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Theories for the digital age: Paragogy

Learning with e's

User generated content has also attracted criticism over issues of mediocrity, lack of accuracy and superficial scholarship (Brabazon, 2002; 2007). 2002) Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching. 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. References Brabazon, T.

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Doing and knowing

Learning with e's

2002) Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching. 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains. We need an equal balance of the two in our school curricula if we want to prepare young people to fully participate in the digital society. References Brabazon, T. Brabazon, T.

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Theories for the digital age: Paragogy

Learning with e's

User generated content has also attracted criticism over issues of mediocrity, lack of accuracy and superficial scholarship (Brabazon, 2002; 2007). 2002) Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching. 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. References Brabazon, T.

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What will be the biggest L&D Extinction Event of 2014?

Saffron Interactive

As learning professionals, we are better off creating brain-friendly learning, based on solid design and learning principles, that meets the learning (and learners) need.”. Secondly, and on a more positive note, Internet Explorer 8 is the most recent browser not to support HTML5. Follow Sam @samt_el or visit [link]. .

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At The Water Cooler of Learning

Marcia Conner

Learning makes brains physically bigger. moment that signals the brain has connected the dots, is an absolutely wondrous and amazing mystery. Most real learning—the kind that sticks to the walls of the brain—is informal. It can take place over the telephone or through the Internet, as well as in person.

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

Home Speaker Contact internet time alliance Learnstream Resources Internet Time Blog from Jay Cross and Internet Time Group Origins of “eLearning&# by Jay Cross on November 30, 2008 On April Fool’s Day of this year, I wrote the following page in the Learnscaping un-book. I meant to be serious. Coincidence happens.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Go Read a Book

Learning Visions

Reading brains work differently from listening ones. “The secret at the heart of reading,&# Wolf writes, is “the time it frees for the brain to have thoughts deeper than those that came before.&# ( Craine ) As youre reading this post, youre thinking about other things. Its all in how you ask the question. How you read.

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