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Classroom without walls

Learning with e's

Today, with the sun shining down on the UK's warmest March in recorded history, my students and I sat in a classroom without walls - literally. We went outside and held our final teaching session of the term in the warm sun. Classrooms without walls by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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The sun sets on Becta

Learning with e's

So the British Educational Communication and Technology Agency (Becta) is no more, euthanised by the new UK coalition Government's first round of cuts. This work by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 About 240 jobs will be lost for a saving of around £65 million a year.

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Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing

Learning with e's

Now, for those who are unfamiliar with the Reform Symposium, let me explain: It's a 72 hour live web based symposium that follows the sun. New and emerging embedded systems such as iBeacon might perform this kind of activity tracking, but might also be used to enhance communications across campus, and within communities of practice.

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The persistence of distance (learning)

Learning with e's

It is now possible to find content on just about any subject under the sun, simply by searching and finding it on the Web. As long as technology is used to mediate communication between students and their teachers there will always be distance learning. We are gazing into a very exciting future. Unported License.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Big Question

Learning Visions

With your son, I see two: the "terminal accomplishment" of communicating with Santa, and the "enabling accomplishment" of writing a letter himself. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at learningvisions.blogspot.com.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Objection to Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Each story submission is reviewed by the employee communications editorial committee, which decides if it meets the following criteria: 1. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at learningvisions.blogspot.com.

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Free L&D webinars for August 2018

Limestone Learning

Sure, it’s great to have time to enjoy the sun, but time off can also produce anxiety. In this case-study session, you’ll learn how Rogers Communications successfully integrated UX design and gamification into an online training course. Suspense, surprise and importance are often communicated with more than just words or pictures.

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