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#CoronaVirus, class closures and communication

Learning with e's

One meta-study database (established in 2004) shows that online learning (when done effectively) is at least as effective, if not more effective than traditional courses. Plenty of Creative Commons licensed content and Open Educational Resource material is already available on the Web. Use what is already available.

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Weapons of mass distraction

Learning with e's

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. In 2004 Mark Curtis wrote a book titled 'Distraction' which has the strap line 'Being human in the digital age'.

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Standard deviation

Learning with e's

The proliferation of technologies such as smartphones, social media and email means employees are increasingly exposed to task interruption. Yes, technology in the workplace can be indispensable. However, technology can remove us one step away from the task, and can cause us to deviate from our focus. London: Futuretext.

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Theories for the digital age: Connectivism

Learning with e's

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). 2004) Connectivism: A LearningTheory for the Digital Age. London: McGraw Hill. Siemens, G.

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Digital tribes and the network nation

Learning with e's

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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Mobile gives the edge

Learning with e's

Most significantly for those who are immersed in schools, colleges and universities - mobile technology is disrupting education. Secondly, mobile technology is disruptive because it encourages creativity. Potentially, with new AR and wearable technologies emerging, we will be able to make a record our every minute of our lives.

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Digital tribes

Learning with e's

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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