Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Milgram theorised that it could be established that no-one is separated from anyone else in the world by more than six social contacts.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2019

The multi-timbral nature of the smartphone gives it the capacity to capture our attention through a wide spectrum of attractions, from music and digital media, games, social media, dating sites, videos and live news streams. Continues in the next post] Reference Curtis, M. London: Futuretext. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 30, 2016

In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. The full text is available at this link. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2019

Gerver, 2019, p 19) Gerver documents some of the issues around teachers trolling each other and being openly hostile if they see ideas that they cannot agree with on social media. Reference Gerver, R. Let's be more tolerant of each other's views, and openly share and debate in a civilised, professional and caring manner.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 16, 2012

Six Degrees of Separation is a useful book because it illuminates the science behind our daily use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Watts, for example, discusses the nature of biological viruses and uses the concept as a means to develop his ideas and theories around social connections in a digital world.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 16, 2016

A key feature of social media is its open architecture, because it allows all members of a community to easily modify, extend or delete content. Division of labour in this context refers to the horizontal, heterarchical relationship between member of the community as a result of their mutual actions and exchanges.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 21, 2015

One major phenomenon of the last decade has undoubtedly been the global and exponential rise of social media. Seeded at the turn of the century, the social web phase of Internet development promoted connections, participation, networked sociality. References Castells, M. Cambridge: Polity Press. Jenkins, H.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 10, 2012

There has been some debate over whether or not people should combine their personal and business social media identities. Our immersion in media, he argues, provides us with a myriad of alternative role models we can adopt or adapt. Reference Curtis, M. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2015

The arrival of Creative Commons licensing made free sharing a more attractive proposition for everyone. As van Dijk (2013) has proposed, the ready acceptance of Facebook and other social media into the every day lives of a global population of users ensured that the ethos of sharing became second nature. van Dijk, J.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

Most of us are connected to each other through numerous social media platforms. Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. Next time: Connected Minds References Godin, S. 2008) Tribes. London: Piatkus.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

The first two levels, substitution and augmentation are often referred to as low levels of technology integration, in as much as they do not substantially impact upon or transform pedagogy. Photo by Jim Cianca on Wikimedia Commons The height of SAMR by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Personal technology and social media can support social learning in the workplace, and make it a reality no matter the size of an organisation. References Bandura, A. Prentice-Hall series in social learning theory. Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2019

The proliferation of technologies such as smartphones, social media and email means employees are increasingly exposed to task interruption. Continues in next post] Reference Curtis, M. A colleague phones you to invite you out to lunch, and then you get talking. Interruption at work can have serious consequences. and Duffy, V.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

This approach to ambient learning (some might also refer to activity learning ) proves to be more authentic, and the learning can be applied directly to tasks in situ - real learning for real contexts. 'On On the job' training has always existed - but has been based upon the apprenticeship model (see yesterday's post for elaboration).

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Whether it is sat during a break in a conference schedule; over a few drinks in the evening with a couple of colleagues; in breakout sessions; or simply sat discussing ideas across a social media channel; all of these can be rich veins of new thinking for me. Reference Hyman, P. I suspect it's the same for many others.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 4, 2016

Many keep libraries of books, journals and other media on their shelves, used for reference to remind them of theories, principles or methods they wish to recall. Some represent their learning through their conversations , both face-to-face and virtually through social media, with their colleagues, scholarly friends and associates.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2015

People tend rarely to refer to them now. Personal devices and the free and widespread access to social media have amplified the concept of PLEs to the point that they have become ubiquitous, and therefore run of the mill. What is your experience of using PLEs in your own learning? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 29, 2013

Whether or not we realise it, if we regularly use social media, we are members of the world wide digital tribe. Social media, the most social of all modern technologies, provided us with shared virtual spaces where we could ''meet''. Another thing we need to acknowledge is that a lot of learning is social.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2012

Reid Hoffman (Founder of LinkedIn) When he made this statement at Babson College in May 2012, Reid Hoffman was referring to startup companies, but he could very well have been giving advice to any undergraduate student, or indeed any teacher or academic. Let's be honest. We all need help. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2019

It's important to realise that the posts listed below have been amplified through social media, reposted and shared on various platforms, and also translated into other languages. All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. (Lessig, 2005, p. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

before social media) and Learning 2.0. Social media are enabling learners everywhere to connect and work together with each other, forming convenient communities and networks of shared interest. Social media have provided the tools to achieve this on a global level. The full power of the Learning 2.0

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

You may also consider developing a simple help aid PDF with screenshots and thorough instructions, and emailing this guide to your course’s registered students as an attachment that they can print and refer to even outside the course itself. YouTube caption example by Jil Wright via Flickr’s Creative Commons License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The incorporation of a number of social media tools into the mix proved to be an amazing platform from which the students and I could reflect on the process of learning, and amplify our ideas to each other and the world. It proves to me that sometimes spontaneity can pay dividends. That's exactly what I want my students to do.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 26, 2013

But all discussions need a reference point, a starting place from where the arguments can proceed. Photo by Julia Frost Get it together by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Bloom''s cognitive taxonomy curation education learning mobile social media Technology'

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. References Barsky, E. Social networking and social bookmarking for health librarians. The web is constantly changing.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 18, 2014

We now hear many referring to education as a kind of ''gardening'', where learners are nurtured like young plants, ''watered and fed'' regularly, and cared for by the gardener (i.e. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau likened the outcome of education to the yielding of fruit, and to highlight the need for ''cultivation'' of knowledge.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

Ideas range from games based learning , to the use of social media and networking, to simpler approaches such as the use of digital cameras in art or data logging in science. They see it as a means to engage learners, and as a way of making connections between school curricula and familiar territory. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Education premised on this philosophy has been commonly referred to as the ''factory model'' because of its parallels to industrialised working, which included batchprocessing, rationalisation of resources, synchronised behaviour and homogenisation of product. Most of this activity is self organised. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2012

Much of pre-social web based content was difficult to edit or change. Web 1.0 - sometime referred to as the 'sticky web'- was largely controlled by webmasters and corporations, and was essentially used as a broadcast channel to promote ideas and products. The advent of Web 2.0

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2013

Although technology has moved on a pace - since the book was written we now have social media, mobile phones and touch screen tablet computers - many of Sherry Turkle''s ideas still resonate with personal meaning. We live in a world far richer in terms of social networking than Sherry Turkle did in the 1990s. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2017

These young people - sometimes referred to as Generation Z, or Centennials - will redefine our understanding of learning, and will challenge the way university education is conducted. They are self-aware and conscious of their image, due to a lifetime of public exposure on social media. It's a sobering thought. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2019

These are important design principles in all media, and are particularly important in educational video. Video today In the digital age, where social media and mobile devices abound, it has never been easier to access video on just about any subject. Next time: The future of video in education References Brame, C.J.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2012

Toffler, 1970, p 251) By new machines, Toffler was clearly referring to computers and their associated tool sets. By mass pedagogy, he referred to the factory production model of education that schools have been caught in for over a century. References Toffler, A. It is an abysmal situation. 1970) Future Shock. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In my presentation, entitled The Good, the Blog and the Wiki, I tried to paint some broad brushstrokes on how students (and their teachers) are creating and sharing content that supports their learning, both socially and academically, through a range of social media. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 2, 2019

The current generation of students are particularly enthralled with social media, and video has become the 'lifeblood' of that fascination, according to Parlour (2019). References Brame, C. We can be assured that video will continue to be used extensively in all forms of education for the foreseeable future. Parlour, A.

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Learning with e's

MAY 10, 2013

In the wider world, this is referred to as social loafing. Engaging students through social media and mobile technology taps into an area that many are knowledgeable. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Photo by Brian Auer Just how far can they go?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2012

This kind of performance is commonly referred to as formal assessment. Sadly, it is often the case that the measure of performance is not fit for purpose, as we have all witnessed recently in the universal failure of standardised testing, or the exam paper fiascos that continually assail our senses via the media. Unported License.

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