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Passion for education

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Those teachers who have a great passion for education exert every muscle to ensure that the best possible learning opportunities are presented to their students. This process promotes 'a different way of being' teachers (Bolton, 2006). 2006) Reflective Practice. Some appear to be contradictions. References Bolton, G. Rogers, C.

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Digital tribes

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Over the next few days I will present an abridged, bite size series of exerpts from one of my chapters in that volume: 'Digital Tribes, Virtual Clans'. Communication, including speech, clothing and actions all serve to signal our cultural identities and group membership (Pahl and Rowsell, 2006). and Lukose, R. Cited in Lankshear, C.

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Online, en masse

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In MMORPGs, clans can identify themselves further by developing their own virtual territories, building businesses, and earning virtual currency (Childress and Brasswell, 2006). Even more strangely, some SLifers employ avatars that represent themselves as animals of all kinds, some common, some exotic. and Brasswell, R.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

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By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched. My initial interest in researching the social web stemmed from some early work my colleagues and I did around wikis and blogs in medical education in 2005-2006.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

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Much of this learning is informal, (Commentators such as Cofer (2000), Cross (2006) and Dobbs (2000) place the proportion of informal learning at around 70%) and is also generally location independent. 2006) Informal Learning: Rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance. References Cross, J.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). If these are accurate statistics, they present a significant challenge to schools, colleges and universities. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning. Practice Application Brief No.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

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Here, presented in several short excerpts over the next few days, is my paper. In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. Wheeler, S.

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