study of the OU Module H880: Technology Enhanced Learning, Foundations and Futures I have completed the FutureLearn MOOC ‘The Online Educator’. This course covered a range of important topics when considering online delivery. There were valuable lessons related to online identities and privacy, navigating hype in learning technologies, accessibility and inclusion, evaluating research and digital inclusion. I scored 72% in the final test.