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Knowledge, practice and community

Learning with e's

In this post, I extend this idea into the work Lave did with Etienne Wenger, which has become known as Communities of Practice. The work of Lave and Wenger advances this concept, turning its focus to the people who make up the learning communities we are all a part of. Previous posts in this series: 1. Unported License.

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Learning first, technology second

Learning with e's

Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. But that is the problem. Design issues are not the only problems. Is your school community ready to adopt new practices or will they resist? Leave the store.

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Learning and performance

Learning with e's

Some are less obvious - learning complex mathematical formulae will result in applying these to mathematical problems. More and more people are performing their knowledge online to a potentially worldwide audience, through blogs, through YouTube and on other popular social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr.

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Tracking sentiments

Learning with e's

And so I arrived at my hotel, checked in to my room and then proceeded to tweet my problem to anyone on Twitter who cared to read it. The same applies when you mention something on Facebook, or simply let slip your date of birth, location or other personal information such as hobbies and interests. But it could be a lot worse.

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The future is not here yet

Learning with e's

You can literally tap into any community of practice that you are interested in and find people who are very clever and knowledgeable and get almost instant answers from them. This would never have been possible without the internet and social media services like Twitter and Facebook.