Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky is revered as a notable pioneer of research into learning and cognitive development. Although his writings were suppressed in the West for several decades, they eventually emerged in the 70s, representative of a progressive view of constructivism, in which the social was seen as a major influence on learning.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 2, 2014

In my most recent post I examined Leon Festinger''s cognitive dissonance theory and its applications to education. London: Fontana Press. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2014

Engeström''s approach was to explain human thought processes not simply on the basis of the individual, but in the wider context of the individual''s interactions within the social world through artefacts, and specifically in situations where activities were being produced. plans, cognitive maps) to achieve their goals. Mietinnen, R.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Photo by US Dept of Agriculture on Flickr Social learning is one of the vital components of contemporary learning and development. Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1978) argued that we learn best when we are immersed in a socially rich, culturally relevant environment. Social learning is strongly relational. Vygotsky, L.

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MAY 21, 2014

Today, we explore the work of Albert Bandura on social learning theory. It''s been said that Albert Bandura''s theory of social learning spans the gap between behaviourism and cognitivism. In fact, Social Learning theory is essentially - as the name suggests - an explanation of how we learn when we are in social contexts.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In this post I will featuring direct quotations from legendary American psychologist Jerome S Bruner , whose work focused on the psychology of learning, pedagogical methods such as instructional scaffolding and the spiral curriculum , as well as social constructivist learning methods. Boston, MA: Harvard University Press. Bruner, J.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Research from the behavioural and cognitive sciences, neurosciences and pedagogical research fields is regularly yielding new findings. In an article entitled 'Learning from Learners', Rachel Wu (Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester, New York) discusses some recent findings on how infants learn.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

It fascinated social psychologist Stanley Milgram. So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Who we know and who they know, he believed, define our social structure. Surowiecki, J.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

Futurologist Ray Kurzweil's argument looks beyond these issues, holding that the tools we have available to us as a result of networked social media and personal devices, actually enable us to increase our cognitive abilities. New York: Oxford University Press. Jonassen, D. and Wilson, B. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

But social constructivist theory, particularly Vygotsky''s socio-cultural focus, extends greatly beyond the concept of ZPD - the zone of proximal development - that most people are familar with. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Theory 12. . * The answer is neither left nor right - the Queen faces forward on the note. Further Reading Norman, D. Unported License.

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JUNE 18, 2014

She made some important contributions to his stages of cognitive development theory (which will be featured in greater depth in some upcoming articles on this blog). It could be argued that these decisions were made because of Inhelder and Piaget's cognitive stages theory. London: Fontana Press. References Donaldson, M.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Self regulation of learning is thought to be a characteristic of individual students (Beishuizen, 2008) but increasingly can be contextualised within social learning environments. A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. and Byrnes, J. Zimmerman and D. Schunk (Eds.)

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This is a continuation of my short series on the future of higher education, and builds on yesterday''s blog post on why Social Web tools are useful to support student learning. London: The MIT Press. We start with the question.how will technology help to shape the future of Higher Education? The Design of Everyday Things. Wheeler, S.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

OK, so open source software, rival news channels and other fast food chains are now vying for supremacy and Facebook is mopping up many of the other social networks, but you get the idea. This kind of 'Macdonaldisation' of society has reached every aspect of our world, especially our social lives. Cambridge: Polity Press.

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MAY 4, 2007

From the press release: Its important to remember, however, that as with any tool, you only get out what you put in. Hi Cammy, RE: Its not clear to me from the press release what type of authoring environment is used (is it Microsoft Word?) Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. or what format the output is in.

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MARCH 20, 2014

His work around the study of social and cognitive presence in distance learning contexts has been cited many times, and his research has led to a number of high profile keynote speech invitations around the globe. I’m especially interested in social media that can be used to go beyond the often institutional centric LMS systems.

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