Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy. Design issues are not the only problems. But that is the problem. Leave the store.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

It scrutinizes the complexities and opportunities that underpin the pursuit of academic excellence and student-centric pedagogy. Integration and Updating of Teaching Materials Within higher education, the enduring struggle of incorporating and refreshing instructional materials is fundamental to effective pedagogy.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

In online and virtual forms of education, especially blended forms of pedagogy, learners are constantly transitioning between complex states as they learn, interact with their tools, content and with others; and as they navigate, discover, create, organise, remix, repurpose and share content. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Christian claims that a new pedagogy is emerging that is directly driven by the upsurge in online activity. Christian identifies three key changes in pedagogy that I want to discuss over my next three blog posts. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

It's called the eXSpace and will be a showcase for a range of new and emerging technologies, a place to study new pedagogies and a sandpit to try out new ideas and methods. The caveat here, is that if you invite your students to use the SMARTboard, you should first decide on what particular pedagogy you are applying. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 12, 2017

It's safe to claim that much of higher education is firmly rooted in the past , reflecting colonial history, traditional values and 20th (or even 19th) Century pedagogies. This might be seen as a generalisation, because there are some pockets of innovative pedagogy to be found in every large education institution. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

A few of the robots I saw were potentially useful tools to promote interesting and engaging pedagogy, but some seemed to do nothing more than follow a black line around in circles. March of the robots by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2020

The MIS featured in this post is Integris , designed by RM Education. Many ICT tools and technologies tend to be somewhat difficult to use, often due to poor design. The design of the interface of Integris is simple, and easy to use. This article focuses on the latter. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 14, 2017

It should behove every university to continue to make changes to improve pedagogy. These are perennial problems in any large space where student gather, so designing new spaces is surely a wonderful opportunity to address these problems? It's been tried several times before and it never works. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2016

The technology should be there to be used as an additional, enhanced aspect of learning, not as a substitute for good pedagogy. In my presentation I was also critical about the design of some learning spaces in higher education. the design features) militate against flexibility. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2018

Some IWBs have runners that enable height adjustment, and a projector arm incorporated into the design to obviate the need for continual recalibration. Thirdly, teachers need time to tinker, experiment and test out new ideas and new pedagogies. For smaller children, the adjustability of a screen to varying heights is also important.

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CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2017

Instructional designers are guided by these same types of parameters when ensuring their courses meet specific learning objectives. Let’s look at the process of designing good learning objectives, so you can build the various elements of your course or training in service of a clear purpose with measurable outcomes.

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CourseArc

MAY 10, 2017

.” The same can be said about instructional design and the development of eLearning content. Learning objectives are to instructional designers is the same as a map is to a traveler. With the proper learning objectives in place, designing a relevant, engaging and useful course becomes a lot easier. WANT MORE HELP?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The other invited keynote at the event will be Tom Cochrane (Auckland University of Technology, NZ) who will address the topic: Transforming pedagogy with Mobile Web 2.0. Image by Hradcanska Down under by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2017

I saw the latest SMART interactive whiteboards on display at the BETT Show in London in January and I was particularly enamoured by two key advances in their design. Simply being exposed to the use of new technologies may promote some innovative thinking about alternative pedagogies. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2020

I designed the series with teachers in mind, especially those who have been compelled by the recent crisis to migrate all of their teaching to online and technology supported education. Integrating technology by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 15, 2018

As video games developed, so emerged a realisation that they could be designed to educate. As Mark Grundel argues: 'Creativity, problem solving, critical and analytical thinking, decision making, risk taking, all (are) found in game-based learning.' Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 26, 2019

As politely as I could, I explained to him that making his students sit through a full 90 minutes of video was not particularly good pedagogy. These are important design principles in all media, and are particularly important in educational video. I was appalled. I will write more on these ideas in a future post. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I have contributed to the dialogue on this blog and there is much to discuss in relation to pedagogy, teacher roles, assessment and curriculum issues. The intuitive design of touch screen tablets and their usability serve to fuel the hyperbole. But what about formal education? Unported License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 19, 2009 Instructional Design: Whats in a name? I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. Koreen Olbrish asks "Is Instructional Design Dead?"

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Image from Wikimedia Commons I have argued for a while that the success of digital learning environments such as the LMS ( Learning Management System ) is based on a fine balance. This is the homeostasis between user experience and institutional design. You probably know the story of the architect who was asked to design a university.

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2015

Architects, designers, food technologists and also the military, are discovering the benefits of creating 3D versions of reality. Is there an emerging 3D pedagogy ? Slow learning has some merits and is growing into a significant aspect of pedagogy. Photo by Jonathan Juursema on Wikimedia Commons When will my prints appear?

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In small groups they were asked to design and construct a Lego robot , and then program it to race around a circuit, with a prize for the winners! Do aerodynamics in the design make any difference? This is not as easy as it sounds. There are a myriad of problems to solve. Do larger wheels have more speed that smaller ones?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 10, 2016

Clearly tablets and mobile devices were designed to be used as personal tools, and as such can be best used for personalised learning, where students can work at their own pace, and in a place and time that suits their needs. What makes these findings so interesting are the implications for pedagogy. Commonwealth of Learning: Burnaby.

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CourseArc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

CourseArc was designed to put the power of rich media learning at your fingertips. Image of hourglass by Alexander Boden via Flickr Creative Commons License. How Can CourseArc Help? We make it easy to include audio , video , polls , quizzes , and other student-centric media in each module.

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CourseArc

APRIL 12, 2017

Instructional designers aim to provide the necessary content to accomplish these goals, but sometimes the delivery of a course or training isn’t very effective. Image: “ Improvement ” by thinkpublic, via Flickr Creative Commons License.

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CourseArc

MARCH 15, 2017

Since online learning often separates teachers from learners across time and distance, we rely on evaluations – in the form of tests, quizzes and assessments – to judge each student’s successful comprehension of the content (and to judge how well the course designers presented their information). But what makes a good test question?

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 12, 2018

Students as 'designers of games' is a particularly interesting facet of this approach to higher education. The EDEN Interviews: Frans Mäyrä by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 13, 2013

The second paper, presented by Marie Maertens (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium) showcased some research done into instructional design approaches in games. Marie spoke about adaptive and adaptable game-play and how games can be designed to respond to the individual needs and preferences of learners. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 10, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 10, 2008 Instructional Designers with Formal Training: Survey Update As of today, over 119 responses to the ongoing survey Instructional Designers: Do You Have An Advanced Degree? 63% of working IDS say "Nope.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The schools cling more and more stubbornly to their mistaken idea that education and teaching are industrial processes, to be designed and planned from above in the minutest detail and then imposed on passive teachers and their even more passive students." Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

such as watches, wristbands and necklaces that are designed to automatically collect data are helping people to manage their fitness, sleep cycles, and eating habits.'' It may only be a short time though, before we discover new ways to measure learning through ''big data'' acquisition tools, and then apply them to improve pedagogy.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This is sometimes referred to pejoratively as 'shovelware' in academic circles, because course designers and lecturers can't seem to break out of the traditional mode of thinking about teaching, and simply shovel their content across into digital format. Photo by Archbob on Pixabay Why lectures? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 23, 2015

The chart above (my design), comes courtesy of Wingra School in Madison, Wisconsin is derived from the work of a number of educational theorists. Photo by Stuart Pilbrow on Flickr The battle for education by Steve Wheeler was written in Istanbul, Turkey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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CourseArc

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Conducting a needs analysis of your audience is an important part of every instructional design process. Producing the educational outcome that your target audience wants is every instructional designer’s ultimate goal. Images by Betsy Warner and Matt Cornock via Flickr Creative Commons license.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

I vividly remember the iconic white plastic air intake, and for me, the design ideas embodied by the hovercraft symbolised the future. Not many schools could take on such a project, and not many teachers at the time were thinking about the pedagogy of learning by making (constructionism). But it did. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

So, when designing online activities and content, it is useful for educators to consider firstly what technologies are available to the student and secondly which of these technologies is best suited to support the activities. Wheeler, S. ALT-J , 15(2), 103-117. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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