Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

This blog comes in at number 4 for 2019, so I'm delighted that the metrics (visitor traffic, design, social media shares, post frequency, interactions, etc) support the many hours of effort I make each month to contribute to the knowledge of my learning community. 2019 Top Ten 1. TeacherToolKit - Ross McGill 2. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 15, 2019

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. million views). Is sharing caring? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Social media and smart phones were still a few years away, so we made do with what was available. Multi-media learning was the best approach we had, combining text, audio and video together to create the first 'immersive' learning experiences. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

CourseArc was built as a tool and team to support organizations as they build online content. Check back to our blog and social media feeds for additional resources and case studies on how our clients are using CourseArc to move their learning online. . Check out our resource site to see how we can help your team.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations. Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. But this post is not about money. How do they differ from yours? Unported License.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 28, 2022

CourseArc was built as a tool and team to support organizations as they build online content. See our tool in action and then check back to our blog and social media feeds for additional resources and case studies on how our clients are using CourseArc to move their professional development and training programs online.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

iPad (and iPhone) are Much More Useful Than I Expected I didn’t actually think that I would care about the iPad except as a tool for training and performance support in environments like retail and restaurants where it’s always been an issue having access to machines. And the system itself is growing with sites like Social Media Informer.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

We see many creative uses of personal technologies, such as games consoles, smart phones and e-readers, and social media can be used in a variety of ways to promote deeper engagement and reach. In my next post I will present the questions, and elaborate on them to support an online discussion. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 4, 2013

One of the most persuasive affordances of social media is that it encourages users to generate their own content. Teachers who recognise this and see the potential of social media to promote active learning are in for an exciting time. Teachers know that active forms of learning are better than passive forms.

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CourseArc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

CourseArc was built as a tool and team to support organizations as they build online content. See our tool in action and then check back to our blog and social media feeds for additional resources and case studies on how our clients are using CourseArc to move their education and training programs online.

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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. Some have penetrated deeply into education while others are still peripheral. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The result is a 6-7 minute interview in which I talk about the EDEN community of academics and professionals, mobile learning and games in education, and digital badges, as well as some elaboration on the way EDEN has been leveraging the potential of social media over the last few years. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 29, 2012

I touched on personal learning networks, mobile technologies, games and gamification, the use of social media in learning, the role of user generated content, the phenomenon of ubiquitous connection, and technological convergence. Here's to all the possible futures of learning! Here's to all the possible futures of learning!

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Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2012

The important concept we wanted to talk about was communities of learning, and how students can use social media tools to participate in them. Peter talked about the power of social media to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN) and also discussed the ways students manage their online presence. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 11, 2019

It's a professional community of educators interested in technology supported learning. It was the start of many long associations with these and other brilliant innovators and thinkers in the nascent world of technology supported learning. Image from Pixabay EDEN - the European Distance and E-learning Network - is my spiritual home.

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Learning with e's

JULY 30, 2016

In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. The full text is available at this link. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This means that texting too, has become normal practice, as has our use of touch screens, social media and search engines. We can all learn a lot from each other, and the technology we have at our disposal can support that learning much more quickly than we could ever do in the past. A lot has changed in less than two decades.

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CourseArc

OCTOBER 26, 2021

CourseArc was built as a tool and team to support organizations as they build online content. Check back to our blog and social media feeds for additional resources and case studies on how our clients are using CourseArc to move their learning online. . Check out our resource site to see how we can help your team.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. I wrote that: "The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. Tapscott, D. London: Atlantic Books.

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CourseArc

JANUARY 30, 2022

CourseArc was built as a tool and team to support organizations as they build online content. See our tool in action and then check back to our blog and social media feeds for additional resources and case studies on how our clients are using CourseArc to move their professional development and training programs online.

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

Whether or not we realise it, if we regularly use social media, we are members of the world wide digital tribe. Social media, the most social of all modern technologies, provided us with shared virtual spaces where we could ''meet''.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 1, 2016

We discussed the evolution of social media in higher education and also how institutional virtual learning environments (learning management systems) are being developed to cope with new demands of new learners. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JULY 16, 2015

Some are ditching their training rooms in favour of digital delivery of content, and bosses that are forward thinking are investing in social learning, social media and mobile devices to support the learning of their employees. Do companies support the use of these technologies by their employees? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 21, 2018

Better still, use images and other evocative visuals to support your presentation. 11) In relation to 10), your last slide can contain your own contact details such as email address, social media accounts, website URL, and even your phone number if you feel brave enough! Images almost always evoke better memories than text.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1978) argued that we learn best when we are immersed in a socially rich, culturally relevant environment. So is the social connection between those who are learning, and those who are supporting that learning. Language is key, as is context. and we can all use a little help now and then.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 26, 2015

She talked about how social media was making a huge impact on learning, and gave some great examples from her own professional practice. And of course, Shelly has a huge following on social media, and is a prolific speaker and presenter on the international circuit. It was the start of many subsequent encounters.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Over the next two weeks I''m in New Zealand, doing a series of keynote presentations to teachers on the future of education and technology supported learning. The mLearn tour is sponsored by a company called Telco Technology Services who specialise in supporting teachers in New Zealand schools with technology training and provision.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

In effect, through the use of social media and telecommunication technologies, these teachers are becoming global educators. The comments boxes below each post support dialogue, and the tagging feature on most blogs enables easier search for content. Over 24 hours of video footage is uploaded to the YouTube servers every minute.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Clearly this has already emerged as a phenomenon in the last few years, and since the proliferation of social media and smart mobiles , seems to be accelerating. Photo by Frederick Wallace on Flickr A learner''s curriculum by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Are you a teacher who has managed to harness the power of social media to connect with peers and experts around the globe? He added that the Connected Educator uses social media to connect with others around the globe and engage in conversations online. Are you a connected educator? Are you a connected educator?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2014

Vygotsky also subscribed to the notion that we construct our own meaning, but what you can learn on your own, he believed, was limited when compared to what you could learn with someone else in close proximity, supporting and encouraging you. For Vygotsky, the technology is the ZPD - mediating the social. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 9, 2015

Now in its 24th year, the event grows from strength to strength, with two annual events every year, an individual membership of over 1200 worldwide practitioners in all sectors of education and training, and a well-oiled mechanism in support. EDEN2015 promises to be an unforgettable event for anyone involved in digital education.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

With the agenda for student centred learning, teaching staff should now act more as a supporting cast rather than as leading actors. For example, social media is encouraging learners not only to discover existing knowledge, it is also enabling them to create, repurpose, organise and share new knowledge. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2019

The proliferation of technologies such as smartphones, social media and email means employees are increasingly exposed to task interruption. It provide important support and offers numerous benefits to help us work better and smarter. Interruption at work can have serious consequences. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

One clear example of technology supported ambient learning can be seen in the increasing use of Augmented Reality (AR) tools in the workplace. Clearly, it is vital that large organisations that wish to capitalise on ambient learning promote good practice around the use of social media and personal devices. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2011

In some ways, I argued, andragogy theory seems outmoded in the light of recent rapid developments in new teaching methods, learning resources and digital media. Paragogy is another way of describing peer to peer learning, where students support each other's learning on an equal basis. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

Anderson is known to many in the world of education as a passionate and knowledgeable promoter of social media and technology for learning. He has been a prime mover in some of the most innovative projects for technology supported learning in the past few years. Why are you so passionate about using social media?

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