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Engaging online learners 1

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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. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. Let's start with collaborative online spaces.

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Engaging online learners 2

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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. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166.

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An audience with.

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These are theories that guide many educators today. Mindful of these theories, I have recently been working alongside students to encourage them to write for an audience. Normally, in higher education, students write for an audience of one. Nothing new in that, you may think. I decided to take this concept a step further.

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Yesterday's blog post

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But it is probably still true that you are only as good as your last journal article, book, or conference presentation. But are you as good as your last blog? Does yesterday's blog post still hold currency or must you continually press forward to write better, to expand on your ideas and elaborate your understanding of your subject?

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Inspire to learn

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As a prelude to the event, the organisers have asked me to write a short blog post which takes the form of my responses to four questions: Q1. I plan to explore several of the older social science theories, and compare and contrast these with some of the newer, emerging theories to determine what they offer.

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Blogging: Five of the best

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Photo by Florian Klauer on unsplash I have been privileged over the past few years to have garnered a good audience for my writing. As this blog approaches 8.5 I haven't given up on peer reviewed publishing, but I have turned away from closed journals and publications toward openness and accessibility.

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#LearningIs symbolic

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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. Many of us had great fun last summer exchanging images as we challenged each other to blog about learning using pictorial metaphors. Unported License.

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