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MARCH 13, 2014

The impact of traditional education on contemporary pedagogical practices. Chaos and uncertainty versus knowing and order, and the educational impact of rhizomatic approaches to learning. The future of education and the potential impact of new and emerging technologies. Unported License.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Steinar Engeland on unsplash In yesterday's post I wrote about how teachers are beginning to use online forms of education to enhance and extend the reach of schools. Distance education in all its forms has been used for more than a century in education, leveraging the potential of each new technology as it emerges.

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MAY 6, 2019

He said that many educators could benefit from listening more to music, and especially playing an instrument, because timing, pacing and spacing were often lacking in formalised learning settings. Unported License. The conversation turned to music, my songwriting and performances with various bands during the 80s and 90s.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the realm of higher education, the effective management of teaching materials is critical to cultivating an enriching and dynamic learning environment. As an educator, you are confronted with the multifaceted challenges and opportunities inherent in the intricate landscape of teaching materials management systems (TMMSs).

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

This influences our expectations as consumers of knowledge, and it will influence the way teachers will educate in the future. Connected pedagogy: Social networks by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The branches were removed, the satellite dish installed, and the local community could enjoy and learn from the educational programmes we broadcast via the satellite. Working on that project, I think I learnt far more about people and politics than I ever learnt about technology or pedagogy. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 21, 2016

Here's a thought provoking article from our subject leader in Physical Education here at the Plymouth Institute of Education. This is innovation in pedagogy - using existing and familiar contexts, to revise and modify as great learning experiences. It's good to have Tim as a member of our great team of educators.

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JANUARY 31, 2016

Most new technologies, particularly handheld devices, lend themselves more to student led learning than they do to teacher led education. We need a new set of pedagogies (and we also need to know how these can be supported with theory) if we are to maximise the impact of technology on education. Unported License.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

We all need inspiration, and many would argue that we perform better as educators when we have passion. We need to see education for what it is - the means to draw out the best from children and give them the best preparation to thrive in the world. Effective pedagogy not only has impact, it's contagious. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 5, 2015

Pedagogy is not about directing children. In its absolute form, pedagogy is not just about teaching. It does not simply concern itself with the 'delivery' of education or content. In the truest sense, teaching is just one element of pedagogy and not the entire story. Unported License. Reference Brennan, R.

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Learning with e's

MAY 18, 2020

Technology solutions are sought so that education can continue. These are often solutions that have previously been ignored, or worse - dismissed by many educators as undesirable, unfeasible. The educators who previously avoided technology solutions now have to hurriedly embrace these solutions to keep working. Unported License.

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MAY 12, 2015

I recently wrote a blogpost entitled ' Maker Pedagogy ' where I outlined some of the emerging educational benefits of learning through making. The advent of 3D Printing (also known as additive manufacturing) has brought maker pedagogy opportunities to schools and other educational institutions in a fairly affordable manner.

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JUNE 21, 2019

My opening keynote speech at the 29th annual EDEN conference at VIVES University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium earlier this week was given the title Connected pedagogies - Learning and teaching in the digital age. Unported License. Unported License. These are presented at the very end of my keynote.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 14, 2017

Image from Carpe Diem I was sent a pre-publication copy of Cathy Davidson's new book The New Education recently, to review. She is a doyen of the progressive education movement, and her ideas are far reaching and influential. the teacher's authority, the broadcast model of pedagogy - all the components of higher education.'

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

One of the principles of pedagogy I learnt very early on in my career was not to privilege teaching above learning. The delivery of content and the instructional aspects of education are, and should always be considered to be, just two components in learning. There's more to education than standing up and teaching.

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APRIL 23, 2020

Educators need to understand this when they teach online. 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. Unported License. You'd be mad to miss out. You're welcome.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

One final point: We also give students the license to challenge us, and sometimes, if we feel it necessary, tutors may even debate each other in front of the students. I would be interested to hear from other teacher educators about what approaches you use and whether you see any value in what we are doing with our bear pits.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Education and schooling are not the same thing. Education is where learning is personalised and unique to the individual. Pedagogy in the best sense of the word is where knowledgeable others such as teachers and experts provide the guidance and support for good learning to be optimised. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Photo by Frederick Rubensson on Flickr 'In every talk, I'm asked where I would start first in revolutionizing education (K-professional school): Answer, always. Until we change how and what we measure from 19th c productivity norms, education will deliver a 19th c product.' HERDSA Review of Higher Education, Vol 1. Assessment.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. There are thousands of blogs dedicated to education in the UK, and many of them have great content that can inspire, inform or challenge. Unported License.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

This include assessment and feedback - which are vital in scaffolding the student's progress through their education. The table above helps to simplify the complexity somewhat, and provides educators with models that helpfully describe alternative approaches to pedagogy. Unported License. References Biggs, J.,

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2017

It has featured regularly in keynote speeches, articles and texts about the future of education. The illustration really depicts education as it would have been in 1910, with a teacher as the gatekeeper of knowledge, and with the students as passive recipients of that knowledge once it was released. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Photo by Filip Mroz on unsplash In my first post in this blog series I outlined the changes taking place in schools due to the adoption of online forms of education. In my follow-up post, I posed a key question for teachers to answer if they wished to become successful online educators. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In this short series (on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy'*) I'm exploring some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. Photo by Kabir Bakie on Wikimedia Commons *Yes, I know that the term 'narrative pedagogy' has been used before, but in other contexts. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In this short series on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy' I want to explore some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. Unported License. Every story is a lesson, and every lesson can be a story. Teachers can learn a lot from the techniques writers use. Students get bored easily in class.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 1, 2018

Image by Glamhag on Flickr Large screen touch displays seem to be the 'Cinderella technology' of education. The latter seem not to have made connections between the affordances of the IWB and authentic, situated pedagogy. So, how can educators tap into the powerful affordances of the interactive whiteboard? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Yet many education systems have failed to accept this reality. The educational theorist and humanist Carl Rogers once wrote that we should aim to foster 'a climate of trust in the classroom in which curiosity and the natural desire to learn can be nourished and enhanced' (Rogers, 1983). 1993) Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

this short series on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy'* I want to explore some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. Photo by Daniel Hollister on Flickr *Yes, I know that the term 'narrative pedagogy' has been used before, but in other contexts. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 22, 2010

Here's the abstract for my keynote: New Spaces, New Pedagogies: Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Education A rapid emergence of social media – the so called ‘Web 2.0’ – has opened up new opportunities for participatory learning in all sectors of education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In this short series I'm exploring some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. How might we use the principle of Chekhov's Gun in education? In a science or history education, an object may be placed at the front of the class, and not used until right at the end of the lesson. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

In this short series I'm exploring some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. How might we use the principle of Chekhov's Gun in education? In a science or history education, an object may be placed at the front of the class, and not used until right at the end of the lesson. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. Some schools have begun to experiment, and a few are well down the road to adopting and using online education as a viable supplement, or even replacement for face to face teaching.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler I'm currently writing several short online courses for educators, and I've just published the second module in my online series about digital learning. Digital literacies online 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

APRIL 27, 2020

It's also a shout out to the teachers, the school staff, nursery workers and others who look after and educate our young people, week in, week out, whatever else is going on in the world. The pandemic has compelled educators to teach at a distance in many instances, and the scramble to find solutions has been frenetic.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games. Games based learning (GBL) has yet to gain a strong foothold in formal education spaces, but there are already some signs of success. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games. Games based learning (GBL) has yet to gain a strong foothold in formal education spaces, but there are already some signs of success. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2017

Clearly the binary is used as a rhetorical device, and in reality, each teacher is unique in the way they approach and practice their pedagogy. I believe that what Wes Kieschnick is arguing here is that some schools develop a culture that militates against future oriented education. Unported License.

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