Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2016

Humans are inherently social. Most of our learning is achieved within social contexts. Even when we are on our own, much of our learning through resources such as books and videos is mediated socially - there is another mind behind the resource. Is there space for collaboration and communication between students?

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Social Maslow Communities of Practice Community 40

Learning with e's

AUGUST 25, 2014

The previous post highlighted issues around the theory of Communities of Practice, from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. In this post, I''m revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Most versions of Maslow''s Hierarchy are represented as pyramids.

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Maslow Cognitive Theory Pinnacle 84

Learning with e's

AUGUST 17, 2012

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. our use of social media actually engages.'

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Network Maslow Creative Commons Social Media 83

Learning with e's

AUGUST 25, 2014

The previous post highlighted issues around the theory of Communities of Practice, from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. In this post, I'm revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs. Most versions of Maslow's Hierarchy are represented as pyramids.

Maslow 40

Maslow Cognitive Theory Pinnacle 40

Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

It fascinated social psychologist Stanley Milgram. So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Who we know and who they know, he believed, define our social structure.

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Cognitive Theory Social Media Maslow 95

Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2014

The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Previous posts in this series are all linked below. In this post, I will examine Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory.

Cognitive 101

Cognitive Maslow Theory Attitudes 101

Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5. Craik and Lockhart Levels of Processing 6.

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Cognitive Theory Maslow Learning Theory 88