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Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations. Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. Photo by Steve Wheeler PLN or CoP? But this post is not about money.
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
AUGUST 22, 2014
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. Kolb Experiential Learning Cycle 23. Knowles Andragogy 24.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
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. Milgram theorised that it could be established that no-one is separated from anyone else in the world by more than six social contacts.
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. Students are connected to their teachers through similar means.
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. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. The full text is available at this link.
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. This is why networked learning, and communities of practice are so important. In essence, it''s about context and use, not about age, says White. Unported License.
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