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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

A Tale of Two Keynotes We live in tumultuous times where change is constant and disruptive and where technologies are increasingly pervasive throughout society. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

Finally, I will suggest that there are five key objectives to achieve if universities are to achieve success in the use of learning technologies in the future. van Dijk, 2002) or simply another phase in its relentless progress. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. O''Reilly, T.

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and then our tools shape us

Learning with e's

Today''s book recommendation is the fifth in the series: Howard Rheingold (2002) Smart Mobs: The next social revolution. The book remains a significant contribution to the discourse around learning technology. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. For previous reviews start here.

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A tale of two keynotes

Learning with e's

‘May you live in interesting times’ (Old Chinese curse) We live in tumultuous times where change is constant and disruptive and where technologies are increasingly pervasive throughout society. Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. Unported License.

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

2002 Update : I just came upon an article on the web that talks of eLearning in 1997. 39) Workscaping (2) WordPress Admin This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 The term was misappropriated at warp speed and was soon FUBAR. That pre-dates my earliest eLearning articles.

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Origins of “eLearning”

Jay Cross

2002 Update : I just came upon an article on the web that talks of eLearning in 1997. 39) Workscaping (2) WordPress Admin This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 The term was misappropriated at warp speed and was soon FUBAR. That pre-dates my earliest eLearning articles.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences?

Learning Visions

Is there some historical background here that Im missing, like computers in the UK didnt have speakers until 2002 so they never bothered? I am aware of others in Australia and in the US interested in seeing audio as a transformative learning technology. United States License. Is there something cultural going on?

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