Learning with e's

APRIL 23, 2020

It's also quite a complex part of being human, because identity can shift depending on context, interactions, social influence and a host of other variables. Educators need to understand this when they teach online. It's just the ticket for teachers who have recently been compelled to adopt technology supported learning.

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Learning with e's

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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Learning with e's

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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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. By 2006 several social networking sites were enjoying surges in popularity, including MySpace, Bebo and of course, Facebook. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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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. He advocated a form of participatory education that democratised knowledge and privileged learning over teaching. was emerging.

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Learning with e's

MAY 18, 2020

There is a race to develop new methods of health care, vaccines, medicines and of course, new social rules and civic responsibility. Perhaps they still see it as a poor substitute, or a second rate method of teaching. In a time of crisis, we all try to cope in any way we can. Today's crisis is precisely one of those moments in history.

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Mindflash

MAY 17, 2012

3: It Lacks a Critical Social Component. Draw Something launched lacking any social interactions. Draw Something is a social game that was missing the ability to interact. This is better, but still isn’t a match for the type of social interactions a game like this needs for lasting appeal. ” Problem No.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

It's not just about teaching and learning. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Your comments, as ever, are encouraged in the comments box below. What shapes teachers' uses of technology? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 5, 2010

Wikis, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, RSS feeds, microblogs, social networking. is making it easier for all of us to connect together, and to learn informally within a socially rich environment which is strewn liberally with the digital footprints of those who have gone before us. But we are also teaching each other.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 11, 2020

Today, as many of us attempt to teach online, it's often that case that a lot of our energy is expended on keeping students focused and engaged - and at a distance. 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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Learning with e's

APRIL 23, 2009

Most would agree that Twitter was one of the social networking phenomena of 2008, and has enjoyed exponential growth in popularity. Here are some useful links to others who have used Twitter in formal learning: David Parry: Teaching with Twitter (Video) Alan Lew: Twitter Tweets for Higher Education Melanie McBride: Classroom 2.0

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Janet Clarey

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Here are slides from a presentation I did for the Australian Institute for Training and Development (AITD) a few weeks ago on facilitation and the social web. I have several people to thank for making their work available whether publicly and/or under creative commons licenses. View more presentations from Janet Clarey.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 14, 2017

The news created a small stir on social media, with several educators opining about what they thought of lecture theatres, their place in universities, technology, and teaching and learning in general. Only trouble is, the illustration holds on to the concept of teaching from the front. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

This passive, reductionist explanation of learning prompted a number of pedagogical strategies, including reinforcement of behaviour, punishment and reward, and the introduction of teaching machines with their instructional texts, structured assessment of learning and remedial loops. Unported License.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Aggregation and Social Filtering Provide High Value eLearning Learning has somewhat become my singular source of great eLearning content. And the system itself is growing with sites like Social Media Informer. See Failure of Creative Commons Licenses and Creative Commons Use in For-Profit Company eLearning?

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Although his writings were suppressed in the West for several decades, they eventually emerged in the 70s, representative of a progressive view of constructivism, in which the social was seen as a major influence on learning. All the higher functions originate as actual relations between human individuals." (p Unported License.

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Learning with e's

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. These are phrases that will be forever synonymous with the year 2020 - the year of the virus.

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Learning with e's

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 29, 2020

Feelings of intimacy, or warmth, or common understanding through technology all fall under the category of social presence. It's a term psychologists and technologists use to describe the ability to project physical, social and emotional presence and also to experience it from others during interactions. References Gibson, J.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

This blog comes in at number 4 for 2019, so I'm delighted that the metrics (visitor traffic, design, social media shares, post frequency, interactions, etc) support the many hours of effort I make each month to contribute to the knowledge of my learning community. Class Teaching - Durrington High School staff 10. Unported License.

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Kadenze

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It harnesses the creative and collaborative power of project-based learning using a series of digital projects which are scaffolded to create a coherent understanding of this important field of study. As a result, this course demonstrates a creative approach to teaching a traditional subject online. license.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2018

Image from Pexels Two recent articles have prompted a flurry of commentary on social media around the quality of learning in higher education. The first, from the Times Higher Education Supplement was entitled 'Academics fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid'. Does this mean that teaching standards will need to improve?

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Learning with e's

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

JULY 29, 2018

The media seems full of reportage on how social media carries content designed to deceive users. There does seem to b growing evidence that this may have been perpetrated, but in the midst of all the hyperbole and accusations, what role does social media actually play in the deception of the masses? Alternative facts. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 30, 2019

The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. Living in a digital society where hyperconnection is commonplace should certainly cause teachers to think about what they teach and the way they teach it. To be continued. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2019

In the previous posts in this series (see list below) I explored the digital age and its impact on learning and teaching. From the telegraph, through the telephone and radio and television, to 21st Century satellites, smartphones, the Internet and social media, all were designed to communicate. I call this connected pedagogy.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2014

Where once, experts had a monopoly on knowledge and expertise, now anyone it seems can access content that will teach them. This is autodidacticism - teaching yourself. 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.

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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. Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 12, 2019

He produces programmes about social trends and culture and is particularly passionate about alternative education. Recently it was my pleasure, during a week of teaching at Technical University Liberec, to take some time out to record a series of interviews with David that will be broadcast in the coming weeks. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 19, 2011

We have to realize that the way teaching is conducted in many schools and universities is actually outdated. Do you think this has a big social impact? Twitter is less distracting, it is more streamlined and has a more appropriate range of features that makes it a better teaching tool than Facebook. The future is very exciting.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 17, 2012

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. our use of social media actually engages.'

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Learning is a complex process that requires commitment on the part of the learner in pursuance of their interests, exploration of their physical and social environments and discovery of the self. Simply, teaching is driven by assessment. Learning is more than mere acquisition of knowledge, or being filled with facts. London: Penguin.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2019

As with any other social media platform, there are useful devices such as trending search notifications, API/developer sections and licensing advice, and there are special zones where you can find wallpaper or slide background images. It's by Craig Whitehead and is free to download and use, just like all of the other images on the site.

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2017

This is not a debate about whether progressive or traditional teaching is uppermost. It's a discussion around far more important issues and rises above the petty and unproductive squabbling that currently rages on social media. The trads and progs can argue who's right and who's wrong, until they are blue in the face.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Clearly, many schools and many educators struggle with this, and end up teaching using technology as an afterthought. Technology is not a substitute for good teaching. Teachers should also think about what problems and issues they see in every day teaching that might be addressed with the addition of a technology.

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Upside Learning

MARCH 22, 2011

Whatever your philosophy regarding frontal teaching methods and the uses of Smartboards, there’s no denying two facts: Smartboards have become extremely popular tools in educational institutions & are relatively expensive and eat major portions out of our shrinking school budgets. 30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

I cam remember several times recently when I have emerged from a teaching session with more knowledge than I had when I entered the classroom. At first I found it difficult to acknowledge that my students could teach me a thing or two. But this is a limited perspective on education. Unported License.

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