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Technology sinner

Allison Rossett

That technology sinner is me. This isn’t about technology failure. While those are proper concerns, early this morning I found myself worrying about things that are lower in Maslow’s hierarchy. The way the technology was set up for the webinar, I couldn’t tell if they were cheering, booing or sleeping.

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

Learning with e's

I posed some questions for educators to address, and proposed that much of our technology in recent years has been used to connect and to communicate. When people connect using technology, they seek out commonalities and look for shared experiences. I call this connected pedagogy. 1954) Motivation and Personality. Wheeler, S.

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The Biggest Myths in Learning and Development

Absorb LMS

In the early 1960s, philosopher Abraham Kaplan and psychologist Abraham Maslow independently described the idea that being in possession of an instrument affects our perception. This led to a lifelong career in learning technology as a content developer, entrepreneur, consultant, analyst, and now technology provider.

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The importance of being networked

Learning with e's

the use of social technology is much less determined by the tool itself; when we use a network, the most import asset we get is access to one another. Think of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of human needs (1954), and note that 'belonging' to a group and gaining respect from others are fundamental to his theory. References Maslow, A.

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Video for assessment

Learning with e's

They have already blogged about one specific learning theory, and have then combined it with another theory to create their own synthesis of understanding about how theories relate to each other to better explain learning. education learning metacognition Scaffolding Technology theory video' Unported License.

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Design for life

Learning with e's

The Theory An examination of the work of JJ Gibson, as previously documented on this blog , shows that people perceive affordances in any object. The user interface on most VLE/LMS technologies is often too complex for students, who spend much more time trying to navigate and discover content than they do actually learning that content.

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Learning, making and powerful ideas

Learning with e's

If children blog, or create digital maps of their school, or create imagery and manipulate it in a multitude of ways, they are experiencing their own influence on changing contexts, and can see the implications of their actions. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Koffka Gestalt theory 21. Köhler Insight learning 22. Unported License.

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