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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. They are constantly creating new content, and presenting their new knowledge in blogs, videos and on other digital media. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Why lectures?

Learning with e's

A recent article on the BBC News website asks why lectures aren't obsolete. It seems strange that although research points to their ineffectiveness as a method of learning, lectures still figure predominantly in higher education. The third concerns the nature of the lecture itself. There are three issues to consider here.

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Empowering students with digital tools and project-based learning

Kadenze

Kadenze is pleased to launch a new course – Introduction to Psychology – and welcomes a new partner – Wesleyan University – to our online creative education platform. As a result, this course demonstrates a creative approach to teaching a traditional subject online. A radical feature of this approach is Digital-Intro.

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Digital capabilities and curiosity

Learning with e's

Our opening keynote Helen Beetham talked about digital capabilities, which is becoming a well trodden phrase in higher education. Helen said that digital capability is the capacity to thrive in digital environments. Our keynotes were presented in a large traditional lecture theatre with tiered seating. Unported License.

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A growing divide?

Learning with e's

Christian claims that a new pedagogy is emerging that is directly driven by the upsurge in online activity. Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. The classroom is no longer the unique centre of learning, based on information delivery through a lecture."

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Generation next

Learning with e's

They will have no memories of the 20th century, which just happens to be the same century their lecturers were born and educated within. It's safe to claim that much of higher education is firmly rooted in the past , reflecting colonial history, traditional values and 20th (or even 19th) Century pedagogies. It's a sobering thought.

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with e's

All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. The Meaning Of Pedagogy (>62,000 views, 8 comments) This was a post I wrote in response to questions from my students while working at the Plymouth Institute of Education. What The Flip? (>29,000 >29,000 views) 10.