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Engaging online learners 1

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And perhaps your social presence, if you know how to invoke it. There are many, many ways to do this of course, and in this series of blog posts I will aim to explore a few methods that I have tried with success in engaging my own students. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. Wheeler, S.

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Engaging online learners 2

Learning with e's

Photo from Pxhere In my previous blog post I remarked that engaging learners can be difficult in any context, but is often harder in online environments. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing. This activity is a phase 1 activity and involves minimum social interchange.

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Exploring medical technologies

Learning with e's

Later, as an education academic I collaborated with several medical scientists to write position papers in a range of technology applications in bioscience and medicine. He had read some of my previous papers, and was interested in seeing if we could take our ideas forward in the emerging area of social media and medical education.

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

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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. Using two-person blogs, students were encouraged to regularly write their reflections on professional practice directly to their blog.

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OER for Precedent

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Through OER, students can increase their critical thinking and writing skills due to OER’s capacity to be modified, expanded and remixed. Students and educators depend on access to scholarly journals, which in turn, develops a more robust knowledge and education, and spurs innovation, advancement, and growth in our societies.

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Inspire to learn

Learning with e's

The conference is themed around excellence in teaching of the social sciences, which reflects my own professional and academic background. During my undergraduate degree I specialised in psychology, but also studied a number of other social sciences, including politics, economics, sociology and human geography. I'm not the only one.

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#LearningIs symbolic

Learning with e's

Many keep libraries of books, journals and other media on their shelves, used for reference to remind them of theories, principles or methods they wish to recall. Some represent their learning through their conversations , both face-to-face and virtually through social media, with their colleagues, scholarly friends and associates.

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