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Making Connections: Trends in Social Learning

Obsidian Learning

Building on the concept of communities of practice , Etienne Wenger (2009) has proposed a social theory of learning. The focus of this theory is “learning as social participation,” in which learners actively participate in the practices of social communities and construct personal identities in relation to these communities.

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Metalearning and Learning Styles

Big Dog, Little Dog

It is often used in Learning Style theory. While Learning Styles has been written and blogged about a lot lately, normally in response to two papers, Learning Styles: Concepts and Evidence and Learning Styles and Pedagogy in Post-16 Learning , I believe it is going in the wrong direction. References.

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Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

Ten commandments of e-learning (content design) - Clive on Learning , April 30, 2009. Measuring Networked (or Social) Learning - Daretoshare , April 9, 2009. Twitter as Personal Learning and Work Tool - eLearning Technology , January 21, 2009. E-induction - Lars is Learning , March 20, 2009.

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The Essential Guide to Learning Analytics in the Age of Big Data

Lambda Solutions

Models that use learning analytics can: Identify if a learner is disengaged with the course material. Understand how particular learners use different learning resources. Online courses can be personalized in a couple of ways: Providing options that let learners tailor their learning experience to their preferences.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

What is the theory that underpins our moocs? E-Learning Generations. version française ) In recent years I have been working on two major concepts:first, the connectivist theory of online learning, which views learning as anetwork process; and second, the massive open online course, or MOOC , which isan instantiation of that process.