Communities of Practice Pedagogy Social Theory 
Kapp Notes
OCTOBER 27, 2010
The other day, I discovered an interesting article, Presence Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in a 3D Virtual Immersive World , which describes an educational approach for conducting a learning event in a virtual immersive environment. Flying around in VirtualU: Sense of space is important in virtual learning environments.
Learning with e's
APRIL 13, 2020
I cover a range of themes around online learning support, and apply several well known theories to explain what is required in digital learning environments. There is a quiz and a range of activities. As ever, I'm open for feedback about the module - and you are invited to post your thoughts below in the comments box on this blog.
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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. Practice Application Brief No. Delfino, M.,
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
In other words, we enable digital and physical learning spaces in which they can freely explore ideas, argue with each other (and us) over concepts and theories and in so doing, develop their reasoning and thinking skills. In order to develop key critical thinking skills, learners need to be able to argue effectively. Unported License.
Learning with e's
APRIL 16, 2014
Many of the earlier learning theories place the learner in splendid isolation. From the neo-behaviourist theories of Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, we were led to believe that learners respond to stimuli and make associations between the two, and that these links represent learning. Unported License.
Obsidian Learning
MARCH 11, 2015
Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. As instructional designers, we’re aware of various theories about how and why people learn. As instructional designers, we’re aware of various theories about how and why people learn.
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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