Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler I joined the press pack in Paris last week to attend two events sponsored by electronics giant Huawei. The first was European Innovation Day, an event held at the elegant Hotel Salomon de Rothschild building that showcased innovative uses of digital technology in education, health, industry and culture.

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Learning with e's

MAY 15, 2014

For the traditionalists, tools such as Google and other digital media are not to be completely trusted or relied upon, and some even consider them a distraction from the real business of learning, or question the veracity of their content. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. References Brabazon, T. Brabazon, T.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

My last blog post focused on the disruptive forces that are currently assailing businesses and the public sector. A Tale of Two Keynotes We live in tumultuous times where change is constant and disruptive and where technologies are increasingly pervasive throughout society. I argued that there are two kinds of disruption.

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Learning with e's

MAY 3, 2015

Technology can do this. Publishers remain in business, but to be successful they now have to adapt to the new and trenchant demands of the digital economy. Technology is opening up this kind of learning dramatically. Opening up learning means creating opportunities for learners that were previously unattainable.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Many businesses and individuals (including me) lost a lot of earnings and time, and some probably suffered adverse health effects. Disruptive innovation - the introduction of new ideas or technologies - that change forever the way we do something, can and often is, a good thing. It was incredibly stressful. This is a high stakes game.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2012

Before the digital age, we had mass media to do the job - TV, radio and newspapers and prior to that, more primitive technologies were employed to spread news. This model is a useful explanatory framework not only for ideas, but also for new technologies. By the time the late majority have adopted the technology it is no longer new.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Steve: Thank you for agreeing to take the time out of your busy schedule for this interview, Terry. The book is part of the Athabasca University Press Issues in Distance Education series and available here. Steve: If you had to give away all your technologies, but just keep back one for personal use, what would it be?

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