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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

Learning with e's

Is it because it has a fatal attraction to our sun? Actually, all of these questions are boring, because the comet is akin to certain lessons in school and university, where the teachers/lecturers annually repeat themselves word for word, or worse, simply read out the text from their boring slides. Unported License.

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Chance encounters

Learning with e's

I was on a lecture tour of New Zealand in 2011, and was thoroughly enjoying my time travelling around the beautiful North Island, speaking at events in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Whangarei, and of course, the capital city, Wellington. Unported License. You never know who you're going to meet, or where it will happen.

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Maker pedagogy

Learning with e's

Teachers often believe they should lecture, to directly instruct so they can impart important content to their students. Sometimes this is necessary, but often lecturing is the best way to transfer notes from the teacher''s textbook into the student''s notebook without having to pass through two minds. Unported License.

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2022 learning and elearning trends

KnowledgeOne

As such, putting in simplified terms and focusing on the higher education industry, the 2022 trends could be summarized as “nothing new under the sun,” but then again, there are always nuances to be made. So, anything new under the sun for 2022? Quick overview of 2021.

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Free learning & development webinars for July 2021

Limestone Learning

“ Mini garden, picnic, barbecue ” by Schanin is licensed by Pixabay. But there are still plenty of worthwhile events if you’d like to get out of the sun (or away from work) for an hour. Tips for creating and distributing pre-class lecture videos. Is it hot enough for you? Either way, it’s good to change gears once in a while.

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Pelecon flies higher

Learning with e's

The event attracts learning technologists, lecturers, researchers, teachers, learning professionals, health and medical staff, private trainers, and just about anyone who is interested in the very latest in digital pedagogies, literacies and technologies. Unported License. The Dinner starts on Thursday evening, April 11th, at 7.30

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Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing

Learning with e's

Now, for those who are unfamiliar with the Reform Symposium, let me explain: It's a 72 hour live web based symposium that follows the sun. Photo by Phillip on Flickr Our digital future 4: Pervasive computing by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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