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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

Learning with e's

From the telegraph, through the telephone and radio and television, to 21st Century satellites, smartphones, the Internet and social media, all were designed to communicate. We learn best when we feel we belong, and we feel more comfortable when we perceive psychological safety (Maslow, 1954). 1954) Motivation and Personality.

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The importance of being networked

Learning with e's

In yesterday's blogpost Separation and connection I talked about the nature of social media and their capability to amplify human contact. Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. our use of social media actually engages.'

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#TwistedTropes 28. Jonah's necessary whale

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It was the ancient equivalent to climate change warnings, but without the social media. Maslow's awkward hierarchy 25. He was to tell the citizens that what they were doing was wrong and that they had to mend their ways or they would suffer an extinction level event. Fermat's dodgy last theorem 18. Moore's obsolete law 19.

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Our mutual friends

Learning with e's

So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Social media can reduce the degrees of separation. 2006) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27.

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Belonging, friendship and learning

Learning with e's

Image from Pixabay Flawed though it is, Maslow's theory of motivation highlights at least one important theme: We are social beings and we need to know that we belong. Belonging needs are complex and are sometimes misunderstood. Yet most teachers would agree that children who feel they belong will learn better than those that feel excluded.

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All you need is love

Learning with e's

It''s the same sense of belonging that Abraham Maslow described in his hierarchy of human needs. It''s also why many of us join social networks and use social media - we want to connect to others who have similar interests and backgrounds. agape belonging collaboration education Greek Koinonia learning love Maslow Philadephia phileo'

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The inclusive human-centered leader

CLO Magazine

Abraham Maslow, the creator of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, is said to have observed that, “Perhaps the way to change the world is through organizations, because most people are part of one.” The post The inclusive human-centered leader appeared first on Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media.