Learning with e's

APRIL 23, 2020

What's more, they are placed into the context of online learning, digital pedagogy, social and psychological theory and teaching in the technology enabled world of the virtual classroom. Digital identity by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 24, 2019

It shouldn't be used as an arbiter between competing theories or ideas, but is best used as a tool to select the theory or idea with the least number of assumptions. Bottom line: simpler theories are more preferable to complex theories because they are more testable. One final thought. he demanded simplicity.

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CourseArc

MARCH 15, 2017

Since online learning often separates teachers from learners across time and distance, we rely on evaluations – in the form of tests, quizzes and assessments – to judge each student’s successful comprehension of the content (and to judge how well the course designers presented their information). But what makes a good test question?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

The dominant method was correspondence courses (paper based resources, audio cassette tapes, VHS videos and eventually CDs were mailed out to students), but once the Web had begun to take hold in the early 90s, we started developing multi-user domains (basically very primitive online discussion forums). Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 12, 2020

There are many, many ways to do this of course, and in this series of blog posts I will aim to explore a few methods that I have tried with success in engaging my own students. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. Let's start with collaborative online spaces.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 25, 2018

Some educational myths are about the nature of learning, others concern the role of teachers, or technology, and of course, there are several questionable theories floating around about the human brain and how we learn. Another persistent untruth is the theory of left and right brain dominance, also referred to as hemisphericity.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Also of course, Greenwich is where 'time begins' at the Meridian Line. There is plenty of discussion around digital competencies, learning theory and teaching environments, and I hope you'll find the content thought provoking. The buildings, designed by Sir Christopher Wren were completed in 1712 and ooze history. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2014

This is number 23 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we review the andragogy theory of Malcolm Knowles. Of course not. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2014

This is number 27 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, I will examine Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 6, 2014

This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Hull''s Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." (You Ill definitely look into it. 12:06 PM Clark said.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

However, these may be complexities that matter more in theory than in practice. Such complexities are generally only problematic for academics, course designers and teachers. It is these many and various modes of learning and associated activities that ensure 'blended learning' cannot be a simple proposition. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2019

I also remember all the Christmas lights, wrapping up warm, and of course the gluhwein and frankfurters at the Christmas markets, especially around the old Gedächtniskirche in Ku'Damm. Back to Berlin by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Open a course with something to get the learners thinking, give them information to help them further their understanding, then give them space to reflect on the initial question and how their own experiences or readings have changed. Some students will look, most might not. But let them decide.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2014

New theories for the networked, digital age, emerging cultures of learning and a hyper-connected and networked society. Flipped classes, Massive Open Online Courses and Mind Technologies. Differentials between academic practices, and the variety of roles we adopt within communities of practice and learning. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Theory vs. Application in Instructional Design: One Academics View A long time ago, I decided I was much better at the practical side of things than the theoretical. See what John has to say in Instructional Design and Academia -- Where Theory and Practice RARELY Meet. I did great in Calculus AB(?)

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Not many people understood his theories. This is absolute nonsense of course, because the cat would know, and anyway it's not possible to be dead and alive at the same time unless you're Dracula. Photo by Eberhard Grossgasteiger on unsplash Schrödinger was a bit of an egghead. And what did Erwin Schrödinger have against cats anyway?

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Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Image licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 We’ve gone so far as to develop an entire field—social learning theory—based on the premise that “behavior is learned from the environment through the process of observational learning.” Really, not so much has changed. Unported license. Attribution: amiteshikha.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This of course is a profound question, and one which demands some good theory and reflection. Much of our thinking about learning over the past few decades has been influenced significantly by the writings of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotskii, who proposed the theory of social constructivism (Vygotsky, 1978). Engeström, Y.,

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Learning with e's

JUNE 1, 2014

This is number 11 in my series of short posts on learning theories. My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we continue to explore Festinger''s work, this time focusing on his theory of cognitive dissonance.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

I deliberately inserted a (re) in front of the Designing theme, because I wanted to make it clear that we need to redesign and re-engineer many of our current practices in higher education, including course design, assessment and student support. Things are changing, and so is the nature of knowledge. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In other words, we enable digital and physical learning spaces in which they can freely explore ideas, argue with each other (and us) over concepts and theories and in so doing, develop their reasoning and thinking skills. In order to develop key critical thinking skills, learners need to be able to argue effectively. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

What theories could be used to explain these phenomena, and how can social/psychological models better our understanding of how people learn when their communication, relationships and learning are mediated through technology? What issues in HE teaching and learning are you passionate about? We have the technology. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

Image by Steve Wheeler This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. I'm working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Hull's Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Don't worry though, there's a theory for everything, including chaotic forms of learning. Post modern theories of society are often difficult to comprehend, largely due to the dense and at times inscrutable style in which post-modernist theorists write. I want my students to know more than me at the end of my course.

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learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Designing and teaching online courses. Online Learning Platform vs. Online Course Platform vs. Learning Management System (LMS). Online courses ideas to teach graphic design. Online courses ideas to teach interior design. Course Examples of Teaching Graphic Design & Interior Design.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Don't worry though, there's a theory for everything, including chaotic forms of learning. Post modern theories of society are often difficult to comprehend, largely due to the dense and at times inscrutable style in which post-modernist theorists write. I want my students to know more than me at the end of my course.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

And, of course, that is an absolute mistake. I think the ultimate message is that we have a lot of practice going on with the use of technology in learning and there’s a lot of learning theory out there but often the two don’t come together. My new book Learning with ''e''s is published by Crown House in paperback and Kindle formats.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory. And, more importantly, you can improve your design when you understand the theory. (Im

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Learning with e's

JULY 26, 2019

2018) Laptop versus Longhand Note Taking in a Professional Doctorate Course. 2015) Learning with 'e's: Educational theory and practice in the digital age. Writes of passage by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Deselle, S.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It was entitled: Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in Theory and Practice. There is a great deal of cross over here with personal learning environments (PLEs) of course, particularly in relation to user generated content and sharing within a community of practice. et al (2007) Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in Theory and Practice.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

What you can use online methods and other things like that for are more in the nature of reinforcement and understanding the theory. You can train people on sales theory, and believe it or not there’s actually a lot of theoretical stuff involved in different sales models and methods. He’s not going out and making movies.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. After my appeal for something a little more pared down that I might actually be able to read, Dr. John came up with these essentials: The Conditions of Learning and Theory of Instruction , by Robert Gagné Training Complex Cognitive Skills , by Jeroen J.G. These are my current faves.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Back in the early 1990s, when I was involved in nurse education, I introduced a project where students were given an entire day to create a 5 minute video on a subject directly related to their course. Photo by Ah Zut Learning by making by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 18, 2011

Over at the University of Brighton, Peps McCrea is currently blogging about MOOCs (Massively Online Open Courses) and is speculating how they might influence the future of Higher Education. And connectivism is one of the major underpinning theories of the MOOC. That's learning. That's connectivism too, according to Siemens and Downes.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

As a practical person, I tend to avoid theory. But in my quest for an informal M.Ed, Ive got to get into theory a bit, right? So when designing e-Learning courses, think about the skill level of your audience and present to their "current abilities and the demands of the task they have to master next." For the moment.

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