Learning with e's

APRIL 13, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler I have just published a third module in my series on digital learning for the ZilLearn platform. This course, as with the others, is completely free to take - and is especially written with teachers in mind. It's called Supporting Online Learners and the link is here.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

Indeed, the Zone of Proximal Development and other social pedagogy models were largely unheard of in the West before the 1970s. Once Vygotskiian influences began to pervade classroom practice, teachers were quick to seize on the power of dialogue as a strategy. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy. Or is it because you have actually sat down and worked out what problems technology will solve, and how pedagogy will be enhanced by its introduction? Is your school community ready to adopt new practices or will they resist?

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Learning with e's

APRIL 7, 2014

True open scholars are those who have aspirations to be global educators, promoting free learning for all, reaching out and connecting with other educators and learners everywhere, with the aim of participating fully in their worldwide community of practice. Knowledge is like love. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2017

It can be a thorny topic and a bone of contention for any number of reasons, but continues to absorb most of the oxygen in the debate about what constitutes good pedagogy. Routine and schedule can be a huge barrier to new ideas, and creative pedagogy is often stifled due to lack of time or support. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Allow me elaborate: Many of our pedagogical theories and much of our practice in higher education is grounded in, and has been derived from, a pre-digital era, when the lecturer or professor was central to the process of education, and where the classroom was the predominant place for learning to take place. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

You have probably noticed at this point just how similar this approach to learning is to work based learning practices. People teach each other by passing on their knowledge, and learn within their community of practice, focusing on their specialisms. Unported License.

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