Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. One of the most popular activities on our wiki based learning programmes was called ‘goldmining’.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Previous posts in this series tracked the development of educational technology over 40 years. I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 14, 2020

All forms of education require learners to engage, but when teachers and their students are separated by geographical distance, the challenges increase. Asynchronous communication is time-shifted - e-mail, text messages and standard mail (correspondence courses were one of the first forms of distance education). Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

He told me he studied chemistry education with an emphasis in learning technology. Dermot and me recreating the Frodo Tree scene It turned out that Dermot had studied my work, especially the work I'd recently published on wikis and education. He had done work on the use of social media. Follow him here on Twitter.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

One of my earliest jobs back in the 1980s was managing the educational technology and learning resources for several nurse education centres across the South West of England. Exploring medical technologies by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 18, 2014

I''m sure it hasn''t escaped your attention that botanical metaphors are being increasingly used to describe a variety of aspects of education, and especially digital learning. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau likened the outcome of education to the yielding of fruit, and to highlight the need for ''cultivation'' of knowledge.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2013

These are theories that guide many educators today. Normally, in higher education, students write for an audience of one. I did some early studies into the effects of this when I implemented a programme wide use of wikis in 2006. It is also superb preparation for anyone who is about to embark on a career in education.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Photo by Filip Mroz on unsplash In my first post in this blog series I outlined the changes taking place in schools due to the adoption of online forms of education. In my follow-up post, I posed a key question for teachers to answer if they wished to become successful online educators. Please post them in the comments box below.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2016

Wikis for example, can subvert traditional values such as personal ownership and intellectual property (Richardson, 2006) but community ownership of the content becomes an equalising factor. 2006) Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39 (6), 987-995.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. BMC Medical Education, 6, 41. How much will Web 2.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

It was not until social theories such as Vygotsky''s social constructivist model were introduced that education as a whole began to capitalise on the dialogic power of learning. The ancient Socratic forms of education - where teachers questioned learners and where learning became a conversation - experienced a revival.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 5, 2012

From free online classes to high-quality Internet connections that let experts share their knowledge across vast distances, the future of education and training is certain to look very different than what we’ve been accustomed to. Reich writes: In the case of wikis, the second scenario is certainly true.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

They can also submit videos, blogs or wikis if they so choose. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 assessment Change digital pedagogy education learning new roles teacher roles teaching Technology' No longer do they need to stick to paper based essays.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Reflection and Amplification Now that I have some time, I can sit down and reflect on an extraordinary two hour session with my BA Education Studies students this morning. The group wiki is here if anyone wishes to view some of their content. As a doorknob strategy, I asked two students to act as content curators. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 16, 2017

Here's a brief reflection: In the 70s my time was spent learning my 'trade', exploring the new world that was opening up in the form of educational technology, and discovering the true power of computers for the first time. In the 80s, I had changed my career, moving from teacher education to work in nurse education.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

It may be prudent to present your students with model assignments in blog, video, wiki and other non-traditional formats so they can see what they need to be aiming at. What if your external examiner is unwilling to accept blogs, wikis or videos as legitimate academic evidence of learning? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 13, 2010

It's an excellent, small conference series that attracts delegates from both the public and private sectors of education and training, and is always well attended. Tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and social networking sites are flourishing, and boasting huge numbers of adherents. A marriage made in Heaven? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 22, 2010

Here's the abstract for my keynote: New Spaces, New Pedagogies: Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Education A rapid emergence of social media – the so called ‘Web 2.0’ – has opened up new opportunities for participatory learning in all sectors of education. wikis privacy digital identity. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 19, 2013

On wikis and other shared spaces, there is a need to simply let go of content once you have submitted it, because as sure as there are pyramids in Egypt, someone will come along and edit (or perhaps even delete) your contribution. blog Cairo driving education Egypt learning self organised learning Twitter wiki YouTube'

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

To complete this task students must first understand and appreciate what the non-traditional senses are and how they are used, and then use their creativity to depict them accurately.] Students will need to know how to compose and capture good images, and also will need to be aware of the gaps in the image repository on Wikimedia Commons.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

For me, sustainable education might be about actually keeping students interested for a full 3 hours). Got me thinking about education. I simply set up a wiki and populated it with a set of learning activities. I then replicated the wiki 13 times more and let it loose. Reusable learning objects.It

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Learning with e's

JUNE 19, 2011

Many of those who presented identified similar themes, including the exponential rise and popularity of social media (blogs, wikis, podcasts, social network tools), open educational resources and mobile learning. Future directions by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 10, 2017

In the digital realm, how effective are shared spaces such as wikis and forums for promoting creative thinking? How can blogs be used to encourage create thinking in education? How could they be designed better? As ever, your comments and advice are very welcome. Unported License.

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Synchronous Collaboration Tools for the Academic World discusses how things are unfolding with synchronous tools in education (and what should happen with LMS') A tool that fosters a learning garden/ecology is one that places a user at the center and allows him/her to explore in various areas and directions of personal interest.

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TechSmith Camtasia

MAY 1, 2014

It might be a hashtag like #edchat (education in general) or #edtech (education technology discussions) which draws both questions and answers from educators globally. creative commons licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by kjarrett. EdCamps are locally run by educators. Why are they so popular?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2013

Some commentators hold the belief that searching for content online is ''dumbing down'' education. Tara Brabazon for example argues that internet education is poisoning teaching and learning (see for example her book Digital Hemlock ) and builds the case for a return to more traditional values of education. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009 US Dept of Education Report on Online Learning The US Department of Education has just released a new report "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies". medical training, higher education)." Nice brief title. "In

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2013

Everyone in the world of education it seems, has an interest in how technology is going to influence what we do in the classroom. There were sections on digital literacies and mobile learning, both of which we considered to be important for the success of education and learning in the future. Now there's incentive. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

People are beginning to notice an increase in the quantity and quality of blog posts and tweets emerging from our group of learners in the School of Education. We are promoting the idea that any teacher can become a global educator through the appropriate use of Web 2.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 18, 2014

I'm sure it hasn't escaped your attention that botanical metaphors are being increasingly used to describe a variety of aspects of education, and especially digital learning. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau likened the outcome of education to the yielding of fruit , and highlighted the need for cultivation of knowledge.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2012

Speakers included Derek Robertson, Steve Dale, James Langley, Chris Mayoh and Julian Wood, who presented variously on games based learning, e-safeguarding, embedding the iPad across the curriculum, the use of QR codes and mobile devices in education, and how to engage readers with digital texts. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2011

Sugata Mitra, who is famous for his Hole in the Wall experiments, believes in minimally invasive education. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Do we need anarchy in the school system? Students also have licence to attack the solutions of their peers. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 5, 2010

The use of wikis in group learning to promote collaboration and make a record of what has been learnt is becoming more popular in all sectors of education. Image source Content creation by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Collaborative, shared online learning spaces such as wikis and discussion forums are characteristic meeting places where content is created and shared, and the community also organises and moderates it using specialised services such as aggregators, curators and tagging. using a similar explanatory framework. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In my presentation, entitled The Good, the Blog and the Wiki, I tried to paint some broad brushstrokes on how students (and their teachers) are creating and sharing content that supports their learning, both socially and academically, through a range of social media. yes, colour outside the lines. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2015

I first met Graham at an event in the UK around 2006, just when I was becoming aware of the potential of social media such as wikis, blogs and social networking platforms as a learning tools. He has some radical things to say about education, and he isn't always popular. My first impression was that he was a bit of a contradiction.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Wiki Platform Using Web 2.0 tools to create a new hire experience Built using the Confluence Enterprise Wiki platform Brandon said they were “corrupting the real idea of a wiki&#. In a true wiki, anyone can get on and change content. technologies and gaming to create a unique onboarding experience.

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