Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As an educator, what tool or technology would you never be without in the classroom or learning space? Another method is to get students to use the board to present their ideas. But for me, it's a natural progression - a use of the tool by students to learn for themselves. For me, it is quite simple. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Photo by Steve Wheeler There is a large, flexible learning space in Ormiston Junior College on the outskirts of Auckland. It's called a modern learning environment or MLE. All around her, noisy, messy chaos erupts as the rest of the Ormiston students busy themselves with their learning. It doesn't look like much.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 31, 2016

In a recent blog post, Antonio Teixera , President of EDEN wrote: "By just adding 21st century technologies to 20th century teaching practices we’ll only be diluting the effectiveness of teaching." We will fail if we attempt to use new tools while we teach in the same the old ways. He's right. These are initial thoughts.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 7, 2014

Yes, there are practical reasons for teaching art separately to science, or maths in a different room to music. The working day often passes in a blur of recognisable, but highly connected and blended ideas, activities and objects. What are your views on cross-curricular teaching? Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2018

The book was published in 1995, just as the Internet was beginning to invent for itself a space that previously had not existed. The following year I joined a ground breaking project in which my team set up digital learning spaces for businesses and individuals in hard-to-reach rural areas that until then had no infrastructure.

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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. I also promised to blog about some of the alternatives when it comes to teaching very large groups, and here it is. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2013

Such organisation of tools and resources is fairly permanent and inflexible, and it is easy for teachers to lapse into ''teaching in the same way they themselves were taught''. So what happens when we change the shape of the learning space? Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2011

I held the position that the theory of andragogy (Malcolm Knowles) adds very little to our understanding of learning. In some ways, I argued, andragogy theory seems outmoded in the light of recent rapid developments in new teaching methods, learning resources and digital media. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2017

In this follow-on from one of my previous posts entitled Going to the wall , I'm going to highlight some of the features we plan to incorporate into our new experimental learning space (eXSpace) at Plymouth Institute of Education. Some might consider this overkill, but I can see some real pedagogical advantages and possibilities.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2016

This was when I became motivated to study because I was interested in learning more about my chosen topic - psychology. I did this all of my own bat, studying part time while holding down a full time day job and a part time evening post teaching at a local college. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 5, 2016

This was when I became motivated to study because I was interested in learning more about my chosen topic - psychology. I did this all of my own bat, studying part time while holding down a full time day job and a part time evening post teaching at a local college. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 6, 2016

Clearly innovation and creativity is not one dimensional. Some of the schools on the list are considered innovative because of the way they use their learning spaces, whilst others are vaunted because of their progressive pedagogical approaches. Finally, the design of the learning spaces is creative.

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Learning with e's

JULY 25, 2011

All teachers should aspire to be an inspirational catalyst for learning. Enthusiasm for learning, a passion for their subject and the ability to get kids excited about something new is vitally important in the shaping of young minds. You can't teach enthusiasm or passion, but it can certainly be infectious. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 18, 2011

One of the new skills that teachers will need to master in the future will be the ability to manage virtual learning spaces. Learning always takes place in the mind of the learner, but the formalised activities of learning have never been confined to the classroom. and the classrooms and teaching rooms I work in.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality of provision and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). 2006) E-Learning Groups and Communities.

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eLearning Learning Posts

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ideas Favor the Connected Mind - Big Dog, Little Dog , November 11, 2010In a recent TED Talk, Steven Johnson , the best-selling author of six books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience, gives a presentation titled, Where good ideas come from. Our images should be relevant and be used as a teaching aid.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

It may be about repurposing it - just take a closer look at Illich's ideas: Here is what Illich (pictured left) actually said: “A…major illusion on which the school system rests is that most learning is the result of teaching. Teaching, it is true, may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Brent’s background: What I am: 15+ yr learning professional, lifelong learner, player, consumer. How do we use new and emerging technologies in the learning space? In corp learning space, we have a tendency to give in to that. What can we learn from these infomericals? 30-90 seconds.

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