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Connected pedagogy: Smart technology

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Photo by Steve Wheeler This is the first of a short series of posts, presenting my thoughts leading up to a keynote speech I will give at EDEN 2019, in Bruges. Connected students can become the nodes of their own production, and are creating more content than ever before as they perform their learning for global audiences.

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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. Connected students can become the nodes of their own production, and are creating more content than ever before as they perform their learning for global audiences." Surowiecki, J. London: Abacus.

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Blends, borders and boundaries

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Photo by Sylwia Bartyzel on Unsplash Here are some further thoughts on the 'blend' in blended learning: Blends are made of disparate elements. Elements are often separated by boundaries, and these must be transgressed if blends are to be effected. In other words, we need to bring elements together that might not naturally co-exist.

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Generation next

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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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Open scholarship

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True open scholars are those who have aspirations to be global educators, promoting free learning for all, reaching out and connecting with other educators and learners everywhere, with the aim of participating fully in their worldwide community of practice. You can give it away as much as you like, but you still get to keep it."

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Milestones

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At the moment I’m head down and getting used to my new role as Head of Learning Experience, new colleagues and new processes to get used to, a massive amount of change already in the first five weeks of the new job, and the huge scope of where we can take Edvanza and Global University Systems (GUS) in this changing EdTech environment.

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#EDENchat How effective is mobile learning?

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We will critically evaluate what we know so far and share our experiences globally. There will no doubt be several conversations, some around usability, others around technological or social trends, and of course, we will address the perennial questions about pedagogy and the impact of technology on learning. Join us tonight at 19.00