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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with e's

In many ways, heutagogy is aligned to other digital age theories, in that it places an importance on ‘learning to learn’, and the sharing rather than hoarding of that knowledge. This is an excerpt from a forthcoming publication entitled: Personal Technologies in Education: Issues, Theories and Debates] References Beishuizen, J.

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Adult learning shminciples

E-Learning Provocateur

The theory. Since the 1960s, he articulated a distinction between pedagogy (the teaching of children) and andragogy (the teaching of adults). In many ways, Knowles’ description of pedagogy approximates instructivism, while his description of andragogy approximates constructivism. The real world. The way forward.

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Inspire to learn

Learning with e's

What theories could be used to explain these phenomena, and how can social/psychological models better our understanding of how people learn when their communication, relationships and learning are mediated through technology? I subsequently pledged that I would never again write, review or edit for a closed academic journal.

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with e's

I haven't given up on peer reviewed publishing, but I have turned away from closed journals and publications toward openness and accessibility. The Meaning Of Pedagogy (>62,000 views, 8 comments) This was a post I wrote in response to questions from my students while working at the Plymouth Institute of Education. What The Flip? (>29,000

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Teacher beliefs

Learning with e's

Teacher beliefs about pedagogy are central to the successful integration of new technologies into schools. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 22, 453-474. 1992) Accessibility and stability of predictors in the theory of planned behaviour. Journal of Personality and Social Behaviour , 63 (5), 754-765. and Azjen I.

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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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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with e's

He is one of the pioneers of online and distance learning, and currently serves as the editor of the influential online open access journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning ( IRRODL ). Second,to follow from Marshall McLuhan the Medium is the Pedagogy (first coined by Cousin (2005).

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