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That is why we want to share how Burst - a Shopify value-add feature can improve your online store, website, blog or Social Media post. BURST is a stock photo platform with high-quality images that are available free of charge under the Creative Commons Zero license. What is Burst?

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MAY 4, 2016

Humans are inherently social. Most of our learning is achieved within social contexts. Even when we are on our own, much of our learning through resources such as books and videos is mediated socially - there is another mind behind the resource. We want to be accepted by others. Yet it is essential if we wish to belong.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In the post I made the remark that today's learning needs to be personal, social and global, all of which can be mediated through technology. Keith asked me 'Does learning always need to be social?' The manipulation of tools, a very specific human activity, carries with them an accumulation of cultural and social knowledge.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Publicdomainpictures Ever wondered how we can overcome feelings of loneliness and disconnect in distance education? It's a common psychological phenomenon to feel that although you are separated by distance, the technology actually mediates your connection with someone else. It's almost like being there alongside them.

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MARCH 25, 2015

My argument in my presentation was that social learning, the use of mobile devices, and personal learning environments will all be vitally important components of any future learning ecology. education future learning mobile personal Personal Learning Environment Saudi Arabia school social teaching Technology' Unported License.

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JUNE 12, 2020

And perhaps your social presence, if you know how to invoke it. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. 2009) Destructive creativity on the social web. Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies. All you have is your voice.

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JUNE 11, 2020

Photo from Pxhere In my previous blog post I remarked that engaging learners can be difficult in any context, but is often harder in online environments. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing. This activity is a phase 1 activity and involves minimum social interchange.

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MARCH 1, 2016

By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. Social media is one of the most versatile, and very personal technologies available to teachers.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

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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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2014

Ivan Illich hoped for a time when the transmission model of education, or ''funnels'', would be replaced by ''educational webs'' - his notion of what we now recognise as social networks. What would Illich have made of the social web? I wrote a post about the contrast between educational funnels and webs in 2011. was emerging.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Firstly.the Social Web connects people together At Plymouth University, we very quickly began to explore the ways Social Web tools could support our students.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 15, 2019

Photo by Krzyboy2o on Wikimedia Commons This is a post for #OpenBlog19. 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.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler In previous posts here and also here , I wrote about how to engage learners in online collaborative writing. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. Graphics and concept by Steve Wheeler Reference Gunawardena, C. Unported License.

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JUNE 14, 2020

Photo from Pixabay This series is about how teachers can improve engagement for online learners (see links below for previous posts in the series). Don't forget to respond promptly - the immediacy of your reply can increase social presence and motivation. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: JISC I first started studying and then practicing distance education in the 80s. Social media and smart phones were still a few years away, so we made do with what was available. Back then we contended with slow modem speeds (remember them?), fixed line telephones, stand-alone computers and very small memory storage.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. Now, I don't normally pay that much attention to lists of top ten or top whatever, (they cause too much controversy!) Agility – Teaching Toolkit (ranked 9th in 2014) 10.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2019

David and me in the studio - Photo by Steve Wheeler David Hamr is a well known Czech broadcaster and radio journalist. He produces programmes about social trends and culture and is particularly passionate about alternative education. Based in Liberec, in the north of the country, he operates out of ?eský Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler Humans were once untethered, free to wander the world and explore at will. And personal, mobile technologies come with a social cost. What are the implications of such mass distraction for the workplace, for home life, and indeed, for any social interactions? London: Futuretext. Unported License.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler (Duck by Denise Hudson ) If I didn't know any better I would believe in synchronicity. We all did our best, and our creations were then shared with each other on social media. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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APRIL 27, 2020

Photo source: Pexels Social distancing. For education people, learning doesn't stop even though all around, social life, commerce, business, mortgage payments, air travel and other common practices have ground to a halt. Stay at home. And what about resilience? But we are a resilient people. I salute educators everywhere.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Blogging and social networking platforms help them to extend their thinking and also enable them to participate more deeply if they have dyslexia. Photo by Steve Wheeler Backchannels, hashtags and learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons What's that coming over the hill? Granted, in 'Frankenstein', Hollywood created a ripping gothic yarn that capitalised on the horror factor, and yes, the photo from the film is iconic (probably Karloff's greatest moment), but it's hardly faithful to the original texts. Is it a monster?

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 21, 2014

My Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the vehicle that carries me to this learning, and social media is the highway that enables me to get there. Photo by Ed323 on Wikimedia Commons A little more conversation by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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JULY 2, 2019

Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel on Unsplash Here are some further thoughts on the 'blend' in blended learning: Blends are made of disparate elements. Elements are often separated by boundaries, and these must be transgressed if blends are to be effected. In other words, we need to bring elements together that might not naturally co-exist.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. Some schools have begun to experiment, and a few are well down the road to adopting and using online education as a viable supplement, or even replacement for face to face teaching.

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Learning with e's

MAY 21, 2014

Today, we explore the work of Albert Bandura on social learning theory. It''s been said that Albert Bandura''s theory of social learning spans the gap between behaviourism and cognitivism. In fact, Social Learning theory is essentially - as the name suggests - an explanation of how we learn when we are in social contexts.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Photo by US Dept of Agriculture on Flickr Social learning is one of the vital components of contemporary learning and development. Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1978) argued that we learn best when we are immersed in a socially rich, culturally relevant environment. Social learning is strongly relational.

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APRIL 16, 2014

And yet these theories paid scant attention to the social contexts within which learning occurs. It was not until social theories such as Vygotsky''s social constructivist model were introduced that education as a whole began to capitalise on the dialogic power of learning. Unported License.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Thursday, October 01, 2009 Interview with Tony Karrer on Informal and Social Learning Be sure to listen to the latest Kineo podcast with Dr. Tony Karrer. Steve Lowenthal interviews Dr. Tony Karrer to get his thoughts on informal and social learning in the enterprise. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2019

Photo by Pedro Figueras on Pexels In my last post I wrote about smartphones and other personal devices, and their tendency to distract us by diverting our attention. Distractions in the workplace are common. Now less attention is being paid to the other person than is socially expected. This is a continuation. Unported License.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo by Guillaume Speurt on Flickr Tallinn is one of my favourite European cities. In this presentation I will explore the use of MOOCs, AI, social media, smart mobiles, virtual worlds, augmented and virtual reality, as well as some of the emerging associated theories, to evaluate their effectiveness on pedagogy. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Photo by Crabchick on Flickr In my #3quotes series I have been citing directly from the texts of education thinkers, because it is important to apply ideas and theories in context. 1973, p 5) Bruner also held the view that social contexts provided the context for learning. Bruner, J. 1990) Acts of Meaning. Unported License.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Secondly, learning needs to be social. Increasingly, such contact and communication is mediated through technology, and social media tools are ideal for this purpose. His Zone of Proximal Development theory has been central to our understanding of how we learn in social contexts. Thirdly, learning needs to be globalised.

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MAY 22, 2014

Yesterday we examined the work of Albert Bandura on social learning theory. The theory Bruner''s theory of scaffolding emerged around 1976 as a part of social constructivist theory, and was particularly influenced by the work of Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Today, we explore the work of Jerome Bruner on scaffolding of learning.

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MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Lyncconf Games on Flickr The rapid spread of the Coronavirus and the subsequent social lock-downs by many governments has meant that technology has been thrust to the forefront in many of our daily human activities. Our choreography is based on social distancing and the need to continue our routines.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2014

According to his Zone of Proximal Development theory (ZPD), whether that person be a teacher, peer or parent, children learn more extensively within a social context. Today, the bold claim is that anyone can learn anything they wish, because social media channels can provide that scaffolding. Unported License.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Photo by Lucélia Ribeiro on Flickr This is the second of three posts on school Management Information Systems (MIS). If a student is struggling in several subject areas however, this may be an indication of an underlying systemic or social problem, requiring more extensive pastoral support. Unported License.

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