Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

Many writers have highlighted the power of the global digital tribe , particularly the way groups tend to solve problems more effectively than individual experts (Surowiecki, 2009). Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Tapscott, D. London: Atlantic Books.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The most important principle of any online learning programme is involvement. It is commonly built into online learning environments simply because it is relatively easy to do. Online assessment 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

MARCH 9, 2014

Ideas range from games based learning , to the use of social media and networking, to simpler approaches such as the use of digital cameras in art or data logging in science. Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Traditionally, learning has been situated in classrooms or lecture halls, where the presence of an expert or specialist in a subject takes to the stage and delivers knowledge directly to the assembled students. The didactic method is cost effective in terms of the amount of contact time lecturers or teachers need to invest in the process.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

However, replacing some aspects of what teachers do is both effective and inevitable. "AI Where it is implemented, AI will rapidly transform the design of courses, providing educators with vast amounts of new insight into what students do, how they study and what is most effective. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

He argued that the theoretical models we learn, and the skills we acquire as teachers, are inextricably entwined. They influence each other, and in effect, become a part of who you are, your identity as an educator. Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. He writes: ".your

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Coursy

AUGUST 26, 2022

Unfortunately, beginning learning with an LMS is often a matter of wrong tool for wrong purposes (which results in failed elearning implementations, ineffective learning, and unnecessary expenses). Ultimately, careful analysis of the learning task and tools available should drive the method selected.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

I was quite impressed by Joyce Seitzinger's Professional Learning Environment (PLN) model that she presented at Deakin University in Melbourne this week. It will fail if the user does not follow or is not followed by enough other subscribers to enable the benefits of the network effect. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2013

The opportunities to use such applications in education are fairly obvious, but not everyone has access to the technology, and it can be quite difficult to use effectively if you are able to gain access. Part of the problem is the inconvenience of having to hold your phone up if you wish to interrogate your environment.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 21, 2014

Assimilation of knowledge is supposedly a more viable proposition, because it is done in the presence of an expert, and the general delivery of content occurs outside the formal learning environment. After all, teachers are paid to teach, and students are there to learn, right? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 14, 2012

In the first phase, known as survival , teachers struggle to define what they wish to achieve with the new technology, and attempt to learn how to use it effectively to support pedagogy. This suggests that the survival phase could be shortened if forethought went into the design of learning, before technology was procured.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

So here's another batch for you: The question the students had to address on this occasion was: 'How can psychological and pedagogical theories be applied to create effective learning spaces?' The video above by Jody Day is about creating environments to help children to learn and remember better. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Content creation is an important feature in many personal learning environment (PLE) models, and together with organising and sharing, makes up the cardinal triumvirate of skills that provides learners with a clear advantage. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

So here's another batch for you: The question the students had to address on this occasion was: 'How can psychological and pedagogical theories be applied to create effective learning spaces?' The video above by Jody Day is about creating environments to help children to learn and remember better. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Video certainly has its place in the learning environment, but it should never be used as a surrogate for good dialogue or other discursive learning activities. If a lecture is nothing more than an expert standing in front of an audience speaking for an hour, then there are clearly issues around its effectiveness.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 17, 2011

Max Woodtli was more pedagogical in his focus, talking about the most effective approaches to securing good learning outcomes. How we trasfer those methods into digital learning environments will determine the future of learning platforms such as Moodle, he said. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Learning, Media and Technology (4 issues a year) comes in at around £70 per issue. Another T and F journal Interactive Learning Environments (currently 5 issues a year) works out at just over £26 per issue for an individual subscription. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In my previous post I wrote that even though research shows lectures to be less than effective in helping students to learn, they still persist in higher education. Presenting large groups of students with a challenge or a problem is often effective in enabling individuals to tackle concepts or theories in an active manner.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I think the ultimate message is that we have a lot of practice going on with the use of technology in learning and there’s a lot of learning theory out there but often the two don’t come together. I call this digital praxis which is the sweet spot where theory and practice merge to optimise learning. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

All of my content is licensed under Creative Commons, so that others who wish to, can freely use it, repurpose it, and redistribute it without cost. Psychology provides numerous theories to explain memory, perception , learning, social interaction, motivation - in fact just about any aspect of education. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2013

I did some early studies into the effects of this when I implemented a programme wide use of wikis in 2006. Dan''s piece was a well written, insightful piece on the future of virtual learning environments and is well worth a read. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2011

What we certainly don't know is what effects new technology will have on learning, on our professional practice, on our daily lives. We can watch the trends, but who would have thought for example, that mobile phones, a tool developed for business and leisure, could be applied so effectively in teaching and learning?

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Learning with e's

JULY 18, 2015

This is the easiest and most cost effective way to manage the delivery of a curriculum, but is it the most helpful for learners? This is a metaphor for personalised learning, with the personal learning environment supporting an individual's learning. Unported License. All images by Amy Burvall Off the rails?

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2016

Student voices, if heard and acted upon, could transform the learning spaces we use in formal education. What kind of assessment feedback is the most effective for students? What methods of learning do they prefer? Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Are these supported?

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

3) Your Managed Learning Environment (or VLE) - in whatever flavour your organisation has chosen - is a walled garden that allows conversations to be protected from outside eyes. I have used these to great effect with smaller groups to enable them to document and share their progress during project work. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I pointed out that one of the key technologies for the future would be the World Wide Web (I was of course unaware at the time just how vital it would become) and that managed (virtual) learning environments would become a useful means of organising and supporting online learning for large groups of distributed learners.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

He argued that the theoretical models we learn, and the skills we acquire as teachers, are inextricably entwined. They influence each other, and in effect, become a part of who you are, your identity as an educator. Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. He writes: ".your

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Time and time again, the belief that students can be placed into specific categories such as activist or theorist, or that they are predominantly inclined toward one modal category of learning (e.g. Image source A convenient untruth by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 10, 2011

John Sheffield , a new blogger, and one of our student teachers, was present for Davitt's keynote and noted: "he said 'Teach less so they learn more'. I think this is quite profound, that in effect we as teachers can get in the way of a child's progress. What will we learn from this? Unported License. Are you with us?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Others have also written recently about radical ideas about how to effect the transformation of education many of us wish to see. site called Radical Education which is crammed full of great blog posts written to get us all thinking about how we can transform education and create more effective learning environments.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2012

More important for discussion than economies of scale, is the quality of learning experienced by the learners in this so called 'flipped' learning environment. Niall is correct, but the OU has been supporting distance learners for a lot longer than Khan or Udacity, and it knows how to do it effectively. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

I went on to suggest that teachers needed to modify their classroom management, curriculum design, resources development, assessment and evaluation methods and communication techniques, if they were to remain effective and responsive practitioners. A tale of two keynotes by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 10, 2009

1) The French had no effective leadership, but the English and Welsh had a strong and determined leader in King Henry V. It is cheap, and not very attractive (at least in corporate terms) when compared to the institutional VLE, but it is a damned sight more effective when it comes to supporting learning.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 18, 2011

Ultimately, virtual learning spaces can be very different from anything the teacher or the student may previously have encountered, and the management of these spaces will depend to a great extent on the imagination and flair of teachers. This promotes the sense of continuity for them - a sort of constancy within an ever changing environment.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? I think my resistance to using music in courses may have something to do with the notion of music not being taken seriously in a learning environment. Similar to that whole corporate resistance to games -- excuse me, I meant to say "immersive learning simulations".

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Learning with e's

JULY 30, 2019

The extent to which each academic responds to these disruptive changes will determine how effective they will be in facilitating learning amongst a generation of students that is tech-savvy, digitally literate and determined to keep online and in connection wherever and whenever they can. Unported License. What are your views?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Theres nothing in ADDIE about learning objects or the presentation of information. Most e-Learning vendors mention ADDIE or some form thereof on their websites as if it was a real science about creating effective learning. Personal Hard Drive My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environment.

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