Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Steinar Engeland on unsplash In yesterday's post I wrote about how teachers are beginning to use online forms of education to enhance and extend the reach of schools. Distance education in all its forms has been used for more than a century in education, leveraging the potential of each new technology as it emerges.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

These posts were prompted by a blog written by Daniel Christian on emerging trends of new pedagogy. Assessment and learning are inseparable in any good pedagogy. If the first does not fit the second, then we see a failure of that pedagogy. The times are changing, and so should our methods of pedagogy.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 2, 2019

Photo from Flickr I'm fascinated by story telling, and I often wonder why TV series are so compelling. Other times, a Chekov's Gun may be present - something that may appear to be irrelevant to the narrative, but ultimately emerges as an important occurrence, artefact or character, salient to the plot. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 27, 2020

Photo source: Pexels Social distancing. And that's a tribute not only to essential front-line staff such as health professionals, utility workers and emergency personnel. Some of the stories of how teachers have achieved and sustained this are herculean, and others will emerge when the dust finally settles. Stay at home.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 17, 2013

My presentation was entitled ''Learning Futures: Emerging technologies, pedagogies and contexts'', where I explored some of the potential of new technologies to disrupt our current educational practices. Technology #the2013 Doha education Qatar learning future Gulf emerging technology' Unported License.

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JULY 12, 2017

Photo from LSE Library on Flickr Most of the students starting university at the end of summer 2017 were born around the turn of the century. It's safe to claim that much of higher education is firmly rooted in the past , reflecting colonial history, traditional values and 20th (or even 19th) Century pedagogies.

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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. In an initial post I argued that technology use is not the same as technology integration.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Christian claims that a new pedagogy is emerging that is directly driven by the upsurge in online activity. Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. Photo from VCU Libraries A growing divide? In his blog on Learning Ecosystems, Daniel S. Unported License.

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JULY 8, 2016

HTC Vive in action - Photo by Steve Wheeler At the JISC Connect More event held in Cheltenham recently, a number of futuristic technologies were on display for delegates to experience. As they develop and the software becomes more powerful and responsive to our needs and desires, we will see some exciting new pedagogies emerge.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In my last post I discussed Daniel S Christian''s three trends of an emerging pedagogy. I speculated on whether a new social divide might also emerge as a result of the new pedagogy he outlines. How willing will they be to take on a less central role in this new pedagogy ? Unported License.

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APRIL 8, 2020

Photo by Steve Wheeler I'm currently writing several short online courses for educators, and I've just published the second module in my online series about digital learning. It focuses on digital competencies and literacies and takes under an hour to complete. Here are a few links to previous posts: What digital literacies?

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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. Another emerging theme is the idea of innovation - and the question of how teachers can break out of the rut they sometimes mire themselves within.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Pedagogy in the best sense of the word is where knowledgeable others such as teachers and experts provide the guidance and support for good learning to be optimised. Co-production of knowledge is emerging as a new model for learning in the digital age. This is what schools in the idealistic sense should be modelled upon.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo by Guillaume Speurt on Flickr Tallinn is one of my favourite European cities. In this presentation I will explore the use of MOOCs, AI, social media, smart mobiles, virtual worlds, augmented and virtual reality, as well as some of the emerging associated theories, to evaluate their effectiveness on pedagogy.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

As the movement grows, and more teachers become technologically savvy, so we will begin to witness the emergence of new pedagogies and powerful approaches to learning and teaching. I wrote about this some time ago, when there were discussions about whether there were any differences between andragogy and pedagogy.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It was developed into an art form, and obviously survives today in many new and emerging forms. Toward the end of the last century, the Web began to emerge as the convergent point for media. Audio visual conveyed rich information and represented knowledge in a manner that engaged the senses. Unported License.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It was developed into an art form, and obviously survives today in many new and emerging forms. Toward the end of the last century, the Web began to emerge as the convergent point for media. Audio visual conveyed rich information and represented knowledge in a manner that engaged the senses. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 15, 2018

Photo via Pexels Those who play video games discover that failure can be a common theme. As video games developed, so emerged a realisation that they could be designed to educate. How long will it be before educators accept that games based learning is a legitimate pedagogy and not a waste of time? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

For example, if new technology is used in the same way as old technology, the pedagogy ''wineskin'' is likely to break. I could go on, giving other examples of how the old paradigm needs to be discarded in favour of new pedagogies and theories, but time and space prevent me. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 20, 2013

I pointed out recently that many of the older theories of pedagogy were formulated in a pre-digital age. Sure, I''m being deliberately provocative here, but it''s needed discussion: Are the old models adequate, or are any of the new theories that are emerging more apposite, or more fit for purpose? I will be interested in your views.

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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. This is due in part, he claims, to the capability of emerging AI technologies to be able to 'learn' based on the massive array of data patterns they can access.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 2, 2015

There are signs that a new learning ecology is emerging. It rides on the back of the willingness of some maverick teachers to practise new forms of pedagogy where learning takes precedence over teaching, and where being a content expert is less important than being a co-learner with one''s students. ''I said MIT Media Lab''s Joi Ito.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The Brazilian educator and theorist Paulo Freire for example, defined the gaining of praxis as a means to emerge from oppression and ignorance: "One of the gravest obstacles to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge human beings'' consciousness. References Carr, W.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

My current cohort of computing and ICT specialists during a seminar A new breed of teachers is emerging. The secret to their future success will rely on their belief in relevant pedagogies that place their students at the centre of the learning process. Unported License.

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MAY 13, 2015

Is there an emerging 3D pedagogy ? Slow learning has some merits and is growing into a significant aspect of pedagogy. Photo by Jonathan Juursema on Wikimedia Commons When will my prints appear? But what about the teaching profession? How can teachers harness the potential of 3D printing? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2014

Sometimes these emerging ideas and technologies help us to anticipate what is coming next. Digital Learning Futures: 3 things about future learning from Steve Wheeler Photo by McKay Savage on Wikimedia Commons All our tomorrows by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The final question asked whether new learning environments such as MOOCs, flipped classes and blended learning represented a new or emerging pedagogy. Some raised the issue of lurking and peripheral participation, but the point was also made that wherever there are open and free events, we will find those who lurk in the background.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 8, 2015

New trends have emerged including blended learning , personalised learning environments ( PLEs ) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), mobile learning and the flipped classroom. What do new learning environments promise in terms of new learning, new pedagogy and new opportunities? And what new skills and knowledge do educators need?

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Publicdomainpictures Ever wondered how we can overcome feelings of loneliness and disconnect in distance education? It's a question that online educators have been grappling with for a long time. When you're online, or using your smartphone to communicate, do you ever feel 'connected' to the person at the other end?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2015

In this photo I'm with Jay Cross and Graham Attwell, at a conference in Salzburg, Austria. I made my mind up around about this time that I needed to do a lot more research into this emerging field of openness, and decided that social media were the ideal tools to promote this concept. I hope that continues for a long time.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 6, 2014

In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy. I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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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. In the digital age, where we are surrounded by new and emerging technologies, pedagogical theories and practices are in need of change. The old modes of teaching are outmoded.

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Learning with e's

JULY 19, 2015

This image was sent to me by Simon Ensor, (his blog Touches of Sense is well worth reading by the way) and here is my response: The is a photo of jigsaw puzzle pieces, which brings three things to mind about education that are key to our understanding of good pedagogy. a chance to interpret it in a pedagogical context.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 14, 2010

I was playing with words, but a message emerged from it - we can connect with others from all over the world using social media, and if you build it, they will come. Students now have the capability to create and share their own content through blogs, wikis, video- and photo-sharing services such as YouTube and Flickr.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. Now, I don't normally pay that much attention to lists of top ten or top whatever, (they cause too much controversy!)

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AUGUST 10, 2013

Looking back, I can also recall some of the poor pedagogy that we were subjected to. Emerging, we explored the history of technology, from the cave dwelling art of Neolithic times, right up to the most recent, and proposed technological developments, as we progressed down, floor by floor. For me, that is the power of the school trip.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 28, 2012

Paulo Freire, that great Brazilian educational thinker died in 1997, just as the World Wide Web was emerging in the Western world. Here is my interpretation of some of his ideas, drawn from his most celebrated book 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', and presented in six key points as they might apply to the art of educational blogging.

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