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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with e's

Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. I wrote that: "The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. 2002) Smartmobs: The Next Social Revolution.

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Networked noughties 2000-2002

Learning with e's

Sure, previous years saw the telephone, CB radio, television, the Web and e-mail, but this decade was the one when social networking came of age, and where unprecendented access to vast storehouses of knowledge became common place for millions across the globe. In 2002 there was failure and success for digital TV.

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4 Benefits of AI for Learners… and Teachers

KnowledgeOne

Numerous empirical studies have demonstrated the link between better performance and a more challenging task – within the competence limits of the individual performing it – (Locke and Latham, 2002; Latham, 2007; Latham and Locke, 2007).

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How to Use Pedagogical Agents in Your eLearning

Infopro Learning

Offer social enrichment to the learning experience. In another study (Atkinson, 2002), a group of students learned to solve proportionality word problems with the help of an on-screen agent who spoke to them, giving a step-by-step explanation for the solution. These on-screen coaches serve various instructional goals.

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Boosting Customer Engagement with Gamified Learning Paths

BrainCert

The term " gamification " was coined by Nick Pelling , a British computer programmer and inventor, in 2002. Community Building and Social Interaction: Gamified learning paths foster a sense of community and social interaction among customers.

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Tools for conviviality? Illich and social media

Learning with e's

Ivan Illich hoped for a time when the transmission model of education, or ''funnels'', would be replaced by ''educational webs'' - his notion of what we now recognise as social networks. What would Illich have made of the social web? It is unclear, because he died in 2002, just as Web 2.0 was emerging.

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Are we taking into account the culture surrounding our students?

Kapp Notes

To foster learning in the context of culture, we must understand that culture changes as the values, social relationships and worldviews of individuals change and part of that change is a direct result of the influence of technology. Where is the change in a society more rapid or far reaching than in the realm of technology?

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