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The future of learning

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With the upsurge in ownership of smart mobile devices such as iPhones, Androids and Blackberries, the rapid social penetration of touchscreen computers such as iPads, and an increase in the purchase of Kindles and other e-reader devices, the future of learning is definitely smart mobile. Unported License.

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See-through learning

Learning with e's

They have to spend time thinking about how to get to a discussion group, or how to save content, when their energy and time should be spent learning. Some platforms are better than others of course, but generally many institutional managed learning environments suffer from the same problem - opacity. Unported License.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with e's

I have managed many meaningful conversations with students about their work through this method, both during lessons and also post-lecture, but it''s clearly not for everyone. It''s not something many students like to use when they are chatting informally, but most get the idea that e-mail is a formal communication tool.

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

Attached discussion groups supported more in depth and informal discussion about the activity. Photo by Felix Burton on Wikimedia Commons The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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