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What is learner autonomy?

Docebo

In many ways, autonomous learning (or independent learning) takes the role of the teacher, educator, or learning admin out of the picture and allows a student to create and follow their own learning process. As said by the writer William Arthur Ward, “curiosity is the wick of the candle of learning.”.

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Making Connections: Trends in Social Learning

Obsidian Learning

Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. The focus of this theory is “learning as social participation,” in which learners actively participate in the practices of social communities and construct personal identities in relation to these communities.

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What has been and what is yet to come

Learning with e's

It's fitting then that this year, Tallinn is also the host city for the annual European Association for Distance Learning (EADL). I will also speculate on the future of distance education and how it might be shaped by, and respond to, the next wave of technology.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with e's

He is one of the pioneers of online and distance learning, and currently serves as the editor of the influential online open access journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning ( IRRODL ). Second,to follow from Marshall McLuhan the Medium is the Pedagogy (first coined by Cousin (2005).

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Top 113 eLearning Posts and 28 Hottest Topics for 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

How do we come up with these - well it’s based on social signals (clicks, views, twitter, delicious and more). Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles - eLearning Technology , March 24, 2010. 10 Ways To Learn In 2010 - The eLearning Coach , January 3, 2010. Performance Learning Productivity , May 28, 2010.

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

The art of Twitter , October 11, 2010 Learning how to use Twitter as a tool to develop your personal learning network is not always simple, and as with any other social networking tools, there is an unwritten protocol. Having said that, social media has its dark sides , too. Here’s some of what I pulled out.

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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] January 22-28, 2011 International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science , 37 th , Novy Smokovec, Slovakia. link] January 31-February 3, 2011 Conference on e-Learning Excellence in the Middle East – In Search of New Paradigms for Re-Engineering Education, 4 th , Dubai, United Arab Emirates.