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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. March 17, 2011 at 12:14 am # I am adult learner educator. So how do you keep it real?

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

This list is focused mostly on the first half of the year: January to June 2011. link] January 2011 January 2-5, 2011 International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), 12 th , Bangalore, India. link] January 4-7, 2011 Hawaii International Conference on Education , 9 th annual, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

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Top 50 Posts on Working Smarter for May 2011

Jay Cross

May 1, 2011 to May 31, 2011. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. List of the top 100 Twitter influencers in Australia - Ross Dawson , May 31, 2011. CERT and performance support - Clark Quinn , May 31, 2011. Monday Video – Doodling - Nancy White , May 31, 2011.

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Making Connections: Trends in Social Learning

Obsidian Learning

Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. The focus of this theory is “learning as social participation,” in which learners actively participate in the practices of social communities and construct personal identities in relation to these communities.

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Top 5 K–12 EdTech Solution Companies in 2023

Hurix Digital

As a firm believer in making learning fun and social, Outschool is the trusted preference of over 1 million students from more than 190 countries. Developed in 2011 by Severin Hacker and Luis von Ahn, Duolingo, Inc. Duolingo, Inc.

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Down under

Learning with e's

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. The session will outline an mlearning implementation strategy, and illustrative case studies. The rest of my Down Under lecture tour can be found here on this site.

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Why we learn more at play ? gamification and rewards for learning

Ed App

According to Harvard University’s Project Zero study on the ‘Pedagogy of Play,’ playful learning is characterised by choice, wonder and delight. The power and excitement generated from social recognition on leaderboards should not be underestimated. Traci Sitzmann (2011). ‘A Kapp (2011). ‘In Zabelina and Michael D.