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Bear pit pedagogy

Learning with e's

My colleague Peter Yeomans (AKA @ethinking on Twitter) says we create the 'bear pits' for our students. We encourage them to develop their own Personal/Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) so they can lock into and exploit the vast communities of practice that already exist out there in the rapidly expanding Blogosphere and Twitterverse.

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On Aer

Learning with e's

It was a wide ranging interview in which we explored the use Twitter as a rich communication backchannel and networking media, discussed personal learning networks and communities of practice, and talked at length about the idea of classrooms without walls, BYOD and open educational resources.

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I store my knowledge with my friends

Learning with e's

I'm at Colchester Institute on Friday to present a workshop entitled: Communities, Spaces and Pedagogies for the Digital Age. Wow - this is just the kind of stuff I do within my own community of practice and it's the social web that helps me to achieve this kind of learning.

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Top 113 eLearning Posts and 28 Hottest Topics for 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

How do we come up with these - well it’s based on social signals (clicks, views, twitter, delicious and more). Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles - eLearning Technology , March 24, 2010. Creating Dynamic Presentations with Prezi - WISE Pedagogy , May 24, 2010. Using Twitter to Transform the Classroom!

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eLearning Learning - Best of May

Tony Karrer

Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals.

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Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

Twitter in the classroom: 10 useful resources , Social Media in Learning , August 12, 2009. Twitter in the classroom: 10 useful resources - Social Media in Learning , August 12, 2009. Twitter Tips: for Teachers & Educators - Dont Waste Your Time , May 9, 2009. The Truth About Twitter - Social Enterprise Blog , May 11, 2009.

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Open all OERs

Learning with e's

I was live-blogging throughout these presentations, and during the first panel session presented two questions from the Twitter stream to the panel. After lunch, it was my turn to present my invited paper, which dealt with the wider issues surrounding OERs, such as pedagogy, theoretical and philosophical considerations.

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