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DECEMBER 6, 2011

The 2011 Edublog Awards have come around again with frightening speed, and once again this year I am both honoured and humbled to have been nominated in two categories - best individual blog and best individual tweeter (for my @timbuckteeth account). It's that time of the year when the edublog community honours its members with awards.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user kjarrett. But perhaps by sharing our least-inspired moments of the year, we can help ensure that, by learning from the missteps of others, at least we’re making new training errors in 2012 rather than bungling the same old ones.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

On December 7, 2011 ESR delivered a webinar presentation on the state of sales training (download the MP3 or PDF—free registration required). Here are some of the points I made during the event, but first, a quick review of 2011. Here are some of the points I made during the event, but first, a quick review of 2011. (A

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JANUARY 3, 2012

Dear Employees, 2011 was a challenging year; thank you for your effort, energy, resilience and commitment. Be better in your work: Think creatively, efficiently, and get the details right. • Be more creative. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user pedro.desousa. Be more resilient. Just be better.

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JULY 27, 2012

Image by Momento Mori This post was first published on August 1, 2011. Seven billion teachers by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In Alone Together (2011) Turkle implies that technology is distracting us from social interaction, and is ruining conversation: 'The relentless connection leads to a new solitude'. Jaron Lanier (2011) believes that interactive technologies are 'deadening personal interaction.' 2011) You are not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Wheeler, S.

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JANUARY 1, 2013

This perspective is championed by Nicholas Carr (2011), who provocatively argues that habituated use of search tools such as Google is 'making us stupid'. 2011) The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains. Image source Are we more intelligent? But, intuitively this seems to be a reasonable proposition. London: W.

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APRIL 27, 2012

An April 2011 Forrester Research [report] estimated that 47% percent of users were self-provisioning technology and expected the number to rise to 60% by end percent by the end of 2011, and Jensen & Kline (around the same time) estimated that between 1/3 and 2/3 of employees were meeting their needs by working around L&D.).

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JANUARY 19, 2012

percent in 2011 to an average of $800 per learner. corporate training groups in 2011. By looking to these more efficient or cost-effective ways to deliver training, companies reduced the cost per training hour to $52 in 2011. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Mr Wabu. In 2006 there were 6.7

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Below is my Twitter interview from last year, and with the exception of one minor adjustment from 2011 to 2012, there's not a lot I would change. Everyone will get rid of their 2011 calendars What are some big Twitter faux pas? What's your best tweet? What are six things you could never do without? Spelling French words wrong nest pas?

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MARCH 19, 2012

Children already use their mobile devices for a large variety of social purposes, including networking with their friends, accessing peer-related information and sharing content (images, links, status updates). Image by Freefoto Bring your own by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Image by Hradcanska Down under by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 The other invited keynote at the event will be Tom Cochrane (Auckland University of Technology, NZ) who will address the topic: Transforming pedagogy with Mobile Web 2.0. Unported License.

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MAY 9, 2011

Traxler, 2011, p 4-5) The entire 44 page booklet, published by HEA Subject Centre for Education (ESCalate) is a thoroughly good read, but the paragraph above has provoked some discussion already. 2011) Introduction, in: J. Your omments are as ever, most welcome. Reference Traxler, J. Traxler and J. Wishart (Eds.) Unported License.

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

Arguably the most useful explanatory framework for current online activities is offered by White and Le Cornu (2011), who have argued that habitual use of technology develops sophisticated digital skills regardless of the age or birth date of the user. 2011) The Digital Native: Myth and Reality. Prensky, M. Rushkoff, D. Tapscott, D.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

So it must be official – winter’s here, and 2011 is almost over. The economic roller coaster ride continues, but training appears to be on an upswing: Total 2011 U.S. billion, according to Training magazine’s 2011 Training Industry Report. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user LaMenta3.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

It can be used in whatever content they create to show what they have learnt in the form of text, images, sounds and video. In 2011, the number of smart objects connected to the Internet surpassed the number of people on the planet. They can use this information for projects, essays, blogs, podcasts. Things ain't what they used to be.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Image by Daniel Gies This post first appeared on 29 August 2011, on this blog Writer's block? by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 When done correctly, blogging is not just writing - it's a conversation. As always I welcome your comments on this post.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Highlighting the fast paced nature of the web, Thomas and Seely-Brown (2011) suggest that peer learning can be both timely and transient. 2011) Paragogy. 2011) A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. One more notable feature of 21 st Century learning is peer learning. Brabazon, T.

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JULY 22, 2012

This post as first published on August 4, 2011. Image by WallMic Getting the bloggers to write by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Let's hope more teachers embrace the medium and let their students get some real-world writing experience.' Unported License.

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DECEMBER 28, 2011

With a new year comes a look back at what went right and what didn’t go so right in 2011. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Big Blue Ocean. Over the past 12 months we learned that over 50 percent of our employees said that if the economy were better, they’d change jobs.

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MARCH 20, 2017

Lloyd Chilcott studied a BEd degree (specialising in ICT) at Plymouth between 2011 and 2015, achieving first degree honours and a dissertation award. Photo courtesy of Lloyd Chilcott Teacher Voices: Lloyd Chilcott by Steve Wheeler was written in Singapore and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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AUGUST 6, 2011

In their current configuration, says Robinson, most schools kill creativity. If those students could jump into a time machine and be transported a century or so forward to 2011, what would they be amazed by? Image source No more funnels by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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JUNE 1, 2013

Nanotechnology is so new that no-one is really sure what will come of it ( Bonsor and Strickland , 2011), whilst robotics is so mature a science that we now know almost too much about it. Photo by Yorgos Nikas (Wellcome Images) GRIN and bear it by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

According to Thomas and Seely-Brown (2011), you can't teach tacit knowledge. and Seely-Brown, J (2011) A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change. Image source A thousand conversations by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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MARCH 31, 2012

Libraries are shaking off this image, and embracing new technologies and approaches to support learning in the 21st Century. This came on the back of reports late in 2011 that the online store Amazon was now selling more Kindle and e-book versions than paper based. In Library 2.0 Was this a trend that was a threat to the library?

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Dedicated to the memory of those lost in the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February, 2011. Donate to the Red Cross NZ Earthquake victims fund Image source by Martin Luff Counting the cost by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 If we do, what will be our future?

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

icts have long characterised popular understandings of societal progression, adults should not feel threatened by younger generations’ engagements with digital technologies, any more than young people should feel constrained by the “pre-digital” structures of older generations’ (Selwyn, 2011, p. 2011) The Digital Native: Myth and Reality.

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MARCH 26, 2012

What is not explained in Wired, is how on earth a tutor can conduct one-on-one tutorials (using any conceivable web tool yet created) to provide quality support for upwards of 160,000 students (this is the figure cited as the number of students enrolled on the 2011 Stanford University AI course run by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun).

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DECEMBER 31, 2011

I ended 2011 with a post called Four game changers which featured four key innovators who are radically transforming education. I have been the Acting Headteacher since the summer of 2011 but now look forward to handing over the reigns to our new Headteacher from January 1st 2012. A love of learning What links do you wish to share?

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JANUARY 19, 2011

And as the BBC News site warns, in 2011 we are already sinking fast, with only one child in six actually attaining results that measure up to international standards of education. Image source by Boekmania Where is the road map? by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

John Seely-Brown and Doug Thomas (2011) have argued that the majority of school experiences are mechanistic and need to be better contextualised. 2011) A new culture of learning: Cultivating the imagination for a world of constant change. It was probably an error to use poor illustrations and analogies to underpin this call.

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MAY 15, 2012

Cho and Cho, 2011). Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user jepoirrier. The added bonus here is that the act of critiquing and commenting can help reviewers themselves, according to one study where undergraduate students critiqued each others writing. Explanatory Feedback. Re-posted with permission.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Stock Image Sites. There are a dozens of stock image sites where you can buy low cost images. For elearning courses, you don’t need to buy the high resolution images. There are many sites that give away open source content or images under creative commons licenses. Free Assets. Create Your Own.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

eLearning Conferences 2011 - eLearning Technology , November 11, 2010Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. This list is focused mostly on the first half of the year: January to June 2011. Our images should be relevant and be used as a teaching aid. few thoughts.

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JULY 25, 2012

I remember watching the very grainy black and white images of the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin as they took their first tentative steps on the lunar surface, and thinking how incredible it was that man was actually on the moon. What are your golden moments in time? Unported License.

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MARCH 2, 2012

From 2006 to 2011, the number of learning and development professionals at companies had fallen from 6.7 Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user 401K. Back in January , Bersin and Associates released its annual Corporate Learning Facebook, a survey of the training industry landscape. per thousand students to 5.2

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

“In a recent 2011 study conducted by MTV, Gen Yers reported that a ‘game-like metaphor’ applied to almost every aspect of their life. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user craigmdennis. ” Are your Gen Y employees suffering game-life confusion and could you use this to your advantage?

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