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The EDEN interviews: Melissa Highton

Learning with e's

Following her keynote at the EDEN annual Conference in Budapest, she sat down with me to discuss some of her ideas about open content, distance learning and open licensing.

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Back to Basics – What is eLearning?

Rob Hubbard

Whereas we already know how vital interactivity is in learning, passive learning resources definitely have their place. When I want to know something, the first places I’ll look are Google, Wikipedia and YouTube. Learning resources can include things like web articles. Videos, podcasts, PDFs, screencasts etc.

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Collaboration is what we do nowadays: get over it

Clive on Learning

Stephen Downes pointed out an article in The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning by Neus Capdeferro and Margarida Romero entitled Are online learners frustrated with collaborative learning experiences? This caught my attention because I'm a great believer in and keen user of this approach.

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Beyond the Classroom

CLO Magazine

Early digital and distance learning merely transferred the traditional lecture to a visual medium. At the same time, the small group experience of the classroom competes with broadly defined communities such as Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Time to put an end to faceless e-learning

Clive on Learning

No, no examples there (except, strangely, The Economist magazine, which has a long-standing policy of anonymous journalism, and reference works such as dictionaries and encylopaedias, including the Wikipedia). We have text books, lectures, podcasts, tutor-supported distance learning courses, classroom courses, coaching, blogging.

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e-Learning Acupuncture: Technology, Colleges and Community Online Conference

E-Learning Acupuncture

Check out the 2008 Theme: "TCC will feature papers and general sessions on the continuing evolution of distance learning, online communities and collaboration, social networking, and best practices of instructional technology. Chemistry Labs at a Distance: the Kitchen takes Ce. Talk about bang for your conference buck!

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e-Learning Acupuncture: Definitions: Web-courses

E-Learning Acupuncture

As he has discovered there is a great deal of overlap and confusion in the lexicon describing distance learning courses especially when technology is involved. Chemistry Labs at a Distance: the Kitchen takes Ce. ► November (5) Teaching with cellphones impacts learning? Web-enhanced F2F.

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