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The changing Web

Learning with e's

Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. remains a contested label for new and emergent properties that are found on the Web. References Barsky, E. The web is constantly changing.

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Learning pathways

Learning with e's

Hase and Kenyon contextualise heutagogy with reference to complexity theory, and suggest a number of characteristics including 'recognition of the emergent nature of learning' and 'the need for a living curriculum'. Students can, and do, create their own personalised learning pathways.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

I was certainly speaking for a time before the advent of what is now referred to as Web 2.0 I will then speculate on the current changes in practice that might emerge, both for the institution and the teacher. This is a contested label for new and emergent properties that are found on the Web. or the ‘social web’.

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Next generation learning

Learning with e's

has seen as shift toward user generated content, and the emergent property of folksonomies. The rhizonomic organisation of content will be emerge from chaotic, multi-dimensional and multi-nodal organisation of content, giving rise to an infinite number of possibilities and choices for learners. Where Learning 1.0 Learning 3.0

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LearnTrends: Microlearning

Experiencing eLearning

Current definitions: Microlearning emerges from microcontent. folksonomy rather than standardization. References will be on her blog shortly. Microcontent is little bits of digital information in a permanent state of flux and circulation. No repository (unless you view the whole web as a repository). Research is new, minimal.