Learning with e's

MAY 30, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler This is the first of a short series of posts, presenting my thoughts leading up to a keynote speech I will give at EDEN 2019, in Bruges. The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. Unported License. To be continued.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 13, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler I have just published a third module in my series on digital learning for the ZilLearn platform. Supporting Online Learners 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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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

Learning should always come before technology. Many teachers welcome the idea of bringing new technology into the classroom. Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. Unported License. Let me elaborate.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If those methods can also encourage creative thinking, they are even more welcome in the classroom. Technology can provide some of those creative solutions. Students will need to know how to compose and capture good images, and also will need to be aware of the gaps in the image repository on Wikimedia Commons.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler It wasn't that long ago that I was approached by a new U.S. Personal learning environments by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Keep safe, keep well and keep your distance.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Photo by Vladimir Agafonkin on Flickr Photo finish by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Making, creating, fixing and designing are all processes we need for education now and in the future.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Photo by Pxhere At the time of writing, the Coronavirus pandemic is taking hold in many countries across the globe, and predictably, one of the many actions people are taking is social distancing. Plenty of Creative Commons licensed content and Open Educational Resource material is already available on the Web.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Daniel Susskind - Photo by Steve Wheeler All change! Attending Learning Technologies in a completely new, yet strangely familiar venue was quite an experience. I arrived with a great deal of anticipation, because Learning Technologies always holds a lot of promise. And it didn't disappoint. And it didn't disappoint.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 4, 2017

In January I presented a session on 'What's hot and what's not in learning and development' for Learning Technologies in London. The annual event always has a slot for future trends in technology, which in the past has featured great thinkers such as Ray Kurzweil and Brian Solis , and futurists Gerd Leonhard and Rudy de Waele.

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Learning with e's

JULY 28, 2016

Before they left the university for the last time, I persuaded three - Kate, Becca and Ryan - to speak out one more time about their views on technology supported learning. Building on a previous post about narrative education , I asked them to focus specifically on the question of how they use technology for story telling.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Steinar Engeland on unsplash In yesterday's post I wrote about how teachers are beginning to use online forms of education to enhance and extend the reach of schools. Distance education in all its forms has been used for more than a century in education, leveraging the potential of each new technology as it emerges.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Can technology help us to think more clearly? The tools I use are a kind of mind technology, a means of extending my cognitive capabilities, enhancing my thinking, memory and recall. Some might say that I am over-reliant upon technology. Mind technology it certainly is, and richly social too.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 21, 2019

Photo by Airina Volungevi?ien? Before this, I presented some of my thinking around new theories and emerging pedagogies that leverage to power and potential of networked technologies, and spoke about the personal devices students use and how they might be incorporated into every day teaching and learning. Unported License.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Luckily, there is now an abundance of tools and resources to create attractive new videos filled with your brand messages, as well as an ever-growing community of videographers dedicated to offering great stock photos for downloading, royalty-free music, and video stock footage. 8 Flickr Creative Commons. 10 Free Nature Stock.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 22, 2016

This week #EDENchat will feature a discussion on how we use personal technologies for learning. There are many personal technologies available, including smart phones , e-books and e-readers, games consoles and laptop computers. Photo by Intel Freepress on Flickr #EDENchat: Which personal technologies? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Publicdomainpictures Ever wondered how we can overcome feelings of loneliness and disconnect in distance education? It's a common psychological phenomenon to feel that although you are separated by distance, the technology actually mediates your connection with someone else.

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JUNE 13, 2020

Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels In previous posts in this series (see links below), I explored some of the nuances of engaging online learners in creative writing and critical thinking. It's not an easy prospect, especially when you are some distance away and all your communication is being mediated through technology.

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JUNE 12, 2020

International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. 2009) Destructive creativity on the social web. Photo by Steve Wheeler Engaging online learners 1 by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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JUNE 12, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler In previous posts here and also here , I wrote about how to engage learners in online collaborative writing. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. Unported License. Graphics and concept by Steve Wheeler Reference Gunawardena, C.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Photo from Pxhere I had the pleasure to do an speak with Sophie Bailey recently, when we recorded a session for Edtech Podcast. An apple for teacher by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Have a listen.

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JUNE 11, 2020

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. Wheeler, S.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 29, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler More often than not, one thing leads to another. Particularly where creativity is concerned, I have learnt that one small event, thought or action can trigger several more, and you never know where the sequence will take you. It started off with me purchasing a new piece of music technology.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Photo by Steve Wheeler Here's my opinion, for what it's worth. I write from more than 40 years experience working in educational technology while observing the rapid development of machine intelligence. Technology was created to serve our needs as humans, not to replace us. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This combination was not only the mainstay for entertainment and commerce, it also became the technological touchstone for many courses and programmes of study. Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Photo by Steve Wheeler When Shelly Terrell speaks or writes, people take notice. This book is not about technology. She is bent on achieving global action around the use of technologies in education. Unported License. In 183 pages it focuses on teaching strategies that have a proven track record of success.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

This combination was not only the mainstay for entertainment and commerce, it also became the technological touchstone for many courses and programmes of study. Sadly, much of education has been slow to exploit the potential of social technologies, and in particular has not grasped the huge potential of social games. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: JISC I first started studying and then practicing distance education in the 80s. They were primitive attempts but they also pioneered what we were later able to do, with more sophisticated technologies. Unported License. Back then we contended with slow modem speeds (remember them?),

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 27, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler No, this is not some new discovery about the evolutionary development of snakes - nor is it a reptile dysfunction. Actually, if you're a teacher who's interested in anything to do with critical thinking, creativity or logical reasoning you should definitely be interested. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As an educator, what tool or technology would you never be without in the classroom or learning space? I often catch them taking photos of the board so they can go away and revisit the notes later on. Hopefully we can start a discussion thread about the effectiveness of different technologies, media and tools for education!

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Learning with e's

MARCH 15, 2019

Photo by Krzyboy2o on Wikimedia Commons This is a post for #OpenBlog19. I attended an event in Utrecht, in the Netherlands way back in 2007, at around the time that social media was emerging as a serious learning technology. Together for two days, we discussed how digital technologies and networks could support learning.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2019

David and me in the studio - Photo by Steve Wheeler David Hamr is a well known Czech broadcaster and radio journalist. We discussed a range of topics around my new book Digital Learning in Organisations, and focused on new technologies in education and training. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 27, 2017

You can deploy all the latest shiny technologies you can get your hands on. You can pack your lessons full of content, activities, games and creative assessment. Unported License. How do you make an impact in the classroom? Enthusiastic and caring teachers really do make the biggest impact on children's lives.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Interactive tools engage learners I have often heard the argument that there is no evidence that technology improves learning. This is a vacuous claim that is either a) based on ignorance of the available research literature, or b) possibly the result of a deep seated fear, mistrust or dislike of technology in general.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel on Unsplash Here are some further thoughts on the 'blend' in blended learning: Blends are made of disparate elements. It is only since the advent of telecommunications that we have begun to recognise some of the complexities that result from our engagement with technology. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 14, 2020

Photo from Pixabay This series is about how teachers can improve engagement for online learners (see links below for previous posts in the series). Unported License. All forms of education require learners to engage, but when teachers and their students are separated by geographical distance, the challenges increase.

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Learning with e's

MAY 30, 2017

Millennials apparently, are technologically savvy, civicly conscious, nomadic, impatient, multi-tasking and natural team workers. Photo from Pixabay Categorisation cults by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler - Entrance to the Hotel Salomon de Rothschild Last week you would have discovered me in the cellar of a French palace - the stylish Hotel Salomon de Rothschild , not a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The classic old building was transformed into a hi-tech conference venue for European Innovation Day.

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