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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with e's

As this blog approaches 8.5 Blogging has always been one of the ways I best express my ideas, and coupled with teaching, public speaking and a number of interviews on video and through podcasting, it has been my main channel of communication and dialogue with my professional community in recent years. Lessig, 2005, p.

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How Social Networks Can Harness the Power of Weak Ties | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

Here’s how a typical LinkedIn network might look: Your weak ties are smaller circles, not at the center of a cluster I heard more support for the Weak Ties theory while attending a Knowledge Management conference in 2005. Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Download the whitepaper » Blog this! Properly d.

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5 papers every learning professional should read

E-Learning Provocateur

While blogs (for example) certainly have their place in the discourse, so too do peer-reviewed publications. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning , 2(1), pp. I’ve blogged my reflection here. I elaborate here. Siemens, G.

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The grassroots of learning

E-Learning Provocateur

Rhizomatic learning is something that I have been superficially aware of for a while. I had read a few blog posts by Dave Cormier (the godfather of the philosophy) and I follow the intrepid Soozie Bea (a card-carrying disciple), but unfortunately I missed Dave’s #rhizo14 mooc earlier in the year.

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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Last week, we had an awesome virtual class on how to implement an effective gamification strategy within a corporate learning environment! In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment.

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Designing eLearning for Schema Theory

Integrated Learnings

Psychology of learning for instruction. ©Integrated Learning Services, Inc. This eLearning blog is brought to you by Integrated Learning Services , an eLearning design & development company. Shapiro (Ed.), Review of Educational Research (Vol. Driscoll, M. Boston : Pearson Allyn and Bacon. Norman, D. Gentner & A.

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Resources from my presentation at Innovations in e-learning Symposium

Kapp Notes

It is better to have one “expert” avatar and another “motivational” avatar in a learning environment rather than having one combined “mentor” avatar. Wendy at Middle of the Curve did a great live blogging and took some great notes on the session ! Avatars and social learning theory. Reference: Baylor, A. & Kim, Y.