Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2011

The proportions of formal and informal learning vary with the task at hand, the context for learning, and the psyche of the learner. Generally, informal learning carries anywhere from four to ten times the weight of formal learning. Where Does Informal Learning Fit In? Read to know more.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, October 01, 2009 Interview with Tony Karrer on Informal and Social Learning Be sure to listen to the latest Kineo podcast with Dr. Tony Karrer. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2009

Wikis, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, microblogs, social networking. and to learn. Formal learning is not the only type of learning possible, you see. You are learning something new now by reading this blog post, and I learnt something new while I was writing it. we are learning informally.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This got me musing on some of the issues that have been bumping around in my head as I read all the blog talk on the topic of informal learning as well as Jays book (which I have admittedly only gotten partly through).

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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. Clearly our social and cultural worlds are influenced by new technology, but are there also biological implications? References Cross, J. London: John Wiley and Sons.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2014

And yet according to on very respected psychologist - Lev Vygotsky - learning on your own is not as powerful or extensive as learning alongside a ''knowledgeable other'' person. They would need to progress through a strictly defined set of cognitive stages before they were ready to learn at the next level. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 6, 2014

In many ways, heutagogy is aligned to other digital age theories, in that it places an importance on ‘learning to learn’, and the sharing rather than hoarding of that knowledge. It is not difficult to see that such sharing of knowledge can be easily achieved through social media and the use of personal digital technologies.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

With the upsurge in ownership of smart mobile devices such as iPhones, Androids and Blackberries, the rapid social penetration of touchscreen computers such as iPads, and an increase in the purchase of Kindles and other e-reader devices, the future of learning is definitely smart mobile. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2013

Do we need them to describe and frame what is currently happening in an age where everyone is as connected as they wish to be, where social media are the new meeting places, and where mobile telephones are pervading every aspect of our lives. Secondly, they can inform and justify our professional practice as teachers. Unported License.

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

They won't, however, be positioning themselves well for informal learning, performance support, or knowledge management. When content is viewed as the most valuable contribution to learning, an LMS will suffice. Ultimately, careful analysis of the learning task and tools available should drive the method selected.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Thus we reach the ordinary notion of education: the notion which ignores its social necessity and its identity with all human association that affects conscious life, and which identifies it with imparting information about remote matters." (p Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 27, 2012

One of the great, unchanging roles of a parent is to be an informal teacher of their children, and older siblings also take a hand. Children today learn a lot of social rules and mores through informal play, long before they ever see a school playground. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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APRIL 22, 2015

The advent of social media has further advanced this evolution at a pace. Hence, mobile learning is now becoming a key part of educational strategy. I hope you will join us tonight for an hour of informal learning and sharing. Photo by Johan Larsson on Wikimedia Commons #EDENchat How effective is mobile learning?

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Learning with e's

JULY 23, 2010

I'm increasingly conscious of the blurring of boundaries between formal and informal learning contexts. We spend much of our time in formal settings such as classrooms, training rooms and 'on the job' training, to learn the stuff that gets accredited through academic or vocational qualifications bodies. Every learner has one.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments. A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Photo on Pixabay Join our global #EDENchat by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. We will announce these soon. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

What we learn in formalised settings such as school, college and university is merely the foundation of our knowledge and the rudimentary skill sets that enable us to build our own minds and construct meaning, through individual and social contexts later in life. That has always been the nature of learning. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The e-Learning Foundation said it feared the gap between rich and poor pupils' performance at school would widen unless more was done to ensure that every child can use a computer at home". The divide between the 'haves' and the 'have nots' may be economic, but it has far reaching social, cultural and political consequences.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The role of the learning leader is shifting from being a program manager to a solution architect. Learning technologies are becoming social, collaborative, and virtual. Success metrics for learning will be based on content access, views, involvement and downloads. Grows - But Creating "eLearning 2.0

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

Whether or not we realise it, if we regularly use social media, we are members of the world wide digital tribe. Social media, the most social of all modern technologies, provided us with shared virtual spaces where we could ''meet''. Facebook is currently the largest of the digital totems in the social media universe.

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Learning with e's

JULY 24, 2012

In Deschooling Society , Illich called for personal learning through informal learning networks, and rejected the funnelling approach of mass, unidirectional, instructivist education systems. But ultimately, teachers have a vast array of personal learning resources at their disposal thanks to the social web.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2013

Ostensibly, learning is an individual goal, and each student does tend to learn in their own way, using their own favoured approaches and tools. We refer to this as personalised learning ( a video explains ). Collaborative learning does not undermine or contradict personalised learning. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 9, 2009

This post stood out: DIY vs. Formal Learning. So whats changed in the past two years with the rise of social media tools? Posted by Cammy Bean at 3:37 PM Labels: DIY , formal , informal learning 1 comments: ID Student said. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. Are more people doing it themselves?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 1, 2011

One of the great, unchanging roles of a parent is to be an informal teacher of their children, and older siblings also take a hand. Children today learn a lot of social rules and mores through informal play, long before they ever see a school playground. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Dave Cormier - one of the foremost contributors to rhizomatic learning theory - takes this concept deeper into digital territory by equating rhizomatic learning to 'community as curriculum'. Students can, and do, create their own personalised learning pathways. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

I have been thinking and writing about ' Learning 2.0 ' for some time now. This is the argument that there has been a paradigm shift in the way students learn - from 1.0 from passive to active, from individual to social and from consumer to producer. Graphic by Steve Wheeler Skills for Learning 2.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 6, 2011

In Deschooling Society , Illich called for personal learning through informal learning networks, and rejected the funnelling approach of mass, unidirectional, instructivist education systems. But ultimately, teachers have a vast array of personal learning resources at their disposal thanks to the social web.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 2, 2013

user generated content) is one of the dominant modes of technology use in both formal and informal learning, and is increasingly pervasive throughout the Western World. Photo by Kris Williams Go your own way by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 How about you?

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 8, 2010

In Deschooling Society , Illich called for personal learning through informal learning networks, and rejected the funnelling approach of mass, unidirectional, instructivist education systems. But ultimately, teachers have a vast array of personal learning resources at their disposal thanks to the social web.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 26, 2010

How about a more balanced curriculum then, where academic topics are equally weighted with artistic, aesthetic and social skills? What if children could learn from each other in this way using social networks and massively online role playing games? Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

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. It really is informal learning at its best, and as an added bonus, people who participate often discover other like minded individuals they would never have encountered otherwise.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2011

We need to be in a position where the excitement of informal learning and the powerful richness of social media, personal gaming and instant messaging can continue inside the formal learning space. The sooner this happens, the better. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Moreover, the higher the number of people unemployed, the more drain there will be on the economic and social resources of the state. It is politically expedient and it is also socially and economically desirable to seek to improve the state funded education provision. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Looking forward to the schmoozing, the DemoFest, the ID Zone, the Social Media Camp, the learning!, Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. As eLearning Ripens on The Vine Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning DevLearn09 - I'm Speaking! Tuesday, September 08, 2009 DevLearn09 - Im Speaking!

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Learning with e's

MARCH 2, 2012

social media. Secondly, as Ian Clarke (2010) suggests in his Guardian article , we still need libraries because they inform users about best practice in the use of search tools and the promotion of better digital literacies. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2012

In the age of social media, content is no longer scarce. It is abundant, and although questions still remain over the accuracy and provenance of some content, much is usable and useful for informal learning. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 19, 2012

“Across the board, from industry to industry, learning organizations are looking for better ways to scale their training efforts, and provide more efficient and far-reaching results for every dollar spent,” the report concludes. And this often means virtual or informal learning. That’s the lowest in the last six years.

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