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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

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Is it because it has a fatal attraction to our sun? Actually, all of these questions are boring, because the comet is akin to certain lessons in school and university, where the teachers/lecturers annually repeat themselves word for word, or worse, simply read out the text from their boring slides. But why does it keep coming back?

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Chance encounters

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I was on a lecture tour of New Zealand in 2011, and was thoroughly enjoying my time travelling around the beautiful North Island, speaking at events in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Whangarei, and of course, the capital city, Wellington. I was at a loose end on Sunday, so I wandered down to the centre of the town and spotted a tour advert.

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Maker pedagogy

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Teachers often believe they should lecture, to directly instruct so they can impart important content to their students. Sometimes this is necessary, but often lecturing is the best way to transfer notes from the teacher''s textbook into the student''s notebook without having to pass through two minds. Unported License.

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Pelecon flies higher

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The event attracts learning technologists, lecturers, researchers, teachers, learning professionals, health and medical staff, private trainers, and just about anyone who is interested in the very latest in digital pedagogies, literacies and technologies. The Dinner starts on Thursday evening, April 11th, at 7.30 Unported License.

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Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing

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Now, for those who are unfamiliar with the Reform Symposium, let me explain: It's a 72 hour live web based symposium that follows the sun. Photo by Phillip on Flickr Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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The persistence of distance (learning)

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Teaching en masse has emerged as a significant trend because of a lessening need to create co-present learning environments such as classrooms and lecture halls. It is now possible to find content on just about any subject under the sun, simply by searching and finding it on the Web. We are gazing into a very exciting future.

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Great places, awesome people

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I was in New Zealand in November/December on my lecture tour. It is a beautiful city - the kind that glistens in the sun, captivating your senses wherever you go within in. Great places, awesome people by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Auckland, New Zealand.