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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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I call this connected pedagogy. When people connect using technology, they seek out commonalities and look for shared experiences. The selection of common goals and purposes is a powerful motivator for those engaged in collaborative learning. One essential element of connected pedagogy is communication. Think about it.

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Music, learning and pedagogy

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The conversation turned to music, my songwriting and performances with various bands during the 80s and 90s. If you decide to go off on your own, there is likely to be discord, confusion and a general loss of tempo or impetus in a performance. 2) Performance is connection. 4) You are only as good as your last performance.

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Connected pedagogy: Smart technology

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Connected students can become the nodes of their own production, and are creating more content than ever before as they perform their learning for global audiences. 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). To be continued.

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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

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Connected students can become the nodes of their own production, and are creating more content than ever before as they perform their learning for global audiences." Connected pedagogy: Social networks by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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What shapes teachers' uses of technology?

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Photo by Steve Wheeler The image on this page is a slide from the keynote presented by Graham Brown-Martin at Learning Live, a conference hosted recently in London by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI). by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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What is authentic assessment?

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This is a simple principle of pedagogy known as constructive alignment (Biggs and Tang, 2011) where we start with outcomes that students need to achieve, support these with appropriate pedagogy, and then assess accordingly (Biggs, 2014). HERDSA Review of Higher Education, Vol 1. Available online here. What is authentic assessment?

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Passion for education

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We all need inspiration, and many would argue that we perform better as educators when we have passion. Unconditionally regarding each child with positivity is key to good pedagogy (Rogers, 1983). Effective pedagogy not only has impact, it's contagious. London: Sage. Rogers, C. 1983) Freedom to Learn. Columbus, OH: Merrill.