Kitaboo

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In the realm of higher education, the effective management of teaching materials is critical to cultivating an enriching and dynamic learning environment. As an educator, you are confronted with the multifaceted challenges and opportunities inherent in the intricate landscape of teaching materials management systems (TMMSs).

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Gone are the days when education was all about reading from textbooks. Modern-day education involves the use of amazing virtual reality experiences , interactive modules, and other tech-savvy resources to make learning fun and engaging. That’s what we call educational content licensing. Table of Contents: I.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Steinar Engeland on unsplash In yesterday's post I wrote about how teachers are beginning to use online forms of education to enhance and extend the reach of schools. Distance education in all its forms has been used for more than a century in education, leveraging the potential of each new technology as it emerges.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. There are thousands of blogs dedicated to education in the UK, and many of them have great content that can inspire, inform or challenge. Learning Spy - David Didau 4.

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Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2020

I presented a webinar for EDEN's series on education in the time of a pandemic' earlier today, and was pleased to see almost 300 participants from across the globe. I also worked through some classic neo-Marxist perspectives and explored the extent to which they are useful as explanations in contemporary online education.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2020

based online education platform called ZilLearn to ask me if I would like to write some courses. I jumped at the chance, especially in this current crisis, to create some additional online resources that might be helpful in supporting educators in the mad scramble to create online, remote learning environments for their students.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 2, 2017

The Mandelbrot set pictured here is one such fractal , and I sometimes use it in my talks to illustrate a key educational point. And some education is similar in nature. However, if that is all that occurs, and the students go away knowing exactly what the teacher knows, and nothing more, then I believe education has failed.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2021

Last month, just before Christmas I recorded a podcast interview with Mark Nichols (formerly of the British Open University and now back working in New Zealand as Executive Director of the Open Polytechnic) for his series titled: Leaders and Legends of Online Learning. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 18, 2020

Technology solutions are sought so that education can continue. These are often solutions that have previously been ignored, or worse - dismissed by many educators as undesirable, unfeasible. The educators who previously avoided technology solutions now have to hurriedly embrace these solutions to keep working. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. We now need to think about learning environments rather than simply 'classrooms'. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 12, 2022

Leveling Up Your Professional Learning. A Case for Setting a Standard Framework for Professional Learning Online Content Development. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the online learning spotlight shone brightly on K-12 and higher education. How can you ensure employees are compliant? Digital Content Wave.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 4, 2018

Photo by Anthony Easton on Flickr In my last post I wrote about inspiration - for those who are teachers, and also for those who are learning - and I guess, that is just about everyone. I also touched on the theme of passion - the love for learning that all successful teachers tend to exhibit. 1983) Freedom to Learn. Rogers, C.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 14, 2017

Image from Carpe Diem I was sent a pre-publication copy of Cathy Davidson's new book The New Education recently, to review. She is a doyen of the progressive education movement, and her ideas are far reaching and influential. the teacher's authority, the broadcast model of pedagogy - all the components of higher education.'

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Learning with e's

JUNE 13, 2013

June, who is at the Norwegian Business School will be presenting a keynote speech tomorrow at the event on ''Disruptive Education.'' She has some strong views on how education needs to be changed, and believes that disruption is necessary to challenge the current paradigms of teaching in higher education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Education and schooling are not the same thing. Education is where learning is personalised and unique to the individual. Learning doesn''t require the impositions of schooling. Learning doesn''t require the impositions of schooling. Teaching to the test must be replaced by learning as a quest.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 11, 2017

Image from Pixabay Here are top 7 survival tips for working in higher education (or for that matter, any profession). Especially about what they are meant to be learning. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. It didn't matter what was on the paper. It could even be blank. Never volunteer for anything, ever.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2020

It appears then that face-to-face education, at least in the short term, is going to be imposed due to the infection risks. As teachers come to terms with what this means, many will turn to tried and trusted methods of education that involve distancing. Don't simply expect them to learn by throwing content at them.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2017

It has featured regularly in keynote speeches, articles and texts about the future of education. The illustration really depicts education as it would have been in 1910, with a teacher as the gatekeeper of knowledge, and with the students as passive recipients of that knowledge once it was released. Unported License.

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BrainCert

JULY 26, 2023

Creating a digital course or online Learning Management System (LMS) requires an understanding of copyright and intellectual property law. It is essential for educators and learners to be aware of the different types of copyright and intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets.

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Learning with e's

JULY 27, 2012

We all have the ability to help others to learn. Children (and adults too) can learn more broadly, deeply and extensively if they have a knowledgeable person by their side, than they can on their own. In our society, we often think of that knowledgeable other person as a professional educator, a tutor, lecturer or classroom teacher.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler I'm currently writing several short online courses for educators, and I've just published the second module in my online series about digital learning. I've written about digital literacies in previous publications, because I consider them vital for the success of any technology supported learning ventures.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 2, 2020

Image source: pxfuel The buildings may be closed but learning never stops, not even for a global pandemic. The following links to education resources were kindly shared by BETT earlier today as part of the global efforts to keep people learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 26, 2017

We asked Christopher Doyle , Education Specialist at the Maryland State Department of Education , to explain the recent refresh to the Section 508 law in layman’s terms. Image: “ Web Accessibility Word Cloud ” by Jill Wright, via Flickr Creative Commons License.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2011

Yes, we have covered it all from QR codes in education to replacing smartboards with iPads. Need to quench your thirst for the latest in learning, technology and media links further? QR Codes In Education. Growing Up Digitally: The iPad As A Learning Device. A Model Of Workplace Learning. Read to know the answer.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 27, 2020

It's also a shout out to the teachers, the school staff, nursery workers and others who look after and educate our young people, week in, week out, whatever else is going on in the world. The pandemic has compelled educators to teach at a distance in many instances, and the scramble to find solutions has been frenetic.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2016

Since then, several have asked me what I mean by remix culture, and how it applies to education. Remixing is a creative process. However, in formal education settings, remixing is sometimes seen as undesirable. There are many educational applications for remix. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Are you a connected educator? Coming hand in hand with these connections is a whole new culture of learning and teaching. Steven Anderson (@web20classroom) has a lot to say about the connected educator. On the #authorspeak Twitter hashtag today there was a lot of commentary about connected educators.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 30, 2023

As online learning becomes the new norm, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, the internet has become cluttered with instructional information. Educate yourself about copyright laws, read articles by experts, follow the news, and read different licenses. These often fall under the Creative Commons License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Image from Pixabay Learning is a journey. Learning has never been about reaching a destination. Yet many education systems have failed to accept this reality. Sadly, formalised learning is usually characterised by product based objectives. seem to run counter to the true nature of learning - the journey. 'The

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I spoke about Open Educational Practices, (including Open Educational Resources and Open Scholarship) a subject which I am learning more about all the time as the movement grows and gains traction. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. OEP requires everything to be open - for access, scrutiny and repurposing.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Formerly a university academic and now a freelance writer, Audrey has courted her fair share of controversy and opposition, not least due to her forthright views on education, technology and a host of related topics. This interview was recorded for the EDEN YouTube channel, featuring questions such as: Is education broken beyond repair?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 2, 2019

Photo by Marshall Henrie on Wikimedia Commons My keynote speech at the nextEd2019 conference in Lisbon was titled 'Personalising learning in the digital age'. During the plenary session I was asked by a delegate to explain the difference between 'personal learning' and 'personalised learning'. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

She has done the hard miles as an educator and has innovated along the way, continuing to share her knowledge and her ideas freely among the global education community. Its also one in a series of 'Hacking' titles published by the Hack Learning Organisation. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JULY 24, 2012

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the personalisation of education. The sticking point is that most education is publicly funded, the state has a major stake in how it's conducted, and therefore dictates what should be taught in schools. This is universal education, and if one size does not fit all.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2015

What will educators do in the future? Certainly, people''s perceptions of education seem to be changing. They suggest that the future of education will see learning located in any place, with technology mediating all forms of communication. However, there are elements of education that remain constant.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games. Games based learning (GBL) has yet to gain a strong foothold in formal education spaces, but there are already some signs of success. The 21st Century is the ludic century.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This is a continuation of my short series on the future of higher education, and builds on yesterday''s blog post on why Social Web tools are useful to support student learning. We start with the question.how will technology help to shape the future of Higher Education? Exeter: Learning Matters. Norman, 1990). Wheeler, S.

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