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Curiosity, cognition and content

Learning with e's

We could argue that the majority of what we 'know' derives from our ability to be able to think, to reason, to reflect, to ask questions - our higher cognitive processes. Curiosity, cognition and content by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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How Technology Is Powering Learning

Magic EdTech

When applied to education, technology can bring fundamental transformation to the ways we learn. While the critical drivers of education stay unchanged, this transformation supports a simple replication of traditional classroom pedagogies. Technology itself is not a pedagogical framework, and the learning intent has not changed.

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How Technology Is Powering Learning

Magic EdTech

When applied to education, technology can bring fundamental transformation to the ways we learn. While the critical drivers of education stay unchanged, this transformation supports a simple replication of traditional classroom pedagogies. Technology itself is not a pedagogical framework, and the learning intent has not changed.

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Maker pedagogy

Learning with e's

More and more teachers are beginning to realise that creating environments and possibilities where students make things is a very powerful pedagogy. Seymour Papert ''s work on constructionism outlines the cognitive gain that occurs when we create something new rather than simply repeat knowledge that has already been acquired.

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Learning Tools and Uni Change

Clark Quinn

For one, experts largely don’t have access to what they do, consciously, owing to the nature of our cognitive architecture. We compile information away, and research from the Cognitive Technology Group at the University of Southern California has estimated that 70% of what experts do isn’t available.

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Innovative K-12 Digital Content for Modern Learning Platforms

Kitaboo

Technology has wonderfully integrated into several industries and streams. This is where digital learning platforms are at the forefront, leveraging technology to expand learning opportunities beyond classrooms. Conclusion The Relevance of EdTech As the acronym suggests, EdTech is a fusion of Education and Technology.

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Best Practices for Effective Online Course Development

Hurix Digital

Pedagogy has since long been an overly debated subject. However, thanks to the steady slew of technological advancements over the course of the last decade, education has seen a paradigm shift too. The phenomenon of digitalization has arguably gifted pedagogy its greatest strength, i.e., online learning.

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