E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

We sometimes see this in formal settings (which is why universities enforce a minimum percentage of lecture attendance), but it appears most starkly in informal settings where the learner is empowered to do it or not. Outside of the controlled environment, however, learner preferences do matter.

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Scanning Learning Styles Instructional Design Pedagogy 100

E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 1, 2010

Customising a lecture on-the-fly with Twitterfall. Combining a wiki for self-directed exploration with a discussion forum to enable question asking. Demonstrating the steps in a user manual with screen sharing. or a POV camera. Applying the knowledge of an OH&S policy in a virtual world.

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Blended Learning Blended Vodcaster Wiki 171

E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

” It is this learnification of educational discourse that has rendered the words I cited in my previous post – “training”, “lecture”, “course” and “teaching” – dirty.

Education 250

Education Teach Delicious Roles 250

E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 24, 2008

I was reflecting the other day about a question my postgrad lecturer, Dr Peter Goodyear , asked me a couple of years ago: When did you first use the Internet? Of course, the “Internet&# is a potentially controversial term.

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Web Wikipedia Internet Lecture 105

E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 11, 2008

One of Jan’s points was that while many university students are familiar with mobile technologies and use them on a daily basis, they remain under used in higher education; and where they are used, they tend to be employed for relatively low-level purposes (such as downloading lecture recordings or looking up timetables).

Vodcaster 100

Vodcaster iPod Pedagogy Research 100

E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 21, 2010

In the second part of my 2-part interview with Dr David Bubna-Litic, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Technology, Sydney, I posed the following questions. But it’s a whole different kettle of fish to integrate their meaning and intent into your strategic plan. In other words, to walk the talk.

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Portfolio Diversity Training Lecture Adoption 130

E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2015

Truisms such as this one are typically met with suspicion from certain quarters of the L&D community, but in this case the research on the comparative efficacies of lectures, worked examples, PBL etc appears to add up. .” *. As a framework for content curation, however, I feel the heuristic doesn’t go far enough.

Content 100

Content Cognitive Simulations Knowing Doing Gap 100

E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

Each topic included an introduction covering the central concepts, plus a resources page comprising several video clips (not of lectures, but of creative works) and readings. The pedagogical approach of the course combined elements of both instructivism and constructivism.

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Forum Virtual Classroom Social Media Discussion 267

E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

The islands have virtual lecture theatres where the teachers can show video clips and PowerPoint presentations to large audiences, plus breakout areas for small-group discussions and more open areas for informal styles of learning. Westley gave us a real-time tour of Skoolaborate’s islands in Second Life, with commentary from Mike.

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Second Life Virtual World IBM Director 100

E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2011

Anne Marie Cunningham is a GP and Clinical Lecturer at Cardiff University, Wales. She authors the blog Wishful thinking in medical education , which she uses to advance thinking about the training of student doctors.

Learning Environment 200

Learning Environment Environment Informal Learning Wiki 200

E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’m sure you know the feeling. You’re sitting in a classroom watching a presentation – which started late to allow the “stragglers” to show up – when about 10 minutes in it dawns on you… What am I doing here?

Virtual Classroom 229

Virtual Classroom Classroom Classes Blended Learning 229

E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’m sure you know the feeling. You’re sitting in a classroom watching a presentation – which started late to allow the “stragglers” to show up – when about 10 minutes in it dawns on you… What am I doing here?

Virtual Classroom 100

Virtual Classroom Classroom Classes Blended Learning 100

E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 15, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to discuss this topic with one of Australia’s leading thinkers: Dr David Bubna-Litic, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at the University of Technology, Sydney, and Editor of Spirituality and Corporate Social Responsibility: Interpenetrating Worlds. Academic insight.

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Diversity Training Performance Support Lecture Sound 142

E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2010

For example, many universities have a minimum 80% attendance policy for face-to-face lectures. Of course, this kind of nervousness isn’t confined to the corporate sector nor to e-learning. I don’t see the point of turning up just to fall asleep with my eyes open, but that’s another story! The method in my madness.

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Learning Objects Authoring Tools Online VLE 252