Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

I will share the slide deck of my keynote via this blog later in the year as I prepare to visit Estonia for the second time, and I look forward to renewing old acquaintances and forging new friendships too. Some have penetrated deeply into education while others are still peripheral. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 24, 2014

This is number 19 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my last post I featured the work of Carl Jung and his theories of synchronicity and archetypes. The theory What is normal?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Another take on Cognitive Load Theory The authors of the Eide Neurolearning Blog weigh in on recent research and articles on cognitive load (including the death of Powerpoint that have been talked about here ). Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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MAY 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." (You Makes sense. Take the Survey! What Is Instructional Design? #2

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Hull''s Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

This is number 30 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. This should not so much be considered as a theory, but is a useful perspective on design and human perception.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 23, 2012

In a previous blog post I wrote about learning by making , and discussed the theory of constructionism, which holds that we learn through immersing ourselves in, and engaging with situations. This remains a very effective learning device - children love the idea of robots, and enjoy being able to control them. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Today was particularly interesting because I had a conversation on this blog with ePortfolio Keith (Keith Brennan aka @wiltwhatman), who was commenting on my Three Things post. This of course is a profound question, and one which demands some good theory and reflection. Keith asked me 'Does learning always need to be social?'

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is number 36 in my continuing series of blog posts about learning theories. Psychology has contributed much to our understanding of how people learn, and listed alphabetically below are all of the previous theories I have featured in this series. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Throughout the programme of initial teacher education, our specialist computing and ICT students are constantly creating blogs, videos and other digital representations of their learning. Occasionally I like to showcase some of their work for a larger audience such as in I'm blogging this. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Throughout the programme of initial teacher education, our specialist computing and ICT students are constantly creating blogs, videos and other digital representations of their learning. Occasionally I like to showcase some of their work for a larger audience such as in I'm blogging this. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2014

Over the years, many psychologists have investigated the nature of memory, and have formulated a number of theories about its functionality, scope and challenges. Dual Coding Model Canadian cognitive psychologist Allan Paivio will probably be remember most for his work on Dual Coding Theory.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In other words, we enable digital and physical learning spaces in which they can freely explore ideas, argue with each other (and us) over concepts and theories and in so doing, develop their reasoning and thinking skills. In order to develop key critical thinking skills, learners need to be able to argue effectively. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2013

These are theories that guide many educators today. Mindful of these theories, I have recently been working alongside students to encourage them to write for an audience. I did some early studies into the effects of this when I implemented a programme wide use of wikis in 2006. Nothing new in that, you may think.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

As a prelude to the event, the organisers have asked me to write a short blog post which takes the form of my responses to four questions: Q1. I plan to explore several of the older social science theories, and compare and contrast these with some of the newer, emerging theories to determine what they offer.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 31, 2016

In a recent blog post, Antonio Teixera , President of EDEN wrote: "By just adding 21st century technologies to 20th century teaching practices we’ll only be diluting the effectiveness of teaching." Thirdly, the effectiveness of both technology and teaching will be diluted. He's right. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This is a repost from my 2009 blog series on the same subject. Tribes use common culture to construct group identity and will employ dialects as a shared but often exclusive form of communication. Memes carry no specific rules, but in effect are adopted and shared around by the tribe as a means of perpetuating that culture.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. After my appeal for something a little more pared down that I might actually be able to read, Dr. John came up with these essentials: The Conditions of Learning and Theory of Instruction , by Robert Gagné Training Complex Cognitive Skills , by Jeroen J.G. These are my current faves.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

I have been blogging, writing and talking about our digital learning futures for some time. We still see large groups of students sitting in rows (often in auditoria and lecture theatres) struggling to take notes as a professor at the front hold forth on some theory or debate. We now live on shifting sands. Academic roles are changing.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2014

Image by Steve Wheeler This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. I'm working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I featured Hull's Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

As a practical person, I tend to avoid theory. But in my quest for an informal M.Ed, Ive got to get into theory a bit, right? The reason researchers roll their eyes at learning styles is the utter failure to find that assessing childrens learning and matching to instructional methods has any effect on their learning."

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2012

So for example, if a blog constantly publishes good content, the theory is that people will keep coming back to read more. Highly digitally literate individuals are able to communicate effectively across several platforms without loss of power or nuance. The medium itself is not as important as the content it holds.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Here''s an excerpt of the transcript of that interview, with a question about my new book: You’ve got a new book out based on your popular blog. I think the ultimate message is that we have a lot of practice going on with the use of technology in learning and there’s a lot of learning theory out there but often the two don’t come together.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 5, 2010

If you subscribe to constructivist theories of learning, you will understand why the creation of content is important in any context. Artefacts are a material outworking of knowledge creation, and according to Vygotsky , they can be aids to solving problems that could not be solved as effectively in their absence. Unported License.

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Teaching knowledge/comprehension-based subjects are more effective if the content is highly structured. An integration of blogs, wikis, content management systems (plone), simple social tools (skype), networking tools (Orkut), collaborative spaces (groove, and acollab), and the use of emerging "connection-making" protocols like RSS and Atom.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 14, 2015

With these words, Stewart Hase outlines the manifesto for heutagogy , an emerging theory of learning that espouses self-determined study, where 'people have the agency with respect to how, what and when they learn'. Robert Schuetz continues the social media theme with a chapter on how blogs create learning legacies. Self publication.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Whilst these approaches to learning are often more effective for personalised and collaborative learning, they tend to be kept to a minimum in most cases, because teachers like to maintain some level of control over their students, and finite time and resources constrain them. These are essential skills for 21st Century working.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Join Kineos Mark Harrison for a free webinar on webinars: Building effective content for your online sessions. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. Its a Meta-Webinar!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Effective design using PPT as a tool. Organize: outlines headings graphics structure text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, classification order/sequence) Integrate: illustrations with captions animation with narration worked-out examples elaborative questions Take all of the info and make better sense of it for the learner. We have it.

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AUGUST 23, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009 Kineo Webinar: Compliance Training Case Study Kineo will be holding a free webinar on developing cost-effective compliance training on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Rapid E-learning provides an alternative to develop compliance training cost-effectively and quickly. Join Kineo and Mary K. Schottmiller J.D,

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

My live blogged notes were beautiful and then poof -- my machine crashed and my notes are gone. Thats the kind of theory I can sink my fingers into. Dr. Thalheimer talked about ways hes been trying to make smile sheets more effective so that they can be used to tell us something valuable about the learning experience.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. I also promised to blog about some of the alternatives when it comes to teaching very large groups, and here it is. The key question is: What can replace the lecture?

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009 Kineo Product Knowledge E-Learning Webinar Kineo will be holding a free webinar on creating effective product knowledge e-learning on July 16th, 2009. Keeping costs down: Given the pace of change, product knowledge e-learning has got to be cost effective, otherwise the maintenance costs will be prohibitive.

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Learning with e's

MAY 26, 2011

I know this is a strange title for a blog post, but let me explain: This week, in the north of the Czech Republic, I have just completed my tenth spell of teaching at the Technical University of Liberec. Others in the group responded that if one wasn't familiar with the other person's perspective, then it was difficult to argue effectively.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

The article cites new research from the University of New South Wales (home of John Sweller, "founding father" of Cognitive Load Theory). It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. "It It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

As I sift through this weeks reading assignments, Im trying to pick out how this learning theory effects my work as a creator (an instructional designer) of self-paced eLearning experiences for the corporate market. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Take the Survey!

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Learning with e's

APRIL 30, 2011

It was a fluid theory that allowed for behavioural adjustments on the fly, as people saw themselves 'reflected in the eyes of the other' - the impact of what they were saying - as they conversed. We wanted to test out our ideas on the 'celebrity effect' in which people change their behaviour when they meet face to face with a famous person.

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