Learning with e's

MARCH 15, 2019

I attended an event in Utrecht, in the Netherlands way back in 2007, at around the time that social media was emerging as a serious learning technology. Together for two days, we discussed how digital technologies and networks could support learning. You can give it away as much as you like, because you still get to keep it.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The technology we used was fairly simple, and we were still years away from networked computers, personal technologies and the Web. To give you a flavour of 1976, here are some of the moving image technologies I worked with: Video Video was a relatively new thing for us all in the 1970s. Importantly, they recorded in colour!

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The technology we used was fairly simple, and we were still years away from networked computers, personal technologies and the Web. To give you a flavour of 1976, here are some of the moving image technologies I worked with: Video Video was a relatively new thing for us all in the 1970s. Importantly, they recorded in colour!

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learnWorlds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Bensound Under a Creative Commons License, Bensound gives you the option to use its music for free as long as you credit the website with any music you use. You can also connect your social media accounts, and any music you use in your social media content is automatically cleared. A mobile app is also available.

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Jane Hart

MARCH 20, 2012

Here is an updated version (V3) of the WSD Framework with more charts and descriptions, and now available as a PDF to download under a Creative Commons Licence. Click image for full-size version. Click image for full-size version. Click image for full-size version. Click image for full-size version.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2019

Image from Pixabay EDEN - the European Distance and E-learning Network - is my spiritual home. Let me list just a few: Smart phones and other mobile technologies such as e-readers; social media and social networks; touch-screen technologies; Web 2.0; Where is EDEN, you may ask? It's everywhere. I hope to see you there!

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Learning in the industrialised world can now be contextualised within a largely technological landscape, where the use of digital media is assuming increasing importance. 1964) Understanding Media. Department of Education: Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education. 2000) Simple Moments of Learning. McLuhan, M.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2011

But we all have access to the power of social media, and with appropriate use, and with enough of us involved, we are all watchers - and we can all make a difference. He reported it online, sharing his outrage with his social network. The story went viral, spreading rapidly across other networks. We are all Big Brother now.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The 20th Century was the century of the moving image. From cinema, through to television, the experience of media was defined by an amalgamation of sound and vision. Toward the end of the last century, the Web began to emerge as the convergent point for media. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The 20th Century was the century of the moving image. From cinema, through to television, the experience of media was defined by an amalgamation of sound and vision. Toward the end of the last century, the Web began to emerge as the convergent point for media. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 16, 2012

These connections exist not only in links between 'friends', but also in fan page membership, tags, 'likes' and comments, image uploads (at least 250 million photos each day), hyperlinks and a whole host of other digital artefacts created by people simply linking into content and interacting with it. But what does this mean for education?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Are you a teacher who has managed to harness the power of social media to connect with peers and experts around the globe? He added that the Connected Educator uses social media to connect with others around the globe and engage in conversations online. Are you a connected educator? So I will return to my original question.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 16, 2017

Soon there were 2 computers in the corridor, and then later an entire suite, networked in a dedicated computer suite. The web arrived, and we found ourselves beginning to network across the globe, forming the first social networks. This was the beginnings of computer assisted learning. In the 90s, change accelerated.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

We sat outside in the early spring sunshine of Portlaiose and discussed blogging, social media, the state of education, ideal schools of the future, innovation and technology, and a whole host of related topics. Image source On Aer by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 3, 2011

And social media are the enablers. Yet many teachers and students see social networking tools as frivolous entertainment or ego massage. How many students and teachers are missing out on a broader social experience, because they have disengaged with social media? Well, I suppose you could always learn parrot fashion.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2014

The world''s largest and most successful social network, Facebook - celebrated its tenth anniversary in February 2014. This may be one explanation why people appear to be less guarded on social media, and feel free to say things they would never dream of saying in a real-life public space. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2013

You can track down resources, people, contacts, tunes, images, videos, quotes. Invoking the earlier work of Marshall McLuhan, Carr argues that digital media are dangerous when used regularly, and that they can insidiously alter the structure of the brain. Photo from Public Domain Images All just a click away? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2013

Although technology has moved on a pace - since the book was written we now have social media, mobile phones and touch screen tablet computers - many of Sherry Turkle''s ideas still resonate with personal meaning. We live in a world far richer in terms of social networking than Sherry Turkle did in the 1990s. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2012

Licensing your content under a Creative Commons agreement that allows for repurposing or remixing provides an opportunity and invitation for others to translate your slides or blogposts into another language. There were several images I could have used to illustrate this post, but all were protected by a copyright licence.

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Marcia Conner

MARCH 28, 2013

During each I was asked about some of the tools I use personally to get the most from social media–and ultimately learn as much as I can. Buffer – Providing an easy way to share tweets (or status updates to most every social network) by allowing you to choose set times to post each day. I learn from it every day!

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This could be a conversation, an image or video, or some other digital artefact. This can be hosted photo and video sharing sites such as Flickr and YouTube, or social networking sites such as Facebook, but are equally likely to be curation and aggregation tools such as Scoop.it and Pinterest. and Pitches, J. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Almost everyone, it seems, is using some element of social media in the planning, development, delivery, management or evaluation of teaching and learning.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

before social media) and Learning 2.0. Social media are enabling learners everywhere to connect and work together with each other, forming convenient communities and networks of shared interest. Social media have provided the tools to achieve this on a global level. The full power of the Learning 2.0 Where Learning 1.0

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2011

In some ways, I argued, andragogy theory seems outmoded in the light of recent rapid developments in new teaching methods, learning resources and digital media. Both are highly applicable when we consider the advance of learning technologies and the deep pervasion of social media into many learning spaces, formal and informal.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 1, 2013

His vision of the future requires humanity to become increasingly intelligent, made smarter because of increased opportunities to connect, create and find knowledge across the network. Whether this occurs as a direct result of access to technology and greater opportunities for networking, is yet to be established. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2012

The Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan had a somewhat different take on media. Clark , argued that media and technologies were 'mere vehicles' that delivered content to users in much the same way that delivery vans brought goods. Kozma made the statement: 'If we move from "Do media influence learning?"

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2012

Technology (in the form of mobile telephones) has changed the way we communicate with each other, and social networking services such as Facebook have made similar advances in the way we relate to our friends and family. They are being encouraged to communicate more effectively through podcasts, videos and on social networking sites.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. Twitter: This social networking tool is deceptively simple, but deeply sophisticated and versatile due to its inherent filtering facilities. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The first, a long established claim, is that all technology is neutral, and that 'media are mere vehicles that deliver instruction, but do not influence student achievement, any more than the van that delivers our groceries can cause change in nutrition'. Again there are two views here about the effects of media and technology on learning.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

There are now a variety of new ways we can create peer networks, learn from each other and share our ideas. 2012) Paragogical Praxis, E-Learning and Digital Media , 9(3), 267-272 Illich, I. Image source Theories for the digital age: Paragogy by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 23, 2011

C-SAP is the Higher Education Academy subject Network for Sociology, Anthropology and Politics, and it's in it's eleventh and final year of existence. This is why the media - television, newspapers, radio, internet, gaming - have so much influence over public perceptions. But we cannot control everything. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 10, 2015

Villemard, c 1910 She used a quote from David Golumbia: 'The network map is not the politcal territory' which traced the word 'network' back to the introduction of the railroads in America, the word now relates to the way people connect and communicate using digital media. The control of the network matters.

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

It is your personal network. Whether or not we realise it, if we regularly use social media, we are members of the world wide digital tribe. Post-industrial society saw the emergence of personal computers, the Web and a global communication network of mobile phones. It is your virtual community. Call it what you wish.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2017

Generation Z are the first generation who have had been exposed to networked technology from birth. They are self-aware and conscious of their image, due to a lifetime of public exposure on social media. They carry their personal technology around with them and know how to use it to connect and to communicate. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

When I was elected as chair of the Network of Academics and Professionals ( NAP) in 2014, I wondered what I might do to make my mark. Every chat is archived using the social media tool Storify , so that anyone can revisit the discussion at any time on the EDEN website here. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

One of the digital literacies I identified in yesterday's blogpost was effective social networking. What else do we need to learn about social networking that can help us or our students to learn better? So what are the essential compontents of social networking as a digital literacy? So what's the big deal about this?

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Learning with e's

MAY 3, 2015

The exponential growth of online repositories of knowledge (Wikipedia), media (Wikimedia Commons - the source of the image above), images (Flickr, Instagram) and video (YouTube, Vimeo) would not have been so dramatic if there was less demand. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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