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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

It’s in your mind One of the pioneers of adult learning theory, Malcom Knowles , explored the role of adult education and facilitation (andragogy) versus the traditional style of teaching children (pedagogy). Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? So how do you keep it real?

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Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism?

E-Learning Provocateur

The popular sequence of events that I have recounted is often represented pictorially as a gradient, accompanied by that ubiquitous table comparing various aspects of the three pedagogies. Sure, the gradient reflects a wonderful growth of ideas, but I think it’s a trap to conclude that the latter pedagogies supersede the former.

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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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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with e's

Interestingly, the post went viral not so much because of the subject matter, but more likely because the image I had inadvertently chosen was the top Google image search hit for 'fire'. Ten Characteristics Of Authentic Learning (>34,000 views) 7. The Industrialisation Of Learning (31,000 views) 8. What The Flip? (>29,000

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4 types of navigation flows for micro-learning courses

QuoDeck

A course-based format of navigation is typically used when depth of learning in a subject is required. The main disadvantage of this form of navigation is that it is designed for an academic pedagogy and doesn’t relate well to modern adult learning principles. A lot of critical learning might fall through the cracks as a result.

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Top 125 Workplace eLearning Posts of 2009

eLearning Learning Posts

Online Pedagogy Delicious Tags Now Available - WISE Pedagogy , April 22, 2009. 15 Interesting Clip Art Styles for Your E-Learning Courses - Rapid eLearning Blog , October 6, 2009. E-induction - Lars is Learning , March 20, 2009. Transfer of Learning - Theories and Implications - Designed for Learning , October 31, 2009.

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Clark Quinn – Crystal Balling with Learnnovators

Learnnovators

Clark: I’m a strong believer in social constructivist pedagogies, e.g. problem-based and service learning, whereby a curriculum is activity, not content. I think the biggest lacks are an encompassing vision of all the factors that could play a role, and combining expected outcomes with search for emergent ones.