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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

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Both Corning and Microsoft appear to be actively pushing back against this and describing a vision of the future where technology, and particularly mobile devices, will draw families back together. Both films share a vision of information and education becoming portable, scalable and shareable with the help of their future products.

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Interactions: to tell or to test?

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They help to break up content into learner-friendly chunks and they start to turn a passive learning experience into something more active. But they don’t demand intellectual engagement – you can click through the whole activity without necessarily putting any thought into it. ‘Testing’ interactions.

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

Good To Great

Both Corning and Microsoft appear to be actively pushing back against this and describing a vision of the future where technology, and particularly mobile devices, will draw families back together. Both films share a vision of information and education becoming portable, scalable and shareable with the help of their future products.

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What characterises good e-learning?

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So I think that e-learning should be something that students learn and then actively engage or lead in. Engagement to me, means that the learner is consciously active in the process and making cognitive choices during any e-learning course. stephaniededhar | August 16, 2010 at 9:37 am | Reply Thanks all for your input!

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Day 2: The right interactions at the right time

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I’m talking about ‘testing’ interactions here – intellectually engaging activities – as opposed to ‘telling’ interactions.) For example, if you had a list of examples which the learner had to separate into good or bad in terms of making an impression, I suspect this would be a fairly easy activity.

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 2)

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It provides novel entertainment, useful information (such as nutritional values of available food), and convenient assistance (during cooking, for instance). The first hint of this being taken too far is when the guy re-starts chopping his vegetables in order to get the perfect score for this activity.

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 2)

Good To Great

It provides novel entertainment, useful information (such as nutritional values of available food), and convenient assistance (during cooking, for instance). The first hint of this being taken too far is when the guy re-starts chopping his vegetables in order to get the perfect score for this activity.