Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Researching Social Media in Education: What can we learn? View more PowerPoint from Steve Wheeler My keynote presentation yesterday to the Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research had a mixed reception. Paper based journals suffer from editorial back logs and there is little they can do to alleviate this problem.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Ford's argument is that currently, much of the cut and thrust of educational practice is played out on Twitter, Facebook, in blogs and other public online spaces. In these ways, informally, educators around the world are connecting and learning from each other in powerful ways, and all for free. How does this compare to academic texts?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 23, 2010

The Law journal has this definition of IP: "Intellectual property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which property rights are recognised - and the corresponding fields of law". Intellectual property is a strange and difficult concept. It's also increasingly anachronistic. How ridiculous.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Professor Terry Anderson , who is based at Athabasca University in Canada, is one of the famous figures of contemporary education, and his list of achievements is lengthy. When did you first become involved with research into distance education and online learning? Terry: I was first attracted to distance education as a student.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Some would say formal distance education was established much earlier in the Americas. Arguably, the concept of distance education via correspondence may have its roots in earlier attempts at remote instruction when the Apostle Paul sent out letters (or epistles) via courier to the early Christian church from his prison cell in Rome.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

This is the second in a series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future' Yesterday's post can be found on this link. In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education. 2007) Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 19, 2015

But is education being left behind in these advances? As educators we would be very foolish to ignore this hugely disruptive potential. Other technologies have similar potential for positive disruption, and yet are largely ignored or forbidden in formal education contexts Wikipedia, as I mentioned in yesterday's post , is a disruptor.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 19, 2011

for education and training. There are many who embrace these changes, probably more in the educational and academic sector than in corporate training. Others don’t accept the idea that students have the same status as lecturers. Well, this is the subject of my LEARNTEC lecture. to do with it? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 31, 2012

Wikipedia is good as a starting point, but students need to be aware that there is more in-depth knowledge available elsewhere in journals and books. It is a dedicated space for independent study, and students will not be ejected to make way for a lecture, but can stay as long as they wish. Unported License.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

5 points about PLEs PLNs for PLENK10 - Dave’s Educational Blog , September 12, 2010. 5 Tools for Online Journalism, Exploration and Visualization - ReadWriteWeb , October 2, 2010. What’s Wrong With Creative Commons - Half an Hour , November 15, 2010. Why Twitter’s t.co Don’t be tone deaf!

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E-Learning Acupuncture

OCTOBER 30, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar e-Learning Acupuncture Erics ramblings, experiences and random thoughts about e-Learning, distance education and Educational Technology. I’ve written before on this blog about science-based educational material available on the web that I have found useful. Educational Games are a BIG SCAM!

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

I kept saying that the web would be the future of education. My understanding from documentaries, journals and books (mostly my partners for her psychology degree) is that without assistance and guidance a child will not naturally (or infomally) learn to talk, eat or walk. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

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Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

I kept saying that the web would be the future of education. My understanding from documentaries, journals and books (mostly my partners for her psychology degree) is that without assistance and guidance a child will not naturally (or infomally) learn to talk, eat or walk. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

I kept saying that the web would be the future of education. My understanding from documentaries, journals and books (mostly my partners for her psychology degree) is that without assistance and guidance a child will not naturally (or infomally) learn to talk, eat or walk. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36

Jay Cross

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

I kept saying that the web would be the future of education. My understanding from documentaries, journals and books (mostly my partners for her psychology degree) is that without assistance and guidance a child will not naturally (or infomally) learn to talk, eat or walk. There are those that do not prefer to learn in front of a PC.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Training Train 36