What did we use in ILOOC? #1

After a brief hiatus, I have been able to look at the range of elements that the ILOOC site used, and I will be talking about each in turn over the next few days.

Pieces to Camera 

The first thing that strikes you about the ILOOC material is that the video recorded pieces to the camera are rather stilted and, depsite excellet graphics and background material, it is clear that the performers have not had sufficient training in developing this skill

Neither Nick nor I had done this before, and although both of us have been delivering classes in front of large audiences for many years, it appears that the skill set involved in recorded delivery is a different one.

This is important to keep in mind if this type of delivery is favoured by the students when they look at the content of ILOOC next month - considerable training and practice is going to be needed to make sure that the delivery does not detract from the content!

Student recruitment itself is going more slowly than expected, as the students seem to be focusing on their assignmrnts at this time. As a self-selecting group has not emerged, next week I am going to invite a number of strudents to participate. This may not give the same results as allowing the group to pick itself, but it will be a good starting point.

Week 6 is complete, and things are still on schedule.