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Learning theories for the digital age

Learning with e's

I pointed out recently that many of the older theories of pedagogy were formulated in a pre-digital age. I blogged about some of the new theories that seem appropriate as explanatory frameworks for learning in a digital age. Is it now time for these new theories to replace the old ones?

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The architecture of learning

Learning with e's

Blogs rely not only on content, but on users, and ultimately on the dialogue that ensues between all those who read the content. Behaviourism and Cognitivism are theories that could comfortably be applied to describe the activities seen within a Learning 1.0 One of the best theories to describe how learning is organised in Web 2.0

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Parabolic learning

Learning with e's

They are only a small group of a dozen students, but over the last few months, my elearning module group has created a very large amount of content, including blogs, wiki pages and videos. I asked the members of the two teams to research their arguments, with supporting evidence, and blog their ideas in preparation for next week's debate.

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Semantic technologies and learning

Learning with e's

blogs and wikis), which better enable learning environments to support principles of social constructivism. collaborative tagging, social networking, mash-ups, and wikis), lightweight representation of semantics and metadata is used in the form of folksonomies, user comments, and ratings. Yet, students are also content creators.

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Finders keepers, losers weepers

Clive on Learning

In fact Peter wrote what was probably the definitive book on the subject, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web , which I vaguely recall reading some time back (I find that now I blog a review of any book I read, I remember much more, which for me is an invaluable side effect of blogging).

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December's BIG QUESTION!!! Part I

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

I have several events to be remembered but most importantly 2006 will be remembered as the year of The Learning Triad: blogs, wikis, and RSS. Since starting the Corporate eLearning Development blog in August '05 ( post #1 ), I've discovered so many of fabulous, passionate, Learning Professionals from across the globe. this year.