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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

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Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. Many writers have highlighted the power of the global digital tribe , particularly the way groups tend to solve problems more effectively than individual experts (Surowiecki, 2009). Surowiecki, J.

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Shifting sands

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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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Good morning Barcelona!! Jim Groom at #EDEN15

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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. Photo by Steve Wheeler Good morning Barcelona!! Cue applause. Unported License.

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From EDUPUNK to ds106. 10Q: Jim Groom

Learning with e's

You can learn just about anything thanks to YouTube and Wikipedia. What is on your horizon for new technology, new ways of learning and new pedagogies? Namely, how can we most effectively integrate the web into education, because I strongly believe teaching and learning can be that much cooler when it''s done well.

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Ted Nelson’s Unbook

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Wikipedia says: Administrators of Project Xanadu have declared it an improvement over the World Wide Web, saying “Today’s popular software simulates paper. In the above photo, Ted demos Xanadu. This session is the first of what Brewster envisions as a stream of continuing events. This is a concept demo.