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Tools I Use

Marcia Conner

Facebook – The largest social network on the planet, with more members (901M in April 2012) than the population of Europe, Russia, and the Middle East combined (780M). I wrote a post several years ago called “ Face to Facebook Learning “ challenging the notion you can’t learn on Facebook.

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At the end of our tether

Learning with e's

There are endless examples already available of teachers who have incorporated mobile technologies into their classrooms, for voting, collaborative learning, capturing data, creating content and interacting with specific environments. 2012) The right to control one's learning. Reference Holt, J. Moravec (Ed.)

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What Can You Expect in 2013?

CLO Magazine

Embracing apps: According to ABI Research, 36 billion apps were downloaded in 2012, and 136 billion will be downloaded by 2017. Despite this trend, most corporations have been slow to deploy mobile learning, and even fewer consider adopting learning apps. These tools are changing the way adults learn.

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Learning and the Older Worker

CLO Magazine

workers than ever are planning to delay retirement, according to a 2012 report from The Conference Board, using data from its August 2012 consumer confidence survey, “Trapped on the Worker Treadmill?” ” If older workers become more engaged as a result of collaboration, it will show. ” A March 18 U.S.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

JUNE 3, 2012. JULY 25, 2012. We can officially declare massive open online courses ( MOOCs ) as the higher education buzzword for 2012. We can officially declare massive open online courses ( MOOCs ) as the higher education buzzword for 2012. APRIL 19, 2012. JUNE 16, 2012. JULY 6, 2012. Page 1 of 2.

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Online training for the TikTok generation

BrightCarbon

By 2025, Gen Z – people born between 1997 and 2012 – will make up over a quarter of the workforce.(2) However, don’t fall into the trap of adding photos of people with different skin tones to your training and thinking you can tick diversity off your list. Collaborative learning. Let’s find out!

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Learning from each other

Learning with e's

This approach to pedagogy has its roots in Vygotskiian Zone of Proximal Development theory , where a more knowledgeable other, whether teacher, adult or simply a better informed peer, can extend someone's learning experience beyond what they might achieve alone (Vygotsky, 1978). But peer education can also be reciprocal. 2011) Paragogy.