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Learning with e's
APRIL 24, 2017
There's a wonderful scene in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire. And yet quite a few fail to reach their potential as students of their subjects because they cannot apply their knowledge directly to the assessment. After the race, Abrahams is sat despondently in the deserted stands, holding his head in his hands. Unported License.
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
As we get older, we consolidate what we have learnt, modifying our knowledge and skills as new information and techniques become known to us. Learning is also changing because we can contribute to knowledge on a global scale. The human race still has an innate desire to discover, to survive, to innovate, to explore. Unported License.
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Learning with e's
AUGUST 29, 2013
All knowledge, all learning, anything you want to know - can be found online. Have you ever sat down and watched a movie or a TV programme and then Googled the actors or directors to find out more about them? If knowledge is now so easy to come by, and we no longer have to strive to find it, do we still understand what we discover?
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Many more are less familiar still, but each has a role to play and knowledge to pass on. Extended beyond my own PLN, this living network and the tools at its disposal encapsulates all of the knowledge that humankind has accumulated, knowledge that it is constantly being updated, revised, extended. Unported License.
Learning with e's
JANUARY 7, 2016
Zanuck , the famous movie producer, had been on an expert panel in 1946. He went on to clarify this prediction: 'It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture.' People still go to the movies, but it's a special occasion rather than the norm. 5) Students will generate more of their own knowledge.
Learning with e's
OCTOBER 3, 2015
Think of Socrates with his constant questioning, or the great educator Comenius with his naturalistic approach to learning by 'obtaining knowledge through objects rather than words'. Then there was Maria von Trapp (played by Julie Andrews in the movie musical The Sound of Music. Look, I'm being serious here - kind of).
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
The first Star Wars movie was still a year away, and showing at the local cinema was David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth. Generally, teachers were the holders of knowledge and students were the recipients. Perhaps that's why I'm always tired, but never bored. But let me paint a picture for you of my life back in 1976.
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