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The Future of Reading: eReaders in the Digital Age

Kitaboo

In today’s digital age, various industries are undergoing significant transformations, and the education industry is no exception. One such means is digital book readers or eReaders. It was only with the incorporation of the technology of ePaper that things turned around. billion by 2030.

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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. 2006) New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Classroom Learning. and Lukose, R. and Knobel, M.

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Digital Learning from the Perspective of Affective and Social Neuroscience

KnowledgeOne

Not only is this discovery surprising and interesting in terms of what it tells us about human behaviour, but it also offers us a new angle from which to explore and improve the digital learning experience. ” Emotional and social neuroscience on learning First, a word about neuroscience.

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Recommended Research: Constructivism & Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

In class, we briefly touched on some learning theories and research related to constructivism and the effective use of technology, games and gamification within the overall learning environment. Pockets of potential: Using mobile technologies to promote children’s learning. Learning bridges: Mobile technologies in education.

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Theories for the digital age: The digital natives discourse

Learning with e's

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: 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. These facets of modern life in combination have led educators to question the validity of pre-digital age learning theories. References Cross, J.

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What digital literacies?

Learning with e's

In June this year I presented a keynote speech at Middlesex University entitled Digital Tribes and the Social Web. One of the themes I developed during my speech was around the concept of new digital literacies. My argument is that new media and new opportunities for learning trhough digital technologies requires new literacies.