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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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The entirety of the global social network we all inhabit is predominantly about sharing our minds. Charlotte, NC: Information Age. Connected pedagogy: Shared minds by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Wheeler, S.

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Best of informal learning since September 1, 2010…

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Informal Learning Flow. Next month, a new aggregator on Working Smarter from Internet Time Alliance , sponsored by Xyleme , will replace Informal Learning Flow. The Most Creative Brains are Slow - Eide Neurolearning Blog , September 13, 2010. What’s Wrong With Creative Commons - Half an Hour , November 15, 2010.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

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Much of this learning is informal, (Commentators such as Cofer (2000), Cross (2006) and Dobbs (2000) place the proportion of informal learning at around 70%) and is also generally location independent. Clearly our social and cultural worlds are influenced by new technology, but are there also biological implications?

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Learning theories for the digital age

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How can we for example describe learning activities such as blogging, social networking, crowd sourced learning, or user generated content such as Wikipedia and YouTube using older theories? Secondly, they can inform and justify our professional practice as teachers. I will be interested in your views. Unported License.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning. Schunk (Eds.)

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Learning and teaching with Twitter

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There has been a spectrum of reactions to the workshops I have presented, from the sceptical throught to the enthusiastic, and all of the questions that have been asked are valid and representative of the concerns and issues associated with using any informal tool in a formal context. Unported License.

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The future of learning

Learning with e's

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. They are different tools, for different purposes.