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Networked noughties 2000-2002

Learning with e's

The last 10 years will be known as the networked decade. At the risk of sounding Churchillian : "Never before have people been able to communicate so quickly, and never before has so much information been available to so many people". July 2000 saw the launch of one of the first social networking sites: Friends Reunited.

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Digital tribes and the network nation

Learning with e's

Photo from Wikimedia Commons I will argue here that within the present information age, where digital communication technologies have fractured the tyranny of distance beyond repair, and where computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital (Bordieu and Passeron, 1990).

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4 aspects of the brain revealed by neuroimaging

KnowledgeOne

The shift from the “one function = one region” model to the large network model. For a long time, it was believed that the brain was a relatively stable and regular organ where information was processed independently in each area. Thus, a cerebral area can be involved in the neural networks of various mental functions.

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12 Helpful Resources for Instructional Design

CourseArc

In addition to essential information on meeting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the book also dives into how accessible content can ensure that all learners receive the best learning experience. With the first edition published in 2002, this book from Ruth Colvin Clark and Richard E. Luke Hobson’s podcast.

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An example of informal learning from Europe

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Harm told me about his team’s experience with informal learning in an engagement with Sara Lee. Networking. Networking 30%. Having a closer look, I concluded that the list of activities could be divided into more formal and more informal learning activities. Informal: - Experiences on the job. Networking.

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The digital tribe and the network nation

Learning with e's

Rheingold (2002) applies this ‘theory of being’ to the use of short message service (SMS) texting by young people – who they send texts to, and receive them from, defines an element of their social identity, as constructed by themselves in relation to the others in their SMS circle of communication. London: Futuretext. Goffman, E.

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The Knowledge and Learning Transfer Problem

Performance Learning Productivity

CSCL was one of the hot pedagogical approaches of the day – when network-based learning was in its relative infancy. We transfer information. We can share information in the form of data and our own insights. I’d used the phrase ‘learning delivery’ when describing computer-supported collaborative learning ( CSCL ) approaches.

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