Learning with e's

APRIL 27, 2020

Photo source: Pexels Social distancing. Schools all over the world have remained open (even though they are officially 'closed'), to provide care and support for the children of essential workers, and also to continue to offer students everywhere remote learning opportunities. Stay at home. And what about resilience?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Technology integration results in digital tools being embedded into learning, so that for example maker cultures emerge, or the classroom activities are flipped , supporting more effective pedagogies and improving student learning outcomes. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2020

Photo by Helloquence on unsplash This is the first post in a new series about School Management Information Systems. Have you ever wondered how information and communication technology (ICT) can be effectively deployed in schools? This article focuses on the latter. The excellent training was also customised to our individual needs."

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Besides, they can discover new ways to blend pedagogy and technology to deliver an engaging and personalized learning experience. Read more: 5 Ways a business LMS supports learner engagement. Photos’ and videos’ importance in workplace training is crucial as the average attention span is less than 20 minutes.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2017

It can be a thorny topic and a bone of contention for any number of reasons, but continues to absorb most of the oxygen in the debate about what constitutes good pedagogy. Routine and schedule can be a huge barrier to new ideas, and creative pedagogy is often stifled due to lack of time or support. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo by Guillaume Speurt on Flickr Tallinn is one of my favourite European cities. 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.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2017

Firstly, it will support collaborative learning in numerous ways, not least because students could use the board for the purposes of brainstorming ideas, organising their projects, mapping out alternative approaches to solving a problem, group mind mapping, and so on. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2016

However, these are still used effectively by those who desire to access educational opportunities to which they would otherwise have no access. 3) Learners need consistent, reliable access to learning materials, but also connections to peers and teachers if learning by mobile is to be effective. don't have internet capability).

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Over the next two weeks I''m in New Zealand, doing a series of keynote presentations to teachers on the future of education and technology supported learning. The mLearn tour is sponsored by a company called Telco Technology Services who specialise in supporting teachers in New Zealand schools with technology training and provision.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2019

Photo by Florian Klauer on unsplash I have been privileged over the past few years to have garnered a good audience for my writing. The Meaning Of Pedagogy (>62,000 views, 8 comments) This was a post I wrote in response to questions from my students while working at the Plymouth Institute of Education. As this blog approaches 8.5

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 10, 2016

A total of 27 quantitative studies on the use of tablets in schools dating from 2010 were analysed and the major finding was that the tools are most effective when used in student centred learning, rather than within teacher controlled environments (Tamim et al, 2015a). 2015b) Large-Scale, Government Supported Educational Tablet Initiative.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

More formally, distance education has existed since the early, primitive but quite effective correspondence courses of Sir Isaac Pitman , who used the developing technology of the time, the uniform penny postal service to support his endeavours. Photo by Ed Yourdon on Flickr Distance Education in transit? GMT (21.00 GMT (21.00

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 30, 2015

Technology in itself is not enough to solve all of the problems inherent in education, but in concert with new pedagogies, visionary educators, and strong leadership, change can, and does happen. They want to know how their teacher can support them as they learn, and whether their teacher is approachable and cares about their learning.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Photo by Andras Vas on unsplash Previous posts in this series have highlighted the importance of human intelligence and emotion in education. However, replacing some aspects of what teachers do is both effective and inevitable. "AI But what about regions of the world where AI will become commonplace?

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The Learning Circuits

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

As the doors open to a new era of mobile learning and performance support, it's a good time to step back and think about the new mindset required when designing for mobile. Although a mobile pedagogy will continue to evolve, we already know quite a bit about how people use mobile devices and some of the advantages of mobile learning.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Such approaches to pedagogy were rooted in the behaviourist model of psychology that privileged expert knowledge and formalised its transmission to novices. Someone once remarked that the lecture is the most effective way to transfer a lecturer''s notes into a student''s notes without having to pass through two minds first.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2020

Photo by Lucélia Ribeiro on Flickr This is the second of three posts on school Management Information Systems (MIS). Children need a great deal of support throughout their learning journey. Students require a lot of support, but this can only come from the dedicated professionals within the school.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 17, 2015

One of the key discussion points was around the nature of these approaches and their effectiveness as learning environments. The final question asked whether new learning environments such as MOOCs, flipped classes and blended learning represented a new or emerging pedagogy. Opinion was divided on this, but what do you think?

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

They influence each other, and in effect, become a part of who you are, your identity as an educator. How can you justify your actions and decisions in the classroom, if you have no theory to support you? 1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. My colleague Oliver Quinlan wrote a very thoughtful post about praxis. He writes: ".your

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Perhaps the biggest objection traditional educators have about learners taking control is the argument that students don't really now what they want, so can't effectively direct their own learning. It will require effective management of expectations - of both students and teachers. We need to get the balance right. Rogers, C.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The first, as has been clearly articulated by Vicki Davis , is that technology should be used to support student learning and as a set of tools to encourage the creation of original/new content. Photo by Archbob on Pixabay Why lectures? There are three issues to consider here. The third concerns the nature of the lecture itself.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Recommendations Ultimately, to ensure that technologies are successfully adopted, institutions need to demonstrate that each is relevant and can be used effectively to support, enhance and extend learning beyond what is currently possible. Such decisions need to be informed by empirical research that is generalisable.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

For the current UK government, testing is not there to support better learning. The side effects of over-testing are that children become victims of the scramble to be best in the league tables. So there we have it. It's there to ensure schools are doing well. Teachers are pressurised to deliver better all round results.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Terry: I think like any professional, distance educators need to know how to effectively use the tools of their trade. Second,to follow from Marshall McLuhan the Medium is the Pedagogy (first coined by Cousin (2005). Terry: I generally support the efforts to scale education, as we have always done in distance education.

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Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Notes: 60% of faculty witnessed a drop in student engagement in the switch to fully online delivery, and 70% of academic staff worried about their ability to deliver effective learning during the pandemic. Technology: loss of community exposed in Zoom, what is the role of technology and pedagogy? – has shown this.

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Learning with e's

MAY 2, 2019

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. They need to find resources quickly and effectively, so navigation of content must be quick and simple. There is good reason to believe that the next generation of learners will also continue to use video as a favoured method to support their learning.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Universities are replete with lecture capture tools, interactive media, web based content and personal response technologies; students arrive equipped with social media and mobile devices; technology supported distance education has been long established; universities are experimenting with flipped classrooms, gaming and MOOCs.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 11, 2015

Groom made several key points around the process of 'uneducation' (borrowed from Brian Lamb) where he talked about 'descent into the maelstrom' - an account of effects of modern networked communication on professional practice. Over 500 people's blogs were aggregated onto the central ds106 website, and the creativity was supported further.

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Learning with e's

JULY 16, 2015

Some are ditching their training rooms in favour of digital delivery of content, and bosses that are forward thinking are investing in social learning, social media and mobile devices to support the learning of their employees. Many of them are free and easy to use, and there is a definite pedagogy underpinning the use of these technologies.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

They influence each other, and in effect, become a part of who you are, your identity as an educator. How can you justify your actions and decisions in the classroom, if you have no theory to support you? 1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. My colleague Oliver Quinlan wrote a very thoughtful post about praxis. He writes: ".your

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Technology needs relevant pedagogical actions to be wholly effective. It's clear to me, watching the development of technology from my early days in the 1970s, it has developed from a set of tools that were designed to support the teacher, to a range of tools that enable everyone to learn. They had never experienced this before.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2017

Put less pressure on testing and assessment, more trust in teacher to instil a love of learning and supporting the children’s needs and interests. Live Skypes also have had the same effect giving the children a window of opportunity to immerse themselves in the topic and conversation. Sometimes simple is best! Unported License.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

> Resources Down-and-dirty Guidelines for Effective Discussions in Online Courses Joanna C. Dunlap Improving the Odds of Effective Collaborative Work in Online Courses Joanna C. This e-book represents an ongoing exploration as we bring together space, technology, and pedagogy to ensure learner success. Dunlap Learning 2.0

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

It was a difficult time for our family and also for his teachers, but Carol was incredibly supportive, making sure my son had all of the resources to ensure he received a quality education. The children in his class were also incredibly supportive, which is a further testament to the high quality of the teaching at Woodford School.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 8, 2017

As a learner, I believe an excellent teacher should be supportive, funny, challenging and fair. Our teamwork is smooth, neat and effective through the use of sharing files, planning and working collaboratively on documents. I also think behind an excellent teacher is an excellent team. At my current school we are very Google based.

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios - Learning Visions , October 30, 2009. Design Consulting Tool: Empowering Leaders So You Can Create Effective Design - Designing Impact , October 28, 2009. Adapt your course management system to fit your instruction - WISE Pedagogy , October 7, 2009.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 9, 2011

There are also other things like open access to knowledge, which more and more journals are providing for free, and there is open scholarship: As open scholars, I and others like me share our knowledge and our concepts for free: all of my blog posts are free and so are my slideshows , photos and videos. And I can also learn from them.

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