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E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1

E-Learning Provocateur

The book is entitled E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1 and my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of themes in the modern workplace, including: • social media. • learning theory. • pedagogy. • learning styles. • blended learning. • informal learning.

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What is learner autonomy?

Docebo

In many ways, autonomous learning (or independent learning) takes the role of the teacher, educator, or learning admin out of the picture and allows a student to create and follow their own learning process. As said by the writer William Arthur Ward, “curiosity is the wick of the candle of learning.”.

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E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1

E-Learning Provocateur

The book is entitled E-Learning Provocateur: Volume 1 and my intent is to provoke deeper thinking across a range of themes in the modern workplace, including: • social media. • learning theory. • pedagogy. • learning styles. • blended learning. • informal learning.

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Style counsel

E-Learning Provocateur

And the echo chamber has been giving learning styles a beating. The theory. VAK is perhaps the most popular model of learning styles used in the corporate sector today: V stands for “Visual&#. These people learn best by seeing. At the very least, a learning style represents a personal preference.

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with e's

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. One group asked what the origin of the word 'pedagogy' was, and as I explained, I realised that I needed to capture the idea behind 'leading someone to learning'.

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The Andragogy Theory

Ed App

It is no surprise that adults learn differently than children, whereby adults are self-direction and ready to learn. . There has been much research into pedagogy over the year, however significantly less study of andragogy. The post The Andragogy Theory appeared first on EdApp Microlearning Blog.

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mLearning Strategy

Ed App

Microlearning is the overarching mobile learning strategy that is used to boost productivity and retention rates and engage employees through personalized learning journeys when implemented intentionally. . The technology/pedagogy nexus of a mobile learning strategy. Two golden rules to follow are: Less is more!