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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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From the telegraph, through the telephone and radio and television, to 21st Century satellites, smartphones, the Internet and social media, all were designed to communicate. It's comforting to know that others are experiencing the same doubts and difficulties as we are, or that we can all work together to succeed in a common task.

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The importance of being networked

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In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. our use of social media actually engages.'

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Belonging, friendship and learning

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Image from Pixabay Flawed though it is, Maslow's theory of motivation highlights at least one important theme: We are social beings and we need to know that we belong. Belonging, friendship and learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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#TwistedTropes 28. Jonah's necessary whale

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It was the ancient equivalent to climate change warnings, but without the social media. Maslow's awkward hierarchy 25. Washington's wooden teeth Schindler's shopping list by Steve Wheeler was written in Ninevah, Assyria and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Our mutual friends

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So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Social media can reduce the degrees of separation. 2006) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27.

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All you need is love

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It''s the same sense of belonging that Abraham Maslow described in his hierarchy of human needs. It''s something we all crave, and is often experienced in social groupings, friendship circles and clubs, where children (and adults) share a common purpose and goals. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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In two minds

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Dual Coding theory explains why multi-media forms of education have been so successful in the past, but alternative cognitive processing theories that feature later in this series challenge this view. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Thus literacy should encompass reading, writing, speaking and listening. Reference Paivio, A.