E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

In terms of supporting the moocers in the organisation, I envisage L&D pro’s undertaking activities such as facilitating communities of practice, setting up buddy programs, and organising external meetups. Does the company have an ethical responsibility to help the community through MOOCs? Networking. Blending content.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Now it depends on how you define CPD, but for me it is the personal learning you require to sustain, enhance and extend your own capabilities within your professional practice. My Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the vehicle that carries me to this learning, and social media is the highway that enables me to get there.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

And yet these theories paid scant attention to the social contexts within which learning occurs. It was not until social theories such as Vygotsky''s social constructivist model were introduced that education as a whole began to capitalise on the dialogic power of learning. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

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.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2023

Further, internal peer groups often used by diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging teams — ERNs — support both DEIB and HR initiatives such as engagement, onboarding and retention by providing much-needed social connections, peer-to-peer awareness, networking and cultural connection to organizational values.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2012

This mind tool effect can be observed today in large social networks and across distributed communities of practice, and might be explained through connectivist theory which holds that we now store our knowledge more with our friends than we do in any physical repository. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 31, 2016

Students are connected to each other through social media and networks. And students are connected to tools that enabled them to discover new content, to collate and curate it, to repurpose/remix it and to share it within their communities of practice. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 17, 2012

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. our use of social media actually engages.'

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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 your school community ready to adopt new practices or will they resist? Unported License. Are your staff on board with this idea?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2014

They may not be such regular users of Facebook , so are more likely to be visitors rather than residents within that particular social media environment. However, we can often become touristic in our use of many other social media, because there are so many to choose from, and we will never have enough time to become resident in all of them.

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Learning with e's

JULY 30, 2016

In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Unported License. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 25, 2014

The previous post highlighted issues around the theory of Communities of Practice, from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Unported License. Previous posts in this series are all linked below. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2012

.' - Albert Einstein Yet the externalisation of learning - knowledge performance - is a vitally important part of the learning process, not only for the student, but also for the entire community they live within. These are powerful practices because of their immediacy and accessibility; and having an audience raises your game.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

What we learn in formalised settings such as school, college and university is merely the foundation of our knowledge and the rudimentary skill sets that enable us to build our own minds and construct meaning, through individual and social contexts later in life. Unported License. That has always been the nature of learning.

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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. 2008) Self-Regulated Learning in Communities.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Are you a teacher who has managed to harness the power of social media to connect with peers and experts around the globe? Connected educators know that in doing this they become global educators, with their content being amplified across a worldwide community of practice. Unported License. Are you a connected educator?

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

If you are immersed in technology mediated communication, there are no apparent barriers to membership of your community of practice. It is your virtual community. It is tribal because the global online community exhibits many of the characteristics of traditional, territorial tribal practice.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

We sat outside in the early spring sunshine of Portlaiose and discussed blogging, social media, the state of education, ideal schools of the future, innovation and technology, and a whole host of related topics. Image source On Aer by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2014

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs Photo by Sid Mosdell on Flickr The point of no return by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The Theory Stanley Milgram was active in social psychology research during the sixties and was influenced by the events of the Second World War. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Unported License. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

before social media) and Learning 2.0. is socially much richer and more participatory, and relies more on interaction with other learners than any previous learning approach. Social media are enabling learners everywhere to connect and work together with each other, forming convenient communities and networks of shared interest.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Papert Constructionism Photo by Steve Wheeler Graphic by Instructional Design In two minds by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

MARCH 21, 2015

One major phenomenon of the last decade has undoubtedly been the global and exponential rise of social media. Seeded at the turn of the century, the social web phase of Internet development promoted connections, participation, networked sociality. The social web truly is a powerful communication technology.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 3, 2011

But if you starve yourself of a social life, your relationships will die, and your life experience will be the poorer for it. And social media are the enablers. Yet many teachers and students see social networking tools as frivolous entertainment or ego massage. Unported License. Main story by Bob Gass.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Norman The design of everyday things Photo by Steve Wheeler Learning, making and powerful ideas by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

For example, social media is encouraging learners not only to discover existing knowledge, it is also enabling them to create, repurpose, organise and share new knowledge. That they are ephemeral, from this perspective, will be less important than the impact such communities will have whilst they still exist. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Paivio Dual Coding Theory Photo by Pixabay Stage by stage by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. We are connected educators, linked in to a number of powerful global communities of practice, and we have access to resources, dialogue and audiences we would not enjoy in a traditional learning and teaching role.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Posted on the BERA blog , Peter Ford made the argument that unless academics and educationalists engage with classroom teachers on social media, they are in danger of being consigned to the periphery. The blogs themselves would be the room and the audience would be those who were connected through social media. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Milgram Obedience to Authority Photo by Cyrano82 on Deviant Art Design for Life by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The theory explains social dimensions of personality. Locus of control has connections to a number of other social theories of personality including self-efficacy (Bandura) and attribution theory (Weiner). Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 10, 2013

I have previously written on this blog about how mobile technology can give the edge and also about some of the social implications of learning on the move. Will the use of social media increase as a result? Will we see a greater emphasis on communities of practice as a result of mobile tools and technologies?

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Unported License. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5. Craik and Lockhart Levels of Processing 6. Csíkszentmihályi Flow Theory 7.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We learn by doing, and we more actively engage with learning when we create artefacts that can be shared within social contexts such as communities of practice. In my next blog post in this series on digital literacies, I will explore this facet of the social web in more detail. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 15, 2015

The most important thing for me has been to find out what is coming next, so that not only am I prepared for it, I can also tell my students, colleagues and my wider academic and professional community about the potential impacts of new ideas and technologies. Unported License. Frankly, that's why I started this blog.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

One of the digital literacies I identified in yesterday's blogpost was effective social networking. What else do we need to learn about social networking that can help us or our students to learn better? So what are the essential compontents of social networking as a digital literacy? So what's the big deal about this?

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We encourage them to develop their own Personal/Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) so they can lock into and exploit the vast communities of practice that already exist out there in the rapidly expanding Blogosphere and Twitterverse. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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