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Supporting online learners

Learning with e's

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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PLN or CoP?

Learning with e's

In the context of this post, PLN stands for Personal Learning Network , and CoP stands for Communities of Practice. In CoPs, connections are generally more deliberate, focused upon practice, often of a professional nature, and the interactions are focused largely upon the shared business of that community of practice.

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Social Learning Has Its Place…And Informal Learning Does Too.

Dashe & Thomson

Social learning refers to a class of learning, which includes wikis, blogs, screen sharing, podcasting, photo sharing, social bookmarking, collaborative working, social networking, etc. Informal learning includes certain social learning tools like wikis, communities of practice, expert directories, etc.,

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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. Knowles Andragogy 24.

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2021 and Done!

Yukon Learning

Always a master in our hearts, Ron contributes to the learning community day after day. The Learning Guild is a community of practice for those involved in Learning and learning technologies. Modern player updates, spanning from cover photos to custom colors. We’re honored to work beside you, Ron!

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#LearningIs connected

Learning with e's

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. What would learning be like without these connections? Unported License.

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From novice to expert

Learning with e's

Knowles Andragogy Photo by Thomas Hawk on Fotopedia From novice to expert by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 abstract knowledge cognitive apprenticeship communities of practice education Jean Lave learning Scaffolding situated cognition social constructivism'