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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

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Much of this learning is informal, (Commentators such as Cofer (2000), Cross (2006) and Dobbs (2000) place the proportion of informal learning at around 70%) and is also generally location independent. One highly visible theory is Connectivism (Siemens, 2004). 2000) Informal Workplace Learning. References Cross, J.

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Mobile gives the edge

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For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. 2004) Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone. Mobile will certainly give learning the edge.

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Digital tribes and the network nation

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Photo from Wikimedia Commons I will argue here that within the present information age, where digital communication technologies have fractured the tyranny of distance beyond repair, and where computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital (Bordieu and Passeron, 1990).

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning [My notes from a webinar. Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning … &#%!? Examples of informal: Water cooler, SoMe Informal learning is never intentional. Lance asks: What happens if you add intentionality to an informal activity?

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Digital tribes

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According to Dawkins (1976) key actions and thinking patterns of members of a culture are influenced by a contagious patterns of information known as ‘memes’. 2004) Implicit Structure and Dynamics of Blogspace. Cultural transmission is the communication of ideas. Tomorrow: The network nation References Adar, E., and Lukose, R.

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Shock of the new

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This can be a particularly creative phase, and often gives rise to the incorporation of even newer technologies, or the development of new pedagogical techniques. 2004) Technology in the classroom: Steps toward a new vision. Education, Communication and Information, 4 (1), 3-21. and Wheeler, S. References Venezky, R.

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A convenient untruth

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When evaluating our own beliefs, we tend to seek out information that confirms our beliefs and ignore contrary information, even when we encounter it repeatedly. The student then sees the results of the questionnaire which informs them that they are for instance predominantly a 'reflector' or that they are an 'auditory learner'.

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