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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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Mythical beasts

Learning with e's

Some educational myths are about the nature of learning, others concern the role of teachers, or technology, and of course, there are several questionable theories floating around about the human brain and how we learn. Another damaging myth is that we only use ten percent of our brains. This received just 6% of votes.

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Theories for the digital age: Paragogy

Learning with e's

In many ways, the ability to use personal technologies to create, organise, share and repurpose content, in many formats across the global web environment has become a democratising, liberating factor in education. 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. Unported License. Brabazon, T. New York, NY: W.

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Free learning & development webinars for July 2023

Limestone Learning

“ Mountains, landscape, view ” by Krzysztof Jaracz is licensed by pixabay. PT: Blending Virtual Reality Into Your Learning Design New technology like VR can be tricky to navigate due to the many considerations needed, including investment cost, upskilling your team, adapting your workflow, and maybe most importantly, how to get started.

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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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Classic Learning Research in Practice – Sensory Channels – Keep the Learners Attention

Adobe Captivate

Sensory input remains useless until it is processed by the brain where it becomes perception. It is your brain that sees and hears. Perception starts at the sensory input, in the bottom-up processing approach (Gibson’s Theory). Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com is licensed by CC 3.0

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Theories for the digital age: Paragogy

Learning with e's

In many ways, the ability to use personal technologies to create, organise, share and repurpose content, in many formats across the global web environment has become a democratising, liberating factor in education. 2010) The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. Unported License. Brabazon, T. New York, NY: W.

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