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Design for life

Learning with e's

The user interface on most VLE/LMS technologies is often too complex for students, who spend much more time trying to navigate and discover content than they do actually learning that content. An example of transparent design is where the technology interface is so familiar or simple that students need to expend no mental effort using it.

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Learning, making and powerful ideas

Learning with e's

Brighton: Harvester Press. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. 3D printing coding cognitive theory constructionism contructivism education learning LOGO maker spaces making programming robotics Seymour Papert Technology' Reference Papert, S. Previous posts in this series: 1.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with e's

When they finally meet in person, they feel they already know each other, even though their relationship has been mediated through text based messaging technology. New York: New York University Press. Festinger Social Comparison Theory 11. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. References Jenkins, H. Surowiecki, J.