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Connected pedagogy: Smart technology

Learning with e's

A variety of new approaches to pedagogy have been introduced as a result of our hyperconnected society (of which more in a future blog post). The fact that any of us can access knowledge, expertise and resources so we can learn at any time and in virtually any place, means that the way we see pedagogy must change. To be continued.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with e's

Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. Connected pedagogy: Social networks by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Tapscott, D.

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How to Measure Online Course Effectiveness

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These metrics measure whether, and to what degree, planned organizational outcomes were accomplished as a result of training. Once again, to correctly measure these types of results, you must conduct a study of these metrics prior to implementing the course in order to establish a pre-training benchmark. LEVEL 4: Results.

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Top ten UK education blogs

Learning with e's

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. Agility – Teaching Toolkit (ranked 9th in 2014) 10. Unported License.

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Our digital future 11: AI enhanced course design

Learning with e's

Rather, it is the persistent assumption that 'grading' is paramount for the measurement of student understanding, and that we should focus the power of AI to support this kind of pedagogy. Teachers provide assessment for learning, alongside assessment of learning. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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A day in the life: The quantified self

Learning with e's

Essentially, the quantified self is all about personal metrics in the form of bio-data and other information we generate each day. It may only be a short time though, before we discover new ways to measure learning through ''big data'' acquisition tools, and then apply them to improve pedagogy. The emergence of wearable devices.

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Tested to distraction

Learning with e's

Governments are more interested in ensuring that their statistics and metrics continue to rise, than they are about children's learning. They are forced to teach to the test , which detracts from good pedagogy and also leads to higher stress and anxiety levels, not only for the teachers themselves, but also for many of their students.

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