E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

One pertinent example for L&D practitioners is pedagogy (formerly paedagogie ) which derives from the Hellenic words paidos for “child” and agogos for “leader” This etymology underscores our use of the word when we mean the teaching of children. And yet our language is nuanced.

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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. I blogged about some of the new theories that seem appropriate as explanatory frameworks for learning in a digital age. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s' I will be interested in your views.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

So after several hours of unenlightened googling, I decided to bite the bullet, go back to first principles and read George Siemens’ seminal paper, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Learning in the digital age. Siemens bills connectivism as “a learning theory for the digital age&#.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 25, 2010

But, here goes: Grainne talked about educational policy in relation to research, teacher practices and learner responses, and this triumvirate of outcomes can reveal a whole host of influences, including a clash of local culture versus global hegemony.

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eFront

JUNE 8, 2017

This realization is grounded in constructionist learning theory, which holds that people learn better when encouraged to construct relevance between the instructions they receive , and interpretations of those instructions within the context of their own environments. Why use a contextual learning approach?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We have previously explored a number of learning theories, new learning technologies, concepts around crowdsourcing, wisdom of crowds, folksonomies and user generated content, Web 2.0, mobile learning and a whole host of other themes during the course.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Some loved his earthy, no-quarter given demolition of an host of established theories of learning. What really rankled though with many of those present (and some of those watching via Elluminate) was his critique that academics do not question learning theories, not are they suffiently critical of them.

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