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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Photo by Frederick Rubensson on Flickr 'In every talk, I'm asked where I would start first in revolutionizing education (K-professional school): Answer, always. I recently worked as a visiting scholar at a university that trained nurses. Assessment. This was a message tweeted by Cathy Davidson recently. Available online here.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

The short video below features Tyla Elworthy, Alex Druce and Aaron Fisher, who are training to be teachers and in the second year of their degree programmes at Plymouth University. Photo by Steve Wheeler Backchannels, hashtags and learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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JULY 18, 2019

Photo by Samuel Seller on unsplash Virtual Reality (VR), some might argue, has yet to live up to the hype. Often vaunted as the 'next big thing' in training and education, critics suggest that VR has proven to be expensive, difficult to deploy and may present health issues. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler It was great to be back in Berlin - that wonderful, glittering city - to speak at Online Educa Berlin , or OEB Global, as it's now called. We will also examine the role new technology can play in promoting effective L&D and critically evaluate practices that are rooted in traditional learning/training environments.

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JULY 15, 2014

The sign stencilled onto the platforms in London''s underground stations warns of the gap between the edge and the train. Photo by Juergen Rosskamp on Wikimedia Commons Mind the gap by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 It''s a form of transactional distance.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Clearly there are security and privacy issues to be addressed, but another trend is that learning is now becoming more untethered and we are witnessing a decline in the use of training rooms. Digital delivery of content can personalise learning, enabling learners to work at their own pace, and in a place and at a time that suits them.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons Predictably, the ideas that dominated at Learning Technologies 2019 (#LT19uk) were mostly on new and emerging technologies. Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) cropped up several times during sessions across the event. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Mindflash

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Photos, sound files and video clips are always great ways to liven up great presentations. For people creating training content, there’s an added bonus: adding media also helps boost retention. A few quick examples: Photos. Not surprisingly, adding video is more challenging than adding sound or photos. Adding Audio.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2020

Photo by Helloquence on unsplash This is the first post in a new series about School Management Information Systems. As with most software providers RM offers training for schools, but a lot of the functionality is intuitive through quick links and other useful shortcuts. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Photo by David Bushell on Geograph In a previous incarnation I was Training Manager for a distance learning project called RATIO back in 1996. There was plenty of squabbling about how many computers each centre would be allocated, and then once they received them, how much training we were giving them in comparison to other centres.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Photo by Erich Ferdinand on Flickr Nuking the fridge is a strange phrase, and you may never have heard of it - but in the popular culture context it means something. Nuking the fridge by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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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. This kind of en masse training is no longer relevant in an age where many are independent knowledge workers. It is also a poor method of learning. This is because learners are individuals. Unported License.

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DECEMBER 14, 2019

Photo by Andrew Bain on unsplash It wasn't long after the prophet Jonah was thrown overboard into stormy seas that he was swallowed by a great fish. Training and emetics will be provided. Popular belief is that it was a whale, but that would be ridiculous. Must be willing to swallow a full grown man, and vomit him out after three days.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Most of mine have trained to be primary educators, and go on to change lives and make lives in their teaching careers. Photo by Tom Wilkins Teacher voices by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Of course you do. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Photo source: Maxpixel I broke a rowing machine yesterday at the gym. All of these, and many more metrics can be compared to my achievements on previous visits to the gym, and that also applies to rowing, cycling, cross training and weight training. I don't know my own strength. I want to know my own strength. and Wiliam, D.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 27, 2017

My instinct (some of which came from my formal teacher training) was to 'stand and deliver', when often I did better for my students by letting them learn for themselves. Teaching is not only telling and showing, but allowing space for creativity, discovery and experimentation. It is a fine balance. Children love to experiment.

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eFront

JUNE 17, 2011

Recently a fellow member of the Instructional Design & E-Learning Professionals' Group (14K+ of members) asked " If anyone know of where to find royalty free background music for training? " Danosongs run by Dan O’Connor and has his creative commons free royalty free music for production site.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 17, 2013

All the contrived arguments that are thrown against the integration of personal digital devices in the classroom, the school, the workplace or the training room fall by the wayside when we become committed to promoting self actuated learning. They also put themselves in danger of being left behind. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 23, 2015

Recently, in the wake of the #blimage blogging challenge I've been thinking about the power of photos and images. I have quite a collection of selfies and other photos of me with people who have either inspired me or influenced my thinking in some way. In the centre of the photo is Joyce Seitzinger. Far right is George Couros.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 23, 2013

Will he be creative? It depends of course on what the game is, whether it is linked to authentic learning, and what specialised support is on offer from trained educators. Give a child a camera and she will be creative. Technology imagination creativity education camera learning computer Vygotsky Scaffolding'

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Photo by Leslie Seaton on Flickr I submitted my manuscript for Digital Learning in Organisations to my publishers today. With no training whatsoever, I was allocated to a production line, a moving conveyor belt where I was required to check the quality of the jars and cans of fruit as they slowly passed. Mind your fingers!’

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Learning with e's

JUNE 24, 2012

Facebook is already the world's largest photo repository, and with almost 850 million accounts and over 100 billion connections, has to be one of the most influential communications devices ever created to bring people together. Image by Ed Yourdon Blogging as literacy by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Many are prolific and proficient in producing blogs, podcasts, videos and photos for sharing on the web. Teacher roles have been moving from didactic to facilitative roles ever since constructivist theories started to enter into teacher training curricula. They can do it all using the simple smartphone in their pocket.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

It''s universally accepted right now in this current economic climate that stringency and cost cutting are hitting the training budgets of just about every organisation. They also take a lot of time to develop, and as Don Taylor recently wrote, organisational training suffers from bad reputation. That idea was reflected in my tweet.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Photo used under Creative Commons by user Ali Nassiri. > > More about employee training and retention on the Mindflash blog. > Ask people what they think and allow mistakes. You need to build confidence in your people that they can make decisions by letting go and encouraging the ideas of others.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 26, 2017

Photo by Benson Kua on Wikimedia Commons Coming in to land after a long flight is always a great relief. A very well trained stranger, but a stranger none the less. Canada by Steve Wheeler was written in Toronto, Canada and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We used to call it on the job training. Photo by Japanexperterna.se on Flickr 'Just for me' learning by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 It's a form of learning that is accessed at the point of need. just enough' learning.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 27, 2014

If we concede that transmitting knowledge is no longer the sole function of education, if we believe that schools should not be training children exclusively for the workplace, we will see it. May the coming year be a successful one for all those educators who see children as creative individuals rather than as commodities.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This relates back to training, which brings familiarity, but teachers also need to see beyond the technology, using it as an extension and enhancement of their own cognitive capabilities, or ‘ mind technology ’. Many teachers will need to gain greater confidence in the use of new and emerging technologies. The Design of Everyday Things.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Teachers have been trained to believe that there should always be predictable outcomes from a lesson. Teachers have been trained to make sure they never make mistakes in front of their students. They learn from their own mistakes and express themselves more creatively through their own endeavours. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2018

Photo from Maxpixel The French sociologist Emile Durkheim's study of suicide led to a theory that instability resulting in a breakdown of standards or social conventions can lead to alienation. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Photo used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user LadyDragonflyCC -See through my eyes! > > More about employee training and retention on the Mindflash blog. > Consider asking your employees what they would wish for to be more successful in the workplace. Impose no limits. Consider everything.

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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. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2011

MacDonald witnessed a tube train guard threatening and verbally abusing a passenger. The next day I posted his picture onto my Flickr account and licenced it under Creative Commons for free sharing and re-use. Subsequently others loaded it up in several versions to Wikimedia Commons. Let's hope it will be for the better.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2018

Photo by Sean MacEntee on Flickr Old Trafford. Theatre of dreams by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 The Theatre of Dreams. It's the home of Manchester United - probably the greatest football team in the world. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 4, 2012

One of the most interesting stands at the World of Learning Exhibition and Conference in Birmingham this week was the Blue Beetle Training stand, which among other rolling performances featured a 10 minute tuition on three ball juggling. Photo by Steve Wheeler Keep juggling by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2018

Photo by David Goehring on Flickr In my last post, entitled Cinderella Technology , I wrote about the tremendous potential of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and highlighted some of the reasons why it often fails to be realised in school classrooms. Building training time into the school year for educators is rarely time wasted.

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