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Weapons of mass distraction

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But such innovation also tethered people to specific geographical locations. Notice the one person who is reading a traditional paper magazine - this is rare, but raises questions about how large populations can be distracted by technology. And personal, mobile technologies come with a social cost. London: Futuretext.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

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Learning in the industrialised world can now be contextualised within a largely technological landscape, where the use of digital media is assuming increasing importance. One highly visible theory is Connectivism (Siemens, 2004). 2006) Informal Learning: Rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance.

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Digital tribes

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Photo by Bruce Warrington Ten years ago, in 2009, I published an edited volume entitled 'Connected Minds, Emerging Cultures' which was a compendium of papers written by leading theorists and practitioners in the field of learning technology. 2004) Implicit Structure and Dynamics of Blogspace. and Lukose, R. Cited in Lankshear, C.

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Shock of the new

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Teachers in many schools will tell you they are running hard just to stand still as they attempt to adopt new technologies for learning. And yet, with a clear framework or roadmap for adoption, many of the challenges of adopting new technology can be met, and many of the fears teachers have can be assuaged. Adpated from John, P.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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This is a continuation from yesterday''s post on changing roles , disruptive innovation and the survival of higher education. 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. As with most other technology innovations, Web 2.0

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New ideas in a digital age

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Before the digital age, we had mass media to do the job - TV, radio and newspapers and prior to that, more primitive technologies were employed to spread news. This model is a useful explanatory framework not only for ideas, but also for new technologies. How are new ideas spread through society?

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

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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. Wheeler, 2000a).

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