Learning with e's

APRIL 8, 2013

Recently I wrote about collaborative learning spaces , and argued that we are entering unfamiliar territory. The boundaries of informal and formal spaces have blurred significantly, as have the boundaries between the real and the virtual. It appears that it no longer matters where learning occurs, as long as it is meaningful.

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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. The key question is: What can replace the lecture? Worse still, they may decide not to attend lectures at all. Most students will switch off.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 11, 2015

Phone charging station at Stratford Shopping Centre, London I have written extensively about education spaces, architectures for learning , and personal learning environments. Teachers should be the architects of learning spaces (Wheeler, 2015, p 102). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

The classroom is no longer the unique centre of learning, based on information delivery through a lecture." Traditionally, learning has been situated in classrooms or lecture halls, where the presence of an expert or specialist in a subject takes to the stage and delivers knowledge directly to the assembled students.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2016

Students bring their personal devices into formal learning spaces, but institutional infrastructure sometimes fails to support the use these new technologies. How many lecture halls have adequate wifi connectivity, or charging stations/power sockets near to seating areas? What methods of learning do they prefer?

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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. They are bounded by walls, rules and conventions.

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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). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's

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