E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

• My Twitter hero. • LATI: A better way to measure influence on Twitter? Informal learning. • Doctoring the Informal Learning Environment. Thanks for reading! Social media. • Social media extremism. • Smash your wall. • Who owns the photocopiers? • A circular argument.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2012

Now that your book is available, you will need to inform your customers that it exists. I’m no marketing expert, but here are several tactics that I have found fruitful: • Tell all your followers on Facebook, Twitter and other forums. • If you write a blog, inform your subscribers. Keep me posted!

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

Constructivism, connectivism and informal learning. Anything else you can access is invaluable – whether it be a copy of Der Spiegel , an episode of Inspector Rex , or a Twitter buddy in Berlin. But honestly, when was the last time you consciously used the concepts and principles I have just mentioned to inform your work?

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

For example, Bob was contacted by people in Australia and New Zealand , while a fellow in Malaysia took to Twitter: Asia-Pacific’s list of e-learning movers and shakers your-story.org/asia-pacifics-… I Should be there, but then again I am BRITISH.LOL :) — Zaid Ali Alsagoff (@zaidlearn) April 18, 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 18, 2009

Do you think Twitter is a self-indulgent waste of time? David Hopkins asked his followers recently (via Twitter!)… … How would you describe Twitter to the uninitiated, in 140 characters or less? My initial reply was… Twitter is a personal message board…? You’re not alone. Participate!

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

At the next tier down, informal support resources have some importance. Not to mention that just about everyone knows how to use Facebook or Twitter already, so in that sense they have prior knowledge. They must lead by example.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

The pre-information on the Coursera site was useful, the promotional video was informative, and both were reinforced by a welcome email upon registration. The course was supported by social media groups across several platforms, including Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. The mooc was well prepared.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Specifically, we need to connect to sources of information, and to form connections between them. In other words, we need to recognise meaningful patterns among distributed sets of information. That’s why connectivism focuses on the sources of information, rather than on the information itself.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 19, 2010

I’ve always admired the power of pictures to deliver extensive information concisely, and in this respect a 2-3 minute animation is the perfect medium. I launched a new vlog today called Greenwise. It’s tag line is “Bite-sized chunks of environmental knowledge&#. It’s short and sharp, while fun and engaging.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I’m active on Twitter and I write this blog, so why not engage with me on these platforms first? In contrast, a product tour shows me your product in action, and provides me with enough information to make a judgement call as to its usefulness and usability. If you contribute something substantive, I’ll respect you for it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 16, 2009

Gone are the days of an authoritarian teacher transmitting pre-defined information to passive students. My view is informed by observation. The SME transmits this necessary information quickly and efficiently. Social and professional networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Instructivism is dead. The real world.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

At the next tier down, informal support resources have some importance. Not to mention that just about everyone knows how to use Facebook or Twitter already, so in that sense they have prior knowledge. They must lead by example.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

However, the exponential growth of online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter has taken it to a whole new stratosphere. Whether a company sanctions it or not, employees are going to use tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter – whether inside or outside of work hours. The goal posts have moved.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

His point is: if you aren’t interacting with other people through media such as mailing lists, blogs, Twitter, discussion forums etc, then you are not developing professionally and you will eventually stagnate. In fact, Stephen considers it so important, he elegantly expresses it as: “Interaction is breathing for the brain&#.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

So here are some single-sentence pearls of wisdom that I gleaned from the sessions I attended… Jane Bozarth – Pre- or post-questioning your learners via Twitter stops them from rambling. Roger Courville – Twitter can support informal learning outside of formal training sessions.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 24, 2009

As staff familiarise themselves with blogs, wikis, RSS, YouTube and Twitter, and as more tech-savvy Gen-Y’s & Z’s join the organisation, the demand for self-paced, self-directed learning will accelerate. This shift will be accompanied by formal acknowledgements of informal learning. Learning will be fully networked.

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