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Connected pedagogy: Social networks

Learning with e's

Global social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter support various forms of communication and sharing actions that were previously unavailable. 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).

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Instructional design: from “packaging” to “scaffolding”

Jane Hart

In this post I’m going to look at “ instructional scaffolding ” but in subsequent posts, I will consider “ scaffolding performance support & team collaboration ” in the workplace as well as “ scaffolding professional learning “ The concept of instuctional design is well known.

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Shifting sands

Learning with e's

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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Content as curriculum?

Learning with e's

Content is still very much king in schools, because 'content as curriculum' is easy and cost effective to deliver, and that is what most governments require and impose. Contemporary pedagogy is only effective if there is a clear understanding of the power and efficacy of the tools that are available.

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Good morning Barcelona!! Jim Groom at #EDEN15

Learning with e's

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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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Presence Pedagogy: Needs Some More Dimensions , October 27, 2010 The other day, I discovered an interesting article, Presence Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in a 3D Virtual Immersive World , which describes an educational approach for conducting a learning event in a virtual immersive environment. Here’s why. Bless you ‘drjeff’.