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Digital me, digital you

Learning with e's

For example, Marshall McLuhan made specific reference to the relationship between people and technology when he declared ''we shape our tools, and thereafter, our tools shape us.'' I thought it useful to apply some statements by leading theorists to a few of the pathways/relationships within the model. Unported License.

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Deeper learning

Learning with e's

For example, students process content more deeply if they have to discuss its meaning, or are involved in solving a related problem. Educators should also give students opportunities to present their learning through seminars, or through the creation of artefacts (e.g. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior , 11 (6), 671-684.

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We learn by teaching

Learning with e's

Let me give you a recent example: During an ICT session this week, as I made hard work of 'wiping the interactive whiteboard clean', my students pointed out to me that on Smartboards, all you need to do is circle the text you wish to delete with the wiper and then tap the middle of the text, and hey presto - the entire text disappears.

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Visions and values #EEVV351

Learning with e's

I''m very fortunate to be the module leader of this presentation, and although it was initially a daunting prospect to manage a final year module for 200 students and an excellent team of around 15 lecturers and seminar leaders, I''m really warming to the task. More on the plans for this in a later communication. Unported License.

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Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing

Learning with e's

Participants can join in and leave at any time, as the rolling programme of keynotes, discussions, panels and seminars/workshops plays out in real time on screen. There are endless examples of pervasive computing online, and a quick search will unearth some great ideas that have already been put into practice. Unported License.

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E-Learning 101: Straightforward Answers to Fundamental Questions

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For example, in a first aid course, you could put a special patch on your arm and then look at it through the camera on your phone via an augmented reality application. For example, in a course on disaster response, you could put on virtual reality goggles and see a fully simulated town after a tornado. What is Creative Commons?

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The next ten years

Learning with e's

It was a day packed full of seminars and workshops, and I will report on it later, when there is some space to think. Professor Thomas also highlighted recent scrutiny of universities’ connections with Libya as an example of how the public see education as operating within a different value system. Unported License.