Learning with e's

OCTOBER 1, 2019

These technologies are all beginning to play roles in our digital lives and will grow in significance in the future. They reckon that filtering out low-level problems through a digital assistant will give real human operatives a chance to interact more meaningfully with their customers. But have you heard of cognitive technology?

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In many parts of the world this won't happen at all, usually because of what has been called the digital divide. AI enhanced course design is supposedly the next big development in digital education. Previous posts in this series: 1: Telecommunications 2: Classrooms 3: Music 4: Enhanced vision 5: Robot teachers?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Whether it is writing a blog, posting a video on YouTube, working collaboratively on a wiki, or simply bookmarking a site on Diigo or Delicious, students are leaving the digital footprints - evidence of their presence - all over the internet. Dr Waycott told the story of one student who was also developing a fledgling music career.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Over the next few academic years I predict that submitting assignments in alternative digital formats will become the norm. How difficult is it for example, to put a voice-over track or a music track onto a video, or overlay captions? Photo from Wikimedia Commons Digital assignments: How shall we grade them?

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Continuing my series on digital literacies , today's post is about how we can reuse existing content. Although these outmoded, unwanted and ultimately despised copyright laws apply to internet content just like they do to books or music CDs, there are also some welcome signs of change in the digital domain. Unported License.

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JANUARY 27, 2018

I’ve also experienced this when working in an organisation also had similar expectations but no budget for stock photography, background music, or video. Music can be a challenge, but many sites offer free music under a creative commons license. I had to be resourceful.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 8, 2010

In the last in the series on digital literacies , we explore how each of us can become our own broadcasters and publishers. The music industry has had to learn the hard way that it no longer has the monopoly on music production and distribution. The shift is from push to pull. This is a characteristic of the Web 2.0

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

An apple for teacher by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Have a listen. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2016

In my last blog post I illustrated a new model of digital literacies in the context of age of remix. In the digital age, where many have access to the participatory web such as social media, it is easier than ever to remix and mashup content. One of the most widespread examples of digital remix is Wikipedia. Unported License.

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OCTOBER 26, 2015

I am a learning technologist based at the Australian Digital Futures Institute at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia where I have been based for four years. These photos are all open licensed Creative Commons images. In fact I’ve used Creative Commons images, videos and audio throughout the course.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Nic Negroponte's vision of 'atoms becoming bits' was still a distance dream for the few visionaries who could actually conceive a purely digital world, where physical media had more or less become obsolete. Previous posts in this series: 1: Telecommunications 2: Classrooms 3: Music 4: Enhanced vision 5: Robot teachers?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2019

The multi-timbral nature of the smartphone gives it the capacity to capture our attention through a wide spectrum of attractions, from music and digital media, games, social media, dating sites, videos and live news streams. In 2004 Mark Curtis wrote a book titled 'Distraction' which has the strap line 'Being human in the digital age'.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 10, 2014

It was an exciting and thought provoking, well attended event which somehow resembled a TED talk, with its large stage, bright studio lighting, music and arena style seating. Photos by FOTE A FOTE opportunity by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 25, 2019

Next to it there is my vinyl record player (with a USB port to burn to digital audio) and a table lamp for reading. I also have several musical instruments to hand and plenty of sketching and writing materials. What you can't see in the image above is the seat I took this picture from before I processed it into cartoon format.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

They are accessing information, listening to music, watching TV or a movie, perhaps making a call to a friend or family member. Personal, connected digital technologies enable us to access content and interact quickly and easily. I captured the image on this page recently on a Dockland Light Railway train as it sped across East London.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

The key theme in his 'the elusive technological future' speech, was that the future has already overtaken the music, advertising and publishing worlds, because they were completely unprepared for what was coming. He gave evidence that the digital future has supplanted the analogue quickly, remorselessly and unexpectedly.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 20, 2014

One of the first books I ever read about digital media was Nicholas Negroponte''s Being Digital. One of the things that most struck me about Being Digital, was the distinction Nic made between atoms and bits. The atom represents physical space, content, objects, while the bit represents the digital, virtual world.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Today's screens are slim and lightweight, due to rapid the development digital technology and relentless miniaturisation of components in recent years. Previous posts in this series: 1: Telecommunications 2: Classrooms 3: Music 4: Enhanced vision 5: Robot teachers? Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Vlogging - or video blogging - has been a growing trend, especially among the twenty-something age group, and is defining itself as a new genre of self expression in the digital ecology. Many well known vlogs attract parodies, but these in themselves could be seen as original works, with creative merit of their own. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 21, 2010

tools, it's likely that you give away your stuff for free, and in doing so, you make a digital footprint for yourself. My digital footprint grows each time I post new content, whether it's on this blog, one of my Flickr accounts, or YouTube, Facebook , LinkedIn or Slideshare. How much do you freely share on the Web? open scholarship.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2013

Ever listened to a track and then delved deeper to discover the meaning behind the music? Increasingly, the use of the Internet and other digital tools is coming under the scrutiny of researchers. Others are more positive about the effects and influence of digital technology on learning. If you have, then you are not alone.

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Learning with e's

MAY 30, 2013

Zittrain is worried about the possibilities of ''censoring, erasing, altering or restricting access to books'', and argues that digital texts are ''increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers or libraries.'' So what is the future for digital text? He has a point. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

The title of the book was ' Being Digital ' and the author was Nicholas Negroponte. This premise, written in the middle of the 90s, looked forwards to a time when newspapers, movies, music, television, photography, and a host of other media would reside exclusively within the digital domain. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Games literacy will become increasingly important, because the games based experience is modular and non-linear, participatory and customisable - reflecting much of our experiences in the digital era. These match some of the key skills required to succeed in the world of work where digital technology is prevalent.' ( source ).

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Games literacy will become increasingly important, because the games based experience is modular and non-linear, participatory and customisable - reflecting much of our experiences in the digital era. These match some of the key skills required to succeed in the world of work where digital technology is prevalent.' ( source ).

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 14, 2013

Audio and video tape were replaced by digital media. The physical presence of music media is being rapidly eroded by digital media. Digital skills are at a premium. If you don't possess the skills to use a computer or other digital device, you automatically exclude yourself from the majority of jobs currently available.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

These are the digital generation, who have been immersed in technology, and although they may not be fully educated in its use, they are none-the-less expectant that universities and organisations will embed these tools into their experience. The implications for this in the context of digital literacies is clear. He should know this.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Throughout the programme of initial teacher education, our specialist computing and ICT students are constantly creating blogs, videos and other digital representations of their learning. The background jazz music is an added bonus! There is an excellent history of student generated content at Plymouth Institute of Education.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Throughout the programme of initial teacher education, our specialist computing and ICT students are constantly creating blogs, videos and other digital representations of their learning. The background jazz music is an added bonus! There is an excellent history of student generated content at Plymouth Institute of Education.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

When we see someone who professes to be a visual learner excel at geography and an auditory learner excel at music, we do not seek out the information which would disprove our interpretation of these events (can the auditory learner learn geography through hearing it? Can the visual learner become better at music by seeing it?)"

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 26, 2015

Amy has taken popular songs, rewritten the lyrics about specific periods in European history, and has then created new music videos for educational purposes. But History Teachers is just one of the many contributions Amy has made to digital learning in the past few years. What inspires me most about Amy Burvall? Watch this space!

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 12, 2011

When I attended school I was required to attend classes in mathematics, English language and literature, science (physics, biology, chemistry), history, geography, music, art, Religious Education, craft and design, home economics, German and French - all just in case I might need them later in life. Send them out confused and wanting more.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 17, 2013

Each programme features an interview with a celebrity, who is invited to bring a list of their 8 favourite music tracks and during the show they talk about why they chose them, thereby giving their listening audience an insight into their lives. The secret of the programme is in its simplicity. 6) My iPhone. What are your 8 top tools?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 18, 2015

One contemporary example is the digital camera. Digital technology has advanced photography into areas that were previously considered impossible. Another area that has been disrupted is music. Television has also been revolutionised by digital. Few places remain today where you can still buy an analogue camera.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

They will need to acquire critical thinking and problem solving skills, and will need to be highly digitally literate. They will need to be creative and will need to know how to innovate. Image source Taking the risk by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 2, 2016

I also chair the Faculty’s Digital Learning Futures group which is there to think about and develop new responses to the needs of education, including the integration of new and emerging technologies, and the development of new learning spaces. I lead a team of academics who are engaged in developing the next generation of teachers.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 2, 2016

I also chair the Faculty’s Digital Learning Futures group which is there to think about and develop new responses to the needs of education, including the integration of new and emerging technologies, and the development of new learning spaces. I lead a team of academics who are engaged in developing the next generation of teachers.

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