Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In many ways, the ability to use personal technologies to create, organise, share and repurpose content, in many formats across the global web environment has become a democratising, liberating factor in education. Notwithstanding, many are now turning to web based user generated content to educate themselves and to share their learning.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Right now, two of my favourite theories are James Gibson 's Affordances theory and David White's Digital Residents and Visitors theory. The first is useful because it helps us to understand how people use tools and technologies, and the second helps us to explain how technologies are used in different contexts.

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APRIL 23, 2020

When we immerse ourselves in the digital world, and we mediate our communication through technology, it becomes more complex still. What's more, they are placed into the context of online learning, digital pedagogy, social and psychological theory and teaching in the technology enabled world of the virtual classroom.

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MAY 4, 2020

I covered a lot of theory and related it to practice, offering some worked examples of how I had previously conducted online learning in undergraduate and post-graduate education programmes. I'm very grateful to the EDEN community for inviting me to present at this event, and I hope the YouTube video below is useful to you. Unported License.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Before this, I presented some of my thinking around new theories and emerging pedagogies that leverage to power and potential of networked technologies, and spoke about the personal devices students use and how they might be incorporated into every day teaching and learning. Unported License.

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APRIL 5, 2020

It focuses on personalised learning and personal learning environments, and includes both theory and practical elements. Personal learning environments by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Keep safe, keep well and keep your distance.

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MARCH 29, 2020

They were primitive attempts but they also pioneered what we were later able to do, with more sophisticated technologies. The concept of face-to-face at a distance (first coined by my academic mentor Ray Winders) was that we could more or less duplicate any of the contiguous or co-present learning experiences through technology.

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JULY 15, 2015

I have been working in the field of learning technologies for almost 40 years. In fact my specialism never ceases to amaze me, because there is always something new to learn, some new technology, app or software tool that is emerging, or some new theory or model that is being proposed. All other technologies derive from it.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Below are a small selection of the videos my own second year teacher education students have made this week around the theme of learning theories. A video entitled Applying theory to the classroom by Alice Sheppard and Laura Mayo , incorporating Maslow''s theory with the spreading activation memory theory of Collins and Quillian.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 12, 2020

1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. 2009) Destructive creativity on the social web. Wheeler, 2009, p 487) Continues in the next post. References Gunawardena, C. Wheeler, S.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2014

This is number 8 in my series on learning theories. My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In the last post we examined the various educational theories of John Dewey including experiential learning. Unported License.

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JUNE 12, 2020

1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. Graphics and concept by Steve Wheeler Reference Gunawardena, C. Unported License.

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

One of the more controversial theories of the digital age is the claim that technology is changing (or rewiring) our brains (Greenfield, 2009) whilst some also claim that prolonged use of the Web is detrimental to human intellectual development (Carr, 2010). There are, inevitably, objections to the Digital Natives position.

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JUNE 11, 2020

1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. International Journal of Educational Technologies , 1 (2/3), 147-166. 2009) Destructive creativity on the social web. This activity is a phase 1 activity and involves minimum social interchange. Wheeler, S.

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MARCH 7, 2014

The world is changing, and it''s largely due to the proliferation of technology. 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. ZPD theory ran counter to other developmental theories of the time.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

In the meantime, here's the title and abstract of my keynote: Technology Supported Learning: What has been, and what is yet to come In recent years education has been assailed by waves of new technologies, theories and practises. Some have penetrated deeply into education while others are still peripheral. Unported License.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The exchange then descended into: 'There's too much technology around' and, 'I don't know what the world is coming to.' In Alone Together (2011) Turkle implies that technology is distracting us from social interaction, and is ruining conversation: 'The relentless connection leads to a new solitude'. and I switched off at that point.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is number 31 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The Theory Not to be confused with constructivism, constructionism is a cognitive theory that relates to learning by making things.

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JUNE 6, 2014

This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy.

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APRIL 30, 2013

For example, Marshall McLuhan made specific reference to the relationship between people and technology when he declared ''we shape our tools, and thereafter, our tools shape us.'' pedagogies Technology literacies education University of Reading learning Activity Theory digital identity' Unported License.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

It shouldn't be used as an arbiter between competing theories or ideas, but is best used as a tool to select the theory or idea with the least number of assumptions. Bottom line: simpler theories are more preferable to complex theories because they are more testable. One final thought. Pavlov's drooling dog 2.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

No-one knows who created this pyramid, because it is beyond any human intelligence, and would have taken a super-human feat to achieve, way beyond the technology of the day. So Maslow, along with the rest of the world, was baffled by the pyramid representation of his theory. Hadrian's busted wall 22. Montezuma's terrible revenge 23.

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MARCH 16, 2014

David White , who is at Oxford University, is probably best known for his theory of Digital Residents and Visitors. Prensky''s Natives and Immigrants was a popular theory within the education world a decade ago, but upon close examination it turned out to be fraught with difficulties and flaws. It was simply a myth. Unported License.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

The emphasis of the Working Memory model, and also Dual Coding Theory is that memories are strengthened when both auditory and visual stimuli are presented to the learner in an optimal combination. What exactly can Cognitive Load Theory do to help us to optimise students'' memories? Unported License. Unported License.

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JULY 2, 2019

However, these may be complexities that matter more in theory than in practice. It is only since the advent of telecommunications that we have begun to recognise some of the complexities that result from our engagement with technology. Such complexities are generally only problematic for academics, course designers and teachers.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

After a break from blogging during the summer break, I''m back, and here is the continuation of my series on theories of learning, with number 25. You may recall that I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 29, 2014

I''m very pleased with the result (and even the slightly trippy cover art), and I pleased to announce that Learning with ''e''s is due to be published in early January, in time for book signings at the BETT Show and the Learning Technologies conference in London. My book is about educational theory and practice. Unported License.

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MARCH 25, 2018

Some educational myths are about the nature of learning, others concern the role of teachers, or technology, and of course, there are several questionable theories floating around about the human brain and how we learn. Another persistent untruth is the theory of left and right brain dominance, also referred to as hemisphericity.

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MARCH 13, 2014

New theories for the networked, digital age, emerging cultures of learning and a hyper-connected and networked society. Flipped classes, Massive Open Online Courses and Mind Technologies. The future of education and the potential impact of new and emerging technologies. Unported License.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

This is number 30 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. This should not so much be considered as a theory, but is a useful perspective on design and human perception. Unported License.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2016

These are some of the most important things I have learnt from my 40 years working in educational technology: Technology doesn't improve teaching. If you are a poor teacher, no amount of technology will turn you into a good one. If you are a good teacher, you can teach well in any context, either with or without technology.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

In many ways, the ability to use personal technologies to create, organise, share and repurpose content, in many formats across the global web environment has become a democratising, liberating factor in education. Notwithstanding, many are now turning to web based user generated content to educate themselves and to share their learning.

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JULY 11, 2014

This is number 24 in my series on learning theories. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The last post highlighted issues around the andragogy theory of Malcolm Knowles. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Stefan is a professor in the School of Education and Communucation at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. The EDEN interviews: Stefan Hrastinski by Steve Wheeler was written in Auckland, New Zealand and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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MAY 30, 2017

Learning styles theories are not the only myth some teachers are fooled into adopting. Millennials apparently, are technologically savvy, civicly conscious, nomadic, impatient, multi-tasking and natural team workers. The Cult of Categorisation is very strong because it adopts ideas that are convenient. Unported License.

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Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Technology exists now for high quality video and audio collaboration as well as working collaboratively in real time on documents. I try and use good quality royalty free images available under a Creative Commons license, but I am also conscious that they may fall into the trap I describe above.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This is number 28 in my series on learning theories. I''m gradually working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. My most recent post explored Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4.

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