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MAY 22, 2014

Bruner believed that when children start to learn new concepts, they need help from teachers and other adults in the form of active support. Reference Wood, D. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, 17(2), 89-100. Bruner, J. and Ross, G. The role of tutoring in problem solving. Unported License.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

Put the political issues (such as regulation of activities and bans on the use of certain technology in schools) to one side for a moment. References Ajzen, I. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 22, 453-474. Journal of Personality and Social Behaviour , 63 (5), 754-765. and Madden, T. and Azjen I.

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JANUARY 16, 2016

Although potentially divisive, such activities can produce content that represents more lucid thinking, judicious correction of errors and clearer elaboration of content. More importantly, such activities have been shown to be very beneficial for all those who participate to learn together (Wheeler et al, 2008). It's a fine balance.

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Learning with e's

JULY 30, 2016

Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. Photo from Pixabay Instagram, WhatsApp and Learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Melbourne, Australia and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 The full text is available at this link.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

I was certainly speaking for a time before the advent of what is now referred to as Web 2.0 It is literally the ‘ architecture of participation ’ (O''Reilly, 2004; Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural facet of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). Continued tomorrow References Barsky, E.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2012

In an editorial piece in the American Journal of Distance Education in 1989 Moore outlined his three levels. Image by Alvaro Canivell References Hillman, D.C.A., The American Journal of Distance Education, 8 (2), 30-42. The American Journal of Distance Education , 3 (2), 1-6. According to theorist Michael G. Willis, D.J.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2011

A lot of academics and scolars scoff at Wikipedia and forbid their students to reference it in their assessed work. There is a criticism that blogs are not peer reviewed, contain mainly opinion and have no credibility when compared with peer reviewed journal articles. How much poorer would we be in terms of knowledge of the world?

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2015

Several peer reviewed journal articles (and a special issue in Interactive Learning Environments) also appeared, and countless blog posts were published. People tend rarely to refer to them now. What is your experience of using PLEs in your own learning? Please join us at 2000 BST to contribute to the discussion. Unported License.

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JULY 2, 2018

And yet, as I discussed in my previous posts, some teachers struggle to use them for more than simple projection or display activities. Secondly, large screen interaction can call upon many of the senses and engage learners in activities beyond fact learning. References Barber, D., and Meeson, G. Exeter: Learning Matters.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Arguably the most useful explanatory framework for current online activities is offered by White and Le Cornu (2011), who have argued that habitual use of technology develops sophisticated digital skills regardless of the age or birth date of the user. References Bennett, S., Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 26, (3), 344–356.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I pointed out some of the tensions that exist between what the institution requires (course accreditation, structure, security and other formalised activities) and what the individual does (chaotic and unstructured, informal and rule-free). Sinful, I ask you. Good grief. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. References Barsky, E. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 27, 65-67. Health Informatics and Libraries Journal, 24(1), 2-23.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

One challenge for education providers is to decide whether they will support the desire of students to self regulate their learning activities using personal technologies. This is an excerpt from a forthcoming publication entitled: Personal Technologies in Education: Issues, Theories and Debates] References Beishuizen, J. Lawrence, N.

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MARCH 20, 2014

He is one of the pioneers of online and distance learning, and currently serves as the editor of the influential online open access journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning ( IRRODL ). Finally in my own work, I try to combine research with active innovation. Reference Cousin, G. Land and S.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

One of the most popular activities on our wiki based learning programmes was called ‘goldmining’. In this activity, each of the students took individual responsibility to seek out, evaluate and then post useful websites and online learning resources that were deemed indispensable to the group. References Wheeler, S., Yeomans, P.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Arguably the most useful explanatory framework for current online activities is offered by White and Le Cornu (2011), who have argued that habitual use of technology develops sophisticated digital skills regardless of the age or birth date of the user. References Bennett, S., Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 26, (3), 344–356.

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JUNE 7, 2016

Bruner was one of the founding fathers of the theory of social constructivism, an approach that pervades many of the daily activities in schools across the world. Reference Wood, D., Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, 17 (2), 89-100. Bruner, J. and Ross, G. 1976) The role of tutoring in problem solving.

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OCTOBER 12, 2019

Some smart mob activities may be pointless to all but those who participate in the action. Known as ‘ flash mobs ’, they are large groups of people who suddenly gather in a public place, perform some meaningless activity for a period of time, and then just as quickly disappear. Cambridge Journal of Education. 35 (2), 161-175.

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APRIL 28, 2012

Commonly referred to as 'brainwashing' hegemony is an insidious way to indoctrinate the masses into a ' false consciousness ' where each person believes they have ultimate control of their own destiny. It is now the first port of call for many, supplanting Britannica and other previously popular reference books. It doesn't stop there.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2013

It is equally important also to enable students to develop the ability to know how to find, analyse, organise and apply information/content within their professional and personal activities, to take responsibility for their own learning, and to be flexible and adaptable in developing new knowledge and skills. References Bates, T.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 13, 2011

However, teachers who appreciate the merits of conversation in a truly Socratic mode will redesign lessons to incorporate learning activities to reflect it. References Applebee, A. The English Journal, 93 (6), 82. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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