Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

It derives from the work of Seymour Papert on Constructionism - the theory behind 'learning by making', Makerspaces, Fab Labs and Logo. 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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OCTOBER 29, 2012

In many ways, heutagogy is aligned to other digital age theories, in that it places an importance on ‘learning to learn’, and the sharing rather than hoarding of that knowledge. This is an excerpt from a forthcoming publication entitled: Personal Technologies in Education: Issues, Theories and Debates] References Beishuizen, J.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In this short series (on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy'*) I'm exploring some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. In Gestalt theory , all humans are assumed to have an innate psychological need to complete the incomplete, to close the circle. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

Many of the earlier learning theories place the learner in splendid isolation. From the neo-behaviourist theories of Thorndike, Watson and Skinner, we were led to believe that learners respond to stimuli and make associations between the two, and that these links represent learning. Unported License. Unported License.

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JULY 2, 2019

In online and virtual forms of education, especially blended forms of pedagogy, learners are constantly transitioning between complex states as they learn, interact with their tools, content and with others; and as they navigate, discover, create, organise, remix, repurpose and share content. Unported License.

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MARCH 2, 2018

It seems strange that the education community is willing to adopt new technologies and develop new theories and methods of education, but it can't arrive at a way to get rid of grading. Assessment drives pedagogy, so if assessment doesn't change, it's difficult to teach in new ways. It's bad pedagogy, and needs to be challenged.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In this interview after his keynote, we enjoyed a wide ranging discussion around various theories of pedagogy, student engagement and participation, networjed learning, and the specific characteristics and practices that make a teacher effective in digitally mediated spaces. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 30, 2013

Presentation of self in digital life from Steve Wheeler Digital me, digital you by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. pedagogies Technology literacies education University of Reading learning Activity Theory digital identity'

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the meantime, here's the title and abstract of my keynote: Technology Supported Learning: What has been, and what is yet to come In recent years education has been assailed by waves of new technologies, theories and practises. Unported License. Some have penetrated deeply into education while others are still peripheral.

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APRIL 19, 2017

Scientists, economists, accountants, and mathematicians all have one thing in common: they all deal in “absolutes.” ” They follow rules, theories, or laws governing the objectives they espouse, and they measure the outcomes of their efforts against those objectives.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2014

This is number 23 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we review the andragogy theory of Malcolm Knowles. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Of course not.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 29, 2014

My book is about educational theory and practice. It focuses on new and emerging theories of learning and pedagogy in the digital age, as well as a critical retrospective on some of the older, more established theories. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

New methods cannot be fully explained or justified by old theories. My interpretation is this: new societal needs require new methods of teaching; new methods of teaching need new theories - theories for the information age. Unported License. In fact we have been facing this challenge for some time.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

My explanation is that praxis is at the nexus - the overlap - between theory and practice. Praxis is the essence of what happens when theory is applied to practice, and can be simplified in this Venn diagram. Theory without action is just theory. Action without theory can be just as hollow. Unported License.

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JULY 29, 2019

All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. The Meaning Of Pedagogy (>62,000 views, 8 comments) This was a post I wrote in response to questions from my students while working at the Plymouth Institute of Education. Unported License. Penguin Books: New York.

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Learning with e's

MAY 5, 2017

They will need to draw on their own experiences, both as teachers and as school students, alongside all they have learnt from theory and research, to answer this question. In essence, each student needs to engage with philosophy, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, ethics and global perspectives alongside their notions of pedagogy.

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JUNE 6, 2014

This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

From this, the many definitions and perspectives that were offered made me think that each could be elaborated on, supported with pedagogical theory and opened up for further discussion. I previously wrote on the subjects of the meaning of pedagogy and the meaning of education , and attempted to address the question ' what is learning ?'

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

From this, the many definitions and perspectives that were offered made me think that each could be elaborated on, supported with pedagogical theory and opened up for further discussion. I previously wrote on the subjects of the meaning of pedagogy and the meaning of education , and attempted to address the question ' what is learning ?'

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2011

In my Learning is learning post yesterday, I started a debate about andragogy and pedagogy. I held the position that the theory of andragogy (Malcolm Knowles) adds very little to our understanding of learning. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

In the keynote presentations I tackled some contentious topics, including the issuing of challenges to a number of long standing and widely accepted theories (or beliefs) about how learning occurs. re)Designing learning in a digital world by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

MARCH 23, 2015

As a result, there are many educational approaches, a myriad of theories and a bewildering number of perspectives. Social constructivist theory clearly derived from this set of tenets. Aristolean realist theory became the basis for behaviourist beliefs that content was central to education, under the control of experts.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2019

As politely as I could, I explained to him that making his students sit through a full 90 minutes of video was not particularly good pedagogy. A closer look at cognitive load theory (Sweller, 1988 ) reveals that human processing relies predominantly on visual and auditory stimuli, but this is limited. Unported License.

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MARCH 15, 2017

For a more subjective topic, like political theory, you might first list all the key concepts you’d expect a student to be able to explain by the end of your course, as well as the critical thinking skills you’d expect them to be able to employ.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

What theories could be used to explain these phenomena, and how can social/psychological models better our understanding of how people learn when their communication, relationships and learning are mediated through technology? Unported License. What issues in HE teaching and learning are you passionate about? We have the technology.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 4, 2015

He captures the idea perfectly, and adds the caption 'pedagogy of the unlikely', which perfectly captures what the blogging challenges were all about - finding meaning and learning together through seemingly bizarre and disassociated pairings of ideas, characters or objects. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Allow me elaborate: Many of our pedagogical theories and much of our practice in higher education is grounded in, and has been derived from, a pre-digital era, when the lecturer or professor was central to the process of education, and where the classroom was the predominant place for learning to take place. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 18, 2014

Ideas are propagated , learning should be rooted in pedagogy, students are encouraged to blossom , and there is a learning ecosystem. Canadian teacher Dave Cormier borrowed from the earlier post-modernist work of Deleuze and Guattari to create his rhizomatic learning theory. Unported License. the teacher).

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

So I would like to present a selection of my students' recent work below, under the heading of learning theories and pedagogy , with the question 'What is Learning?' Unported License. These are just a few of the many reasons why blogging can be a powerful method of learning. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 13, 2013

Too often we gather to discuss education, to expound on learning theories and to congratulate ourselves for our pedagogical prowess, and yet we miss the crucial element, the context which should be central to everything we do. Unported License. This morning, here in Oslo, it was all about the kids. And why not? The learner.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

For me, the worst enemy is bad theory. Bad theory, when accepted without challenge, can lead to bad practice. It's insidious, because bad theory that is accepted as fact without a full understanding of its implications, results in bad teaching, and ultimately, learners will suffer. Riener and Willingham again: ".learning-styles

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Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2014

Some physicists argue that the present, the past and the future are much the same thing, but they tend to obfuscate their arguments with strange words such as string theory and quantum foam. Anyway, for most of us common folk, our experience is that the past is a memory and the future is imaginary. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2012

Teacher beliefs about pedagogy are central to the successful integration of new technologies into schools. 1992) Accessibility and stability of predictors in the theory of planned behaviour. Photo by Steve Wheeler Teacher beliefs by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and Azjen I.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Whichever way you view this book however, it was notable for introducing rhizome theory as a metaphor for knowledge representation. Rhizome theory is also a useful framework for understanding self-determined learning - the heutagogy described by Hase and Kenyon. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 9, 2018

There are many theories and constructs that can inform us of the nature and potential impact of connected learning. Jerome Bruner developed ZPD theory to include the concept of scaffolded learning. Unported License. The learner constructs his own meaning with the MKO as a guide in the process.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Example: If your objective is to train users to troubleshoot problems in a specific program or operating system, your content must go beyond delivering theories or serving as a reference (with anecdotes, diagrams, etc.) and incorporate practical how-to components (like simulating common problems by using a hands-on tutorial).

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Learning with e's

JUNE 5, 2012

My presentation is entitled 'Learning on the Social Web: Evolving Digital Pedagogies', and will feature a number of theories old and new, and how they are being adapted as explanatory frameworks. I will be giving the opening keynote on Day 1 and speaking on the topic of 'Digital Pedagogy: The Future is Open'. Unported License.

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