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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Firstly.the Social Web connects people together At Plymouth University, we very quickly began to explore the ways Social Web tools could support our students.

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Engaging online learners 2

Learning with e's

Photo from Pxhere In my previous blog post I remarked that engaging learners can be difficult in any context, but is often harder in online environments. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing.

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Engaging online learners 1

Learning with e's

In order to rationalise activities within such a collaborative space, it is prudent to identify a framework within which activities can be defined. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. 2009) Destructive creativity on the social web. Wheeler, S.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

My two keynotes were conceived, written and presented over a decade ago in 2000, at a time when the Web was still in its infancy. I was certainly speaking for a time before the advent of what is now referred to as Web 2.0 or the ‘social web’. As my starting point I want to examine the phenomenon that is Web 2.0

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Getting The Most Out Of Your LMS

Upside Learning

Twitter is a fast growing and influential social networking service that is being leveraged as a great learning tool. Integration with the Twitter web service will make it easy to share information across domains. It also allows you to share photos and videos with other users leading to collaborative learning.

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Top 100 eLearning Items

Tony Karrer

Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Mathemagenic " PhD conclusions in a thousand words: blogging practices of knowledge workers Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Active learning spaces

Learning with e's

Recently I wrote about collaborative learning spaces , and argued that we are entering unfamiliar territory. It appears that it no longer matters where learning occurs, as long as it is meaningful. Some might argue that learning that is situated is the most powerful. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.