Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2020

Photo by Pxhere At the time of writing, the Coronavirus pandemic is taking hold in many countries across the globe, and predictably, one of the many actions people are taking is social distancing. Plenty of Creative Commons licensed content and Open Educational Resource material is already available on the Web. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Here's what he said: There is often an impression, especially from those on the outside looking in, that time spent on social media is time wasted. But there are times when I am on social media, trawling through my timelines, that I feel it is time spent on worthwhile reading, thinking and doing. Are we wasting our time?

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2019

From the telegraph, through the telephone and radio and television, to 21st Century satellites, smartphones, the Internet and social media, all were designed to communicate. The entirety of the global social network we all inhabit is predominantly about sharing our minds. 1954) Motivation and Personality. Wheeler, S. Wheeler, S.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2018

The media seems full of reportage on how social media carries content designed to deceive users. There does seem to b growing evidence that this may have been perpetrated, but in the midst of all the hyperbole and accusations, what role does social media actually play in the deception of the masses?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 17, 2012

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. Shirky, 2010: p.

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Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2013

I was a little surprised because I had assumed that anyone who was going to use Twitter was probably on board and already familiar with the social media tool. education social media learning Twitter professional development PLN' Not so of course, as Wayne pointed out to me. Unported License.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 12, 2022

Many organizations are investing in digital paid content as a way to help people continue to live fulfilling lives even if they are required to spend more time at home or socially distanced. Additionally, the metaverse is here and the virtual world is an additional place where people can socialize, work and play.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Feelings of intimacy, or warmth, or common understanding through technology all fall under the category of social presence. It's a term psychologists and technologists use to describe the ability to project physical, social and emotional presence and also to experience it from others during interactions. References Gibson, J.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 28, 2022

Goleman evaluated leaders in a study and found those who were most successful had these four components that make up emotional intelligence: self-awareness; self-management; social awareness; and relationship management. The old adage of putting yourself in the shoes of others is the key to social awareness and helps leaders practice empathy.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Tragically, trainee chat room Wizard Barry Trotter has become addicted to social media. Social Media is my home. Barry Trotter and the virtual world by Steve Wheeler was written at Dogwart's School, Somerset and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 BARRY: I can't.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 21, 2014

My Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the vehicle that carries me to this learning, and social media is the highway that enables me to get there. Photo by Ed323 on Wikimedia Commons A little more conversation by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Aggregation and Social Filtering Provide High Value eLearning Learning has somewhat become my singular source of great eLearning content. And the system itself is growing with sites like Social Media Informer. See Failure of Creative Commons Licenses and Creative Commons Use in For-Profit Company eLearning?

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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. As you will have noticed if you read this blog, watched my YouTube channel or used my slide decks , I almost always attach a Creative Commons share-and-share-alike licence on my work.

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Mindflash

JUNE 13, 2012

Social learning a lot of us hear a lot these days — we know, vaguely, what it is, and we know that it’s happening, whether we like it or not, every day. And yet the vast majority of our money and energy goes toward formal training programs, not these social, off-the-cuff initiatives. What is Social Learning, Again?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2014

It was great to answer, because I have tracked the learning technology trends over the last decade, and have come to the conclusion that mobile (smart) phones and social media, in combination, have provided the world with the most dynamic, social and personal connections we could possibly wish for. Unported License.

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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.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations. Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. But this post is not about money. Photo by Steve Wheeler PLN or CoP? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

He had read some of my previous papers, and was interested in seeing if we could take our ideas forward in the emerging area of social media and medical education. Exploring medical technologies by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

It fascinated social psychologist Stanley Milgram. So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Who we know and who they know, he believed, define our social structure.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2019

As with any other social media platform, there are useful devices such as trending search notifications, API/developer sections and licensing advice, and there are special zones where you can find wallpaper or slide background images. I hope you will find it as useful as I have. Thank you Marci for this great tip! Making a splash!

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

This blog comes in at number 4 for 2019, so I'm delighted that the metrics (visitor traffic, design, social media shares, post frequency, interactions, etc) support the many hours of effort I make each month to contribute to the knowledge of my learning community. Agility – Teaching Toolkit (ranked 9th in 2014) 10. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Secondly, learning needs to be social. Increasingly, such contact and communication is mediated through technology, and social media tools are ideal for this purpose. His Zone of Proximal Development theory has been central to our understanding of how we learn in social contexts. Thirdly, learning needs to be globalised.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Firstly.the Social Web connects people together At Plymouth University, we very quickly began to explore the ways Social Web tools could support our students.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 18, 2018

A series of social media snipes followed from both sides, much like a conversation between a teacher refereeing two little boys caught in a school yard brawl. Dirty tricks by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 25, 2014

There always seems to be a discussion about questions around identity on popular social media channels. Guido Gautsch , a teacher in Melbourne agreed, but argued that it was probably not possible to separate them on open social media platforms such as Twitter. What are your views? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 19, 2013

Those of us who are immersed in a world where the use of social media is so sustained, embedded and familiar, forget that many schools still ban the use of Web 2.0 Common sense indeed, but I would also add that schools should encourage and permit children to help teachers co-create the e-safety and school policies on social media use.

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Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2013

Social media sites such as Twitter span huge distances to connect people around the world. There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. It''s something we already know, or at least have suspected for a long time.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 13, 2013

She is not technologically deterministic , but sees specific technologies - social media tools such as blogging and Twitter - as a means of liberating learners (and their teachers) into a new way of creative communication, and a new means of representing knowledge. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

They can create and share this content using a growing range of social media tools, and can enjoy dialogue with others which they can learn from. The video below is one recorded at Learning Technologies 2016 in London, where I expand on the concept above and also discuss technology integration and the use of social media.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Social media and smart phones were still a few years away, so we made do with what was available. Multi-media learning was the best approach we had, combining text, audio and video together to create the first 'immersive' learning experiences. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

We see many creative uses of personal technologies, such as games consoles, smart phones and e-readers, and social media can be used in a variety of ways to promote deeper engagement and reach. Please post them in the comments box below. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 4, 2013

One of the most persuasive affordances of social media is that it encourages users to generate their own content. Teachers who recognise this and see the potential of social media to promote active learning are in for an exciting time. Teachers know that active forms of learning are better than passive forms.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Newspapers and media channels in particular revel in pushing sensationalist headlines that attract people who seem to be starved of sensory input. It was always thus, but in the age of the web, smartphones, social media and connections at the speed of thought, the dumbing down of content and the spreading of lies seems to be accelerating.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

They can share this content using a growing range of social media tools, and can enjoy dialogue with others which they can learn from. The video below is one recorded at Learning Technologies 2016 in London, where I expand on the concept above and also discuss technology integration and the use of social media.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 23, 2016

One of the topics we discussed at our social media panel session at the BETT Show 2016 was its dangers and pitfalls. My advice to all present at the panel session was, if only one person sees what you write on social media, it's public. So be careful what you post or share on social media. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Manjula's personal views on the use of social media, smart mobile phones and youth engagement are particularly thought provoking. Here's the video interview: The EDEN interviews: Manjula Srinivas by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

In this presentation I will explore the use of MOOCs, AI, social media, smart mobiles, virtual worlds, augmented and virtual reality, as well as some of the emerging associated theories, to evaluate their effectiveness on pedagogy. Some have penetrated deeply into education while others are still peripheral. Unported License.

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