E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Sure, the pedagogy may not be perfect, but the alternative is much worse. One way to do that is to leverage MOOCs for content delivery and provide value-added instruction (discussion, Q&A, worked examples, role plays etc) to local students – who of course will pay a premium for the privilege.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 28, 2014

In corporate e-learning, the most obvious example of such content is the online modules that the company distributes via its Learning Management System. And yet, while this deceptively simple mindset represents a tectonic shift in corporate pedagogy, it does not on its own fulfil the potential of m-learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Riding a bicycle, for example, is a quintessentially human endeavour. So when we view online pedagogy through this lens, we recognise very little of it that is not human. Somehow I prefer Joseph Gliddon’s simpler definition of a human: something that drinks coffee. No other creature does it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

While corporates are increasingly realising that classroom delivery is not necessarily the most effective pedagogy for employee development, neither is delivering the training in exactly the same way via a webinar or converting the PowerPoint slides into an online module. Flipping classrooms. Becoming involved.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 1, 2019

C’mon Aussies, let’s lead by example… International Conference on E-Learning and Distance Learning. International Conference on e-Learning & Innovative Pedagogies. Now is the time for action and I sincerely hope our PD calendar is dominated by demonstrations and showcases. Sydney, 30-31 January 2019.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

The argument is that in the absence of such evidence, don’t waste time and money trying to match your teaching style to everyone’s learning styles; instead, divert that energy towards other, evidence-based pedagogy. Let me illustrate my concern here with a personal example. This is sound advice.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For example, if the learner is struggling with a Java programming problem, they can look up a Java expert in the system and send them a direct message. The most obvious example is compliance, eg privacy, trade practices and OH&S. An onsite classroom, for example, is obviously a part of the formal learning environment.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2011

Recently Anne Marie blogged Location and Learning (which I have reproduced here) and she asked me whether or not I consider her central idea an example of an Informal Learning Environment (ILE). I’m not suggesting the hospital ditches face-to-face instruction, for example, with 3D animation. Why hasn’t it happened already?

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 30, 2009

BJ offered Google as an example, which started as a search engine developed by a couple of college students. In terms of e-learning, the principle of “Everything big started small&# can apply to introducing a new technology (eg blogs, wikis) or pedagogy (eg m?learning, The bigger they are, they harder they fall.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2013

When I couldn’t figure out how to delete a lecture, for example, I found the solution via someone else who had raised a similar problem. I jumped straight into it without referring to the instructions, and while I’m familiar with authorware, I expect it’s intuitive enough for Average Joe to work it out too.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

For example, if you want to attend an advanced negotiation skills workshop, you can look up the sessions delivered by our preferred training providers. It shifts an instructivist pedagogy towards a more constructivist and connectivist one. The answer is IQ. Essentially, IQ is a site that centralises learning resources for staff.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 9, 2010

For example: Teaching someone the shape of a country – Obviously this must be done by showing the learner the shape, regardless of whether or not they are a visual learner. Think about it: if you marry your pedagogy to your content, who does that suit? But an increasing number of educationalists disagree.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

I must admit that I struggled with some of the basic concepts when I first read Siemens’ paper, and I found the lack of practical examples frustrating. As far as I can gather, no one’s arguing about the pedagogy of connectivism. I didn’t realise that connectivism was so controversial, eg Pløn Verhagen , Downes.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

A wonderful example of the latter was provided by Spike in his session Look who’s talking! In terms of e-learning, the principle of “Social networking is king&# has implications for pedagogy. They mean millions of people are connected to millions of other people via Web 2.0 technology. Juicing the orange.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

For example, the teacher at the front of a language classroom already knows the grammar, vocabulary, phrases, habits and customs that you need to know. All those fundamental pedagogical principles that had faded into the background came flooding back with avengeance… Instructivism and formal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

An example I use is the mandatory fire safety course. Where the real learning takes place is in the analysis of the material in relation to a specific work-based problem. A problem that the learner is likely to face in the workplace.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

In one thread, for example, the discussion descended into a list of sci-fi movies; no explanation as to how they were pertinent to the conversation, but oh what a list! A bugbear of mine in any discussion forum is the “pretender” – ie someone who posts lofty statements with big words, yet devoid of any substance.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2010

In this sense, the pedagogy is constructivist. In this sense, the pedagogy is connectivist. But that’s not to say that the pedagogy of an ILE can’t be instructivist either. For example, many universities have a minimum 80% attendance policy for face-to-face lectures. Unlike a PLE, an ILE is communal.

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