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. Building on this position, I would like to examine two further concepts - namely heutagogy (Stewart Hase) and paragogy ( Corneli and Danoff ) - which may offer more appropriate ways of framing learning in the digital age. Paragogy may also find more synergy than andragogy with emerging explanatory frameworks of digital age learning such as connectivism (Downes and Siemens). Unported License. MORE >>

I saw this earlier, the new Google Search Education, posted on the The Next Web website, and is flagged as a “new search education tool aimed at helping teachers pass on the necessary skills to young learners researching online”: This passage resonated with me, in the video from time-stamp 2:06; “The new digital divide is that those who are able to search, and those that aren’t able to search. ” Is this another side to the digital native/immigrant or digital resident/visitor discussion (argument)? What do you think? MORE >>

As the discussion on the future of higher education keeps on going, it is interesting to see how the presidents of colleges look upon these changes, particularly when looking at how top management looks at the pro's and con's of online learning. The Pew Research Center just published a 29-page document on the digital revolution and higher education , where they look at the difference in valuating online learning between presidents of both for-profit, private and public colleges/universities and the public at l. Digital Textbooks. Or web-based affordances at that. MORE >>

His educational wiki, called educational origami , was voted as the best wiki in 2008 and in 2009 he was again nominated for best educational wiki. He does this in a variety of ways, but what caught my eye (Thanks to the formidable Wilfred Rubens ), was how he uses and interprets Blooms taxonomy for this digital age. Tags: mobile learning theory education education2.0 Andrew Churches is curriculum manager of computer studies and teaching and Learning technologies at the Kristin school in Albany Auckland, New Zeeland. So where does Andrew’s wiki come in? MORE >>

Are you a connected educator? Steven Anderson (@web20classroom) has a lot to say about the connected educator. Connected educators know that in doing this they become global educators, with their content being amplified across a worldwide community of practice. On the #authorspeak Twitter hashtag today there was a lot of commentary about connected educators. Connected educators are transparent in their thinking and tend to reflect more deeply on what they learn, simply because they have had to make the effort to connect with new knowledge. MORE >>