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JANUARY 15, 2020

Photo by Lucélia Ribeiro on Flickr This is the second of three posts on school Management Information Systems (MIS). School Management Information Systems are able to alert form tutors, special needs co-ordinators and other specialist teachers within schools when an individual issue arises. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Photo by Steve Wheeler Recently I posted a challenge in response to a question about lack of student engagement. I wrote about this idea 5 years ago , when I discussed some of the issues around the nature of knowledge and knowing. It was to solve an unGoogleable question. You're probably asking the wrong questions then!

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JULY 18, 2019

Photo by Samuel Seller on unsplash Virtual Reality (VR), some might argue, has yet to live up to the hype. Often vaunted as the 'next big thing' in training and education, critics suggest that VR has proven to be expensive, difficult to deploy and may present health issues. Unported License.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Photo from Needpix This is the first in the #BrainTime series on the effects of time on the human mind. I'm not referring just to the visual perception issues, you know - the optical illusions where we see one thing but it's another. If you wish to read further, please consult relevant research literature. Unported License.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Photo by Ramakant Sharda on unsplash Teachers do their best. They need critical thinking skills, a sound knowledge base, literacy and numeracy skills, and they need to be given freedom to express their creativity. I know they do. I know teachers do their best, and I know the pressure they are under. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Teachers should also think about what problems and issues they see in every day teaching that might be addressed with the addition of a technology. Photo by Lupuca on Flickr Integrating technology into learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2019

Photo by Pedro Figueras on Pexels In my last post I wrote about smartphones and other personal devices, and their tendency to distract us by diverting our attention. Distractions in the workplace are common. Secondly, distraction due to overuse of personal devices may also create serious workplace issues and challenges.

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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. Many teachers think this but few voice it as an issue. This is profound. There is incongruity in our schools. London: Sage. Rogers, C.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Clearly there are security and privacy issues to be addressed, but another trend is that learning is now becoming more untethered and we are witnessing a decline in the use of training rooms. Just for Me' learning will epitomise the next decade of learning and development. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2013

How might we begin to understand the issues surrounding folksonomies, peer learning, or collaborative informal learning that seem to occur spontaneously, outside the classroom, spanning the entire globe - using old theories that were written to describe what happens in a classroom? I will be interested in your views. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 5, 2017

Each of us would arrive at perspectives that were uniquely our own, formed and crystallised through years of practice at the 'chalk face', dealing with assessment, planning, behaviour management, school cultures, funding issues, workloads. and constant fatigue. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Stock photos : most of us can spot these a mile off, so it’s a safe bet the learner can too. I try and use good quality royalty free images available under a Creative Commons license, but I am also conscious that they may fall into the trap I describe above. All before the timeframe is agreed.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons Predictably, the ideas that dominated at Learning Technologies 2019 (#LT19uk) were mostly on new and emerging technologies. It's a serious issue for all delivery workers. Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) cropped up several times during sessions across the event. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 22, 2016

Where they can be harnessed for formal education, what are the main issues and challenges? Photo by Intel Freepress on Flickr #EDENchat: Which personal technologies? by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

It is easy to forget the initial zeal when you are weary, stressed and knee-deep in behaviour management issues, shortage of resources and time, and a classroom full of children who are not fully on task. Kingston, NY: Creative Crayon Lunenburg, M., Korthagen, F. and Swennen, A. 2007) The teacher as a role model. Unported License.

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JULY 29, 2019

Photo by Florian Klauer on unsplash I have been privileged over the past few years to have garnered a good audience for my writing. All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. The issues flagged up around mental health support were particularly of interest to readers.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Photo by Jason Roswell on unsplash Online learning is becoming increasingly popular and widespread, and is now reaching into compulsory education. Teachers in schools are considering the extent to which common pedagogical methods can be adapted into online environments, or whether they need to be completely revised and reconceptualised.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Photo from Pxhere I can't speak for anyone else, but my own personal learning is most enriched when I'm in conversations with others. Head, hand and heart by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Reference Hyman, P. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 1, 2016

During the discussion we touched on several key issues that influence this, including digital pedagogy, personal devices, games based learning , interaction and immediacy in online environments, augmented reality, and the use of e-portfolios. How do we reconcile these differences? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons During the life of the Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference (PELeCon), we tried to be innovative, introducing new features each of the ten years the event ran. One of the most innovative (and perhaps controversial) was the inclusion of a confessional booth during the final PELeCon. Reference Gerver, R.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 27, 2013

A 3rd year research assignment by one of my students Lucy Kitching (which I subsequently collaborated on and helped her re-write for publication) has appeared in the current issue of the prestigious and highly accessed online open access journal European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. The games we play Photo courtesy of U.S.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2012

Perhaps even more important is the issue of professional practice. Put the political issues (such as regulation of activities and bans on the use of certain technology in schools) to one side for a moment. Do the same with the technical issues such as lack of bandwidth or hardware, or human issues such as lack of knowledge or skill.

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

It's an amazing thing to be able to chat with people across the globe about issues and challenges that affect us all as teachers in the digital age. Photo on Pixabay Join our global #EDENchat by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

On this issue, you need to agree with students prior to submission over what the assessment criteria are, and exactly for what the marks are going to be awarded. If you don''t know what the issues are, and the effort involved, you may be fooled into thinking students have worked hard (or not hard enough) to achieve the end product.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 6, 2013

They fail, say the protest group, to cope with detecting accuracy, reasoning and critical thinking, adequacy of evidence, ethical issues and stances, convincing arguments, clarity and veracity. Photo by Steve Wheeler Let your robots do the marking? So far, around 2000 academics have signed the petition. What do you think?

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Learning with e's

APRIL 22, 2015

Tonight''s #EDENchat will focus on issues surrounding mobile learning. Photo by Johan Larsson on Wikimedia Commons #EDENchat How effective is mobile learning? by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Other issues were raised around student motivation and the impetus required to sustain focus when away from tutors/parent institution. Some raised the issue of lurking and peripheral participation, but the point was also made that wherever there are open and free events, we will find those who lurk in the background. Unported License.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

What are the issues we need to address to make new learning environments a success? These and other questions will be addressed at the final Twitter #EDENchat session of the year on Wednesday 16th December , when we will discuss issues, challenges and benefits of the new learning environments mentioned above. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2015

Several peer reviewed journal articles (and a special issue in Interactive Learning Environments) also appeared, and countless blog posts were published. How can the concept be applied to wider issues in education? What is your experience of using PLEs in your own learning? Please join us at 2000 BST to contribute to the discussion.

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Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2013

We now take it for granted that we can upload and share photos and videos, text chat in real time, see and hear each other, or play games together in the same online social space, across vast distances. Distance does not seem to be an issue any more, and research is unearthing evidence for what was already common knowledge.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2013

Writing in the Thursday March 7 edition of the International Herald Tribune, Thomas Friedman issues a stark warning to all traditional universities about MOOCs, focused on improving pedagogy. Photo by Steve Wheeler Who's afraid of the big bad MOOC? Yet many universities remain sceptical about the sustainability and relevancy of MOOCs.

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Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2014

The last post highlighted issues around the andragogy theory of Malcolm Knowles. Knowles Andragogy Photo by Thomas Hawk on Fotopedia From novice to expert by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 In this post, we review the situated learning theory of Jean Lave.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

And I challenge them to think about the issues schools and universities need to solve, and then to identify how technology might be part of the solution. “I encourage them to question everything they find out, by having an open mind but a critical eye. Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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APRIL 1, 2014

I used April Fool''s day to explore many of the issues that confront educational bloggers. Anyone who is a public author must try to come to terms with such issues if they are to make any progress with their writing. Photo by James Clay Seriously. I''m not really going to stop blogging. It wasn''t merely a ''joke''.

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JULY 7, 2015

We discussed a number of issues around skills for the 21st Century, the role of the teacher, the nature of education and the future of schooling. Photo by Steve Wheeler Future schools, future visions by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

There are three issues to consider here. The second issue is that lecturers often use technology as a substitute for interactivity, assuming that the inclusion of a video for example, will deliver content in a new and dynamic manner. Notwithstanding these issues, I believe there is some hope. Unported License.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

In the January 2014 issue of Wired Magazine , he argues that whilst the last decade has been about smart mobile technologies, the next decade will be about wearable computing. Photo by Antonio Zugaldia on Wikimedia Commons 2014 - the year of the wearable? Ben Hammersley seems to think so. Unported License.

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