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

OCTOBER 15, 2013

This is a continuation in my series on mobile learning. Mobile device users can capitalise extensively on the many features of curation tools. As has been previously written in this article , mobile devices are ideally suited for the task of curation on the move. What is digital curation? There is a design issue.

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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. How does mobile computing and ubiquitous connectivity influence education? Unported License.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2013

There are formal contexts for mobile learning, but it is in the leisure time/travelling/down time that mobile learning still comes to the fore. Mobile devices also afford users the ability to annotate, organise and share content once they have found it, within their community of interest. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 28, 2013

"Technology won't replace teachers, but teachers who use technology will probably replace teachers who don't" This was just one of the contentious and thought provoking statements made at Learning Through Technology this week in Glasgow. Another conclusion was that the technology wave is not slowing, and won't go away.

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MARCH 30, 2024

However, considering the power of DRM, it is best to check specific licenses like the Creative Commons licenses for re-use permissions. Here are some ways in which OER resources can be used: If you plan to create your digital content, you can develop resources using OER content that comes under Creative Commons licenses.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2016

Much was discussed during the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris. The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. don't have internet capability).

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2015

The video below is the result of that interview, in which I answer questions such as: what emerging technology trends have the greatest potential for learning? What tips you you have for people wanting to invest in emerging technology? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 25, 2015

Many of my public presentations have the prefix: Digital Learning Futures, because for me, the future of education and learning will be greatly influenced by digital technologies. I counselled that technology is not a silver bullet, and cannot solve all the problems education is currently experiencing. Nor can it replace good pedagogy.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 22, 2015

Mobile communication has become increasingly popular for a number of reasons. Hence, mobile learning is now becoming a key part of educational strategy. Tonight''s #EDENchat will focus on issues surrounding mobile learning. Photo by Johan Larsson on Wikimedia Commons #EDENchat How effective is mobile learning?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2011

It's difficult to see much beyond the end of the year, so trying to predict what technologies we might see in schools by 2020 is like staring into a very strong spotlight. It is highly likely that more informal tools and technologies, such as handheld devices, mobile phones and games consoles will take an increasing role in formal education.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The exchange then descended into: 'There's too much technology around' and, 'I don't know what the world is coming to.' In Alone Together (2011) Turkle implies that technology is distracting us from social interaction, and is ruining conversation: 'The relentless connection leads to a new solitude'. and I switched off at that point.

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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

APRIL 20, 2011

The paper appears here in Biomedical Engineering Online and is entitled How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare. Platforms available today include Android, Apple iOS, RIM BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows (Windows Mobile 6.x x and the emerging Windows Phone 7 platform). Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 24, 2020

Blended is simply a crazy idea that learning can occur anywhere, in both formal and informal contexts, inside school and outside of it, using a mix of technology - as and when it suits. No, scrub that. I wish I'd been clever enough to think of such a novel idea. Unported License , or so we are told.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I decided to call the book 'Digital Learning in Organisations' from the outset because my expertise lies in learning technologies. Here's David Kelly , New York based Executive director of the e-Learning Guild, with his view on mobile devices and learning: “Mobile technologies shouldn’t be viewed through the lens of learning.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2019

The invention of the mobile phone liberated us to move freely again, but in doing so, we became tethered in a different, more subtle sense. Notice the one person who is reading a traditional paper magazine - this is rare, but raises questions about how large populations can be distracted by technology. London: Futuretext.

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MARCH 9, 2011

The Horizon Report is an annual report describing emerging technologies and their potential applications in learning and education, produced in collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. Open educational content is growing in popularity and use along with other Creative Commons content.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Amidst these challenges, the rapid technological advancements present a myriad of opportunities that empower you to enhance the quality of educational delivery. Understanding legal frameworks is crucial in navigating the intricacies of fair use, open educational resources (OER), and Creative Commons licensing. Wrapping Up!

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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

OCTOBER 17, 2013

This is a continuation of my series on mobile learning. Mobile devices represent a tangible step-change for learning. Just these two factors alone would be enough to tip the balance and convince most people that some kind of revolution is taking place, but mobile learning goes so much further. But consider the benefits too.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2014

It was great to answer, because I have tracked the learning technology trends over the last decade, and have come to the conclusion that mobile (smart) phones and social media, in combination, have provided the world with the most dynamic, social and personal connections we could possibly wish for. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Sitting down with her after her keynote at the summer EDEN conference in Jonkoping, Sweden, we discussed a number of issues around diversity and inclusion, the use of technology in education, games based learning, peer learning and emerging learner-led pedagogies. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2019

The book is aimed at those working as learning and development professionals in industry, but will also be of interest to any, and all, those working in the world of learning technology, knowledge and education. The promotional text is below: Technology holds vast potential for learning and development (L and D) practitioners.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

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. That is, until a technology fails to function, and the normally smooth transition between states is found to be blocked. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 19, 2011

Steve Wheeler, Associate Professor of Learning Technology at the University of Plymouth, will give a public keynote on February 2 at the LEARNTEC Bildungsforum, in Karlsruhe, Germany. Technologies in Learning' is very close to the core of his professional interests and endeavours. The future of learning is about the mobile phone?

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Wearable computing is just one small step up from mobile technology. A large percentage of the world''s population is already connected through mobile phones, e-readers, games consoles and tablet computers. Will 2014 be the year when wearable technology emerges as the next stage in our connected future?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2011

It's difficult to see much beyond the end of the year, so trying to predict what technologies we might see in schools by 2020 is like staring into a very strong spotlight. It is highly likely that more informal tools and technologies, such as handheld devices, mobile phones and games consoles will take an increasing role in formal education.

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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

JULY 17, 2019

Several technologies that we regularly use today have their origins in the early days of space flight. Over 30 per cent of today's smartphones contain this technology. Since 2016, almost 70 per cent of North American farmland is cultivated by self-driving tractors which rely on the RTG technology that was developed by NASA.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

As more and more children use mobile phones and access the Web, so the incidents rise proportionately. But with every new tool and technology comes a danger from a small but determined section of society who wish to bend their use, to exploit and to abuse for their own selfish purposes. We wish it were not so. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2016

A decade ago, when Tim O'Reilly wrote about ' Web 2.0 ' and others intoned effusively about the ' Social Web ' or the 'Read/Write Web', they were remarking about emerging features of a vast and ever expanding technological infrastructure, rather than any physical compartmentalisation. Unported License.

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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. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Photo by Loewe Technologies on unsplash There's plenty of hype about artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential, future impact on society. Writing on CIO's Managing Innovation and Disruptive Technology website, futurist Nicholas D. Evans suggests there are four AI trends we can expect to see. Unported License.

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Kitaboo

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It also leverages cutting-edge technologies like augmented reality for a more immersive user experience. Digital Rights Management (DRM): DRM is a technology that controls access to digital content and ensures that only authorized users can access the materials. What are the Types of Educational Content Licensing?

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Virtual clannish behaviour can be observed in a number of ways, but probably most overtly in the subtly distinctive ways in which people use their mobile phones. Members of the mobile tribe can be divided into at least two clans. Virtual clans are defined more by the technology they subscribe to, and ultimately, the software they use.

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