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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

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One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There are, inevitably, objections to the Digital Natives position.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

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One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There are, inevitably, objections to the Digital Natives position.

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Top 100 Learning Game Resources

Upside Learning

It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn- Kapp Notes, July 30, 2008. Gadgets, games and gizmos for learning- Clive on Learning, January 29, 2008. mLearn08: MiLK: students building mobile learning games in higher education by Debra Polson- Ignatia Webs, November 12, 2008. December 11, 2008. Serious Games Blog.

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Top 100 Learning Game Resources

Upside Learning

It is All Fun and Games…And Then Students Learn- Kapp Notes, July 30, 2008. Gadgets, games and gizmos for learning- Clive on Learning, January 29, 2008. mLearn08: MiLK: students building mobile learning games in higher education by Debra Polson- Ignatia Webs, November 12, 2008. December 11, 2008. Serious Games Blog.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Predictions for 2008

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 My Predictions for 2008 I wont deign to make grandiose predictions about the state of eLearning in the year 2008 as many have already done. Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:06 AM Labels: 2008 , Learning Circuits 4comments: Christine Martell said. He is already dreading it. Its going to be a rich year.

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Work in progress

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More importantly, such activities have been shown to be very beneficial for all those who participate to learn together (Wheeler et al, 2008). The division of labour required to engage an entire community of learners in these activities is often uneven and can be explained within the activity theory framework proposed by Engeström (1993).

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