Learning with e's

JANUARY 27, 2014

The work of John Sweller and Nillie Lavie on Cognitive Load Theory and Capacity Theory (based on studies by Shalom Fisch ) is useful to help us understand how to optimise digital design environments such as the layout of virtual learning environments or online discussion groups. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

From a cognitive constructivist perspective, learning is achieved through the twin processes of assimilation and accommodation. The latter implies that new learning is 'bolted onto', or constructed within, existing cognitive structures known as schemas. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In many parts of the world this won't happen at all, usually because of what has been called the digital divide. AI enhanced course design is supposedly the next big development in digital education. Unported License. The future of education, in all sectors, will be a marriage of convenience between teachers and technology.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 25, 2024

The eBook of today looks significantly different from the static PDF eBooks that were designed as digital replicas of physical textbooks. For instance, the use of a cloud-based digital textbook publishing platform such as KITABOO enables publishers to introduce interactive features, at scale, into their content and business strategy.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Personal technologies are thought to enable self-regulation at a number of levels, including the ‘object’ and ‘meta’ levels of learning, supporting maintenance, adaptation, monitoring and control of a variety of higher level cognitive processes (Nelson & Narens, 1990). Unported License. 2000) Simple Moments of Learning.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The Theory Not to be confused with constructivism, constructionism is a cognitive theory that relates to learning by making things. They represent the essence of rational thinking, developing cognitive skills that will prepare the child to deal with a multitude of challenges and problems they may encounter later in life.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

We find ourselves increasingly immersed in our digital worlds, surrounded by devices and tools, our minds constantly impacted by streams of new information. That wouldn''t have happened, at least not as extensively, if I did not have access to my digital tools. Unported License. Can technology help us to think more clearly?

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2019

The first is cognitive load - i.e. the amount of information we can process and absorb through our primary senses; in this case, our audio and visual channels. A closer look at cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988 ) reveals that human processing relies predominantly on visual and auditory stimuli, but this is limited. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Over the next few academic years I predict that submitting assignments in alternative digital formats will become the norm. Modelling best practice is a very powerful approach and offers cognitive apprenticeship to learners if managed appropriately. Photo from Wikimedia Commons Digital assignments: How shall we grade them?

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Mike Taylor

JULY 21, 2023

With three of us already jostling for car keys and another soon to get their license, it was time we added another set to the mix. The study suggests that this network evolved from a simpler system, becoming more complex as humans developed advanced cognitive abilities. Marcel Proust Guess what? Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

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Mike Taylor

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Memorable Feedback: Lessons from Cognitive Psychology in Selective Attention. And when your work relies on habitual digital consumption, it can easily cause information overload. Tune into this conversation with digital wellness expert Julia Soffa on effective strategies you can adopt to overcome information overload.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 26, 2013

What can we learn from digital curation of content? Let''s start with some theory: According to the revised Bloom''s cognitive taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl, ''creating'' is suggested as the peak of achievement. I wrote about this new model question recently, and critiqued it in the context of emergent forms of digital learning.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

I believe that if we are to fully apprehend the many issues and nuances of our relationship with future technologies, we first need to begin to appreciate the complexity of human intelligence(s) and the problems associated with trying to model these digitally. But the digital divide will not stop the march of technology. He is right.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Learning in the digital age involves a lot of technology, but fundamentally the role of the learner is still to explore, discover and acquire knowledge. The latter implies that new learning is 'bolted onto', or constructed within, existing cognitive structures known as schemas. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 12, 2019

Furthermore, in the digital age where every aspect of our lives is governed by technology, do the theories from the last century still have relevance? From this 'cognitive constructivist' perspective, learning is achieved through the twin processes of assimilation and accommodation. But to which theories should we subscribe?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2014

We start off with some useful ideas around proposed cognitive architectures - how we image human memory is organised. Dual Coding Model Canadian cognitive psychologist Allan Paivio will probably be remember most for his work on Dual Coding Theory. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2014

Figure 2: Interpretation of AT in the context of digital identity In AT people (actors) use external tools (e.g. plans, cognitive maps) to achieve their goals. The second figure is my interpretation in relation to digital presence, community and identity. Unported License. hammer, computer, car) and internal tools (e.g.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 6, 2014

In many ways, heutagogy is aligned to other digital age theories, in that it places an importance on ‘learning to learn’, and the sharing rather than hoarding of that knowledge. It is not difficult to see that such sharing of knowledge can be easily achieved through social media and the use of personal digital technologies.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

Ideas range from games based learning , to the use of social media and networking, to simpler approaches such as the use of digital cameras in art or data logging in science. Is it because you are afraid of being left behind in the ''digital revolution''? Unported License. Is it because everyone else seems to be doing it?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Technology integration results in digital tools being embedded into learning, so that for example maker cultures emerge, or the classroom activities are flipped , supporting more effective pedagogies and improving student learning outcomes. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 30, 2020

“ Winter, landscape, snow ” by Michael Gaida is licensed by Pixabay. PT: Minimize the Noise: Methods and Examples to Reduce Cognitive Load In the information age, it’s believed that more is better. How to use digital lessons to build greater learning retention and avoid online burnout. 2020 turned us upside down and inside out.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

How it can be applied in education Social ties are crucially important in the digital age, for as Henry Jenkins argues, it''s the dynamic and participatory elements of reaffirming a group''s social ties that helps us to acquire our collective knowledge (Jenkins, 2006, p. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2012

Increasingly, in today's digital age, many of us are following Clark’s perspective, focusing on content, without paying much attention to the tools we use to make sense of it. Highly digitally literate individuals are able to communicate effectively across several platforms without loss of power or nuance. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

It is increasingly apparent that learning technology and digital communication will play a key role in the shaping of future higher education. For digital technologies to become as successful in education as ‘paper and pencil’, I believe that five key objectives will need to be achieved: 1. Unported License. and Wheeler, S.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 17, 2013

There is a persistent need for information access, cognitive reflection, and interdependent function through mobile devices. Photo by Jiten Vaghela Always on learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Hurix Digital

JANUARY 15, 2020

Here’s more about the Importance of Digital Curriculum Development in Higher Education . Related: Online Learning Programs: Why Every Institution is Going Digital. This is primarily because digital learning must be designed to capture the attention of its audience. Credibility.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Seymour Papert ''s work on constructionism outlines the cognitive gain that occurs when we create something new rather than simply repeat knowledge that has already been acquired. They are constantly creating new content, and presenting their new knowledge in blogs, videos and on other digital media. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2014

The real battle is actually an ideological dialectic on how learning is changing in the digital age. Working the two in powerful combination - that is using technology as a mind tool to extend cognitive abilities - is a better approach. Unported License. However, ignoring technology is not the answer.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

“ Penguin, sea, Antarctic ” by falco is licensed by Pixabay. Among the many reasons for attending DLAC: Direct access to hundreds of leaders and practitioners across the continuum of digital learning expertise. Happy new year! Are you up for another year of learning? Share the lessons you learned too!

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

This is accompanied by a well-known cognitive phenomenon called the confirmation bias. Result - the learner fails to gain a holistic learning experience, and misses out on the many rich opportunities to expand and develop their other sensory or cognitive skills. Unported License. Worse still, as Barbara Prashnig explains: ".it

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

For this, you propose to leverage existing digital platforms and apps that people already have installed on their phones. DR. STELLA LEE: Technology will only be more interconnected with the advent of Internet of Things (IoT) so leveraging existing digital platforms and apps is already happening in our daily life across different domains.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 23, 2012

It is increasingly apparent that learning technology and digital communication will play a key role in the shaping of future higher education. For digital technologies to become as successful in education as ‘paper and pencil’, I believe that five strategies will need to be put into place: 1. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 2, 2011

So here, just for the record are my own, and other people's thoughts on the controversy of Marc Prensky's Digital Natives and Immigrants theory. Prensky originally suggested that those who were born before the digital age are immigrants, whilst those who have grown up with technology are the natives. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 12, 2011

In 2008, in partnership with Peter John, I published a book called 'The Digital Classroom'. On the other hand, technology that is transparent is easy to use and has little demands on the cognitive energy of the user. 2008) The Digital Classroom: Harnessing Technology for the Future. Unported License. Reference: John, P.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 14, 2012

It is a real struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of change that defines the digital age. During this phase, the technology should become transparent to the users - that is, it should begin to be used without significant cognitive energy. 2009) The Digital Classroom: Harnessing technology for the future. Unported License.

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Limestone Learning

JANUARY 3, 2022

“ Country, road, winter, snow ” by Thomas Breher is licensed by Pixabay. But there’s a cognitive challenge for remote and in-person employees to engage equally in a synchronous workplace. However, it’s a cognitive challenge for remote and in-person employees to engage equally in a synchronous workplace. Here we are in 2022.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 2, 2016

Learning by making became an important component of learning in the digital age, and has been used as an explanation of the rise in user generated content. He also encouraged meta-cognition as an important pedagogical method. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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