Learning with e's

APRIL 23, 2020

Image credit: Tim Green on Flickr Human identity is a fascinating concept - it's how you distinguish between yourself and others, and it's a central aspect of your unique personality. Educators need to understand this when they teach online. It's who you are, and how you respresent yourself to others. You'd be mad to miss out.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2019

Image from JISC publication This table is very useful summary for anyone who is interested in aligning assessment with teaching methods. The table above helps to simplify the complexity somewhat, and provides educators with models that helpfully describe alternative approaches to pedagogy. References Biggs, J., and Tang, C.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Image from Pickpik The question I have been asked the most in recent months is one all teachers are interested in now they have been compelled to use online learning. One of the principles of pedagogy I learnt very early on in my career was not to privilege teaching above learning. How are you engaging your learners?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In this short series on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy' I want to explore some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. How can this technique be used in teaching? Stories are compelling. Every story is a lesson, and every lesson can be a story. Students get bored easily in class. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler The image on this page is a slide from the keynote presented by Graham Brown-Martin at Learning Live, a conference hosted recently in London by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI). It's not just about teaching and learning. Your comments, as ever, are encouraged in the comments box below.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2012

Although I am employed to teach, I consider it something of a disappointment if I don't learn something myself during my teaching sessions. Some might complain that 'only the expert has a right to teach', or that 'students should not be allowed to go off and find out for themselves', but sadly, this is really missing the point.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 1, 2018

Image by Glamhag on Flickr Large screen touch displays seem to be the 'Cinderella technology' of education. Many good uses of the IWB are reported in the literature , and many schools have harnessed its potential to transform aspects of teaching and learning. In the popular folk tale, Cinderella is described on Wikipedia as: ".

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Image from Pixabay Learning is a journey. Many commentators have argued that we should return to the true meaning of pedagogy , a subject I have also expanded upon here. Simply, teaching is driven by assessment. 1993) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Learning has never been about reaching a destination. References Friere, P.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 2, 2018

Image by Wecometolearn on Flickr Grading is a remnant of the Industrial Age. Assessment drives pedagogy, so if assessment doesn't change, it's difficult to teach in new ways. The way teachers teach is defined by the way they assess learning. It's bad pedagogy, and needs to be challenged. Reference Holt, J.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2018

Image from Pexels Two recent articles have prompted a flurry of commentary on social media around the quality of learning in higher education. The first, from the Times Higher Education Supplement was entitled 'Academics fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid'. Does this mean that teaching standards will need to improve?

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Kadenze

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It harnesses the creative and collaborative power of project-based learning using a series of digital projects which are scaffolded to create a coherent understanding of this important field of study. As a result, this course demonstrates a creative approach to teaching a traditional subject online. license.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Image from University of Northampton A death was announced today in the Times. The news created a small stir on social media, with several educators opining about what they thought of lecture theatres, their place in universities, technology, and teaching and learning in general. It all looks very bright, modern and colourful.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2020

Image from pxfuel I'm pleased to announce the launch of module number 4 in my Digital Learning series on the new ZilLearn platform. 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. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2017

Clearly the binary is used as a rhetorical device, and in reality, each teacher is unique in the way they approach and practice their pedagogy. This is not a debate about whether progressive or traditional teaching is uppermost. And yet there is a cogent argument in this statement. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Image source I was thinking today about change. In short, many teachers saw a need to change pedagogy. Danne Levy , an English teacher in Tamworth, England, said that teaching to the test needs to stop. On the topic of assessment, Matt Bury , teaching in Guelph, Canada, said that norm referenced grading had to go.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2019

Blogging has always been one of the ways I best express my ideas, and coupled with teaching, public speaking and a number of interviews on video and through podcasting, it has been my main channel of communication and dialogue with my professional community in recent years. 2005) Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

To give you a flavour of 1976, here are some of the moving image technologies I worked with: Video Video was a relatively new thing for us all in the 1970s. Perhaps the pedagogy for educational TV had yet to be developed. Later, Betamax and VHS formats became available and recording capacity soon went up to 4 hours! Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

To give you a flavour of 1976, here are some of the moving image technologies I worked with: Video Video was a relatively new thing for us all in the 1970s. Perhaps the pedagogy for educational TV had yet to be developed. Later, Betamax and VHS formats became available and recording capacity soon went up to 4 hours! Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 3, 2018

Image from Wikimedia Commons For the # EduGoalsMOOC Twitter chat today, I have compiled a short list of useful resources that relate to the use of technology in education, and specifically technology integration. The first site is run by Dr Ruben Puentedura, who is the author of the SAMR model. 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. Lecturers tend to teach in the same way they themselves were taught. The latter is perpetuated consistently and guarded jealously. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The 20th Century was the century of the moving image. Many of the best selling video games have been appropriated for classroom learning, including Guitar Hero (used to teach a number of curriculum subjects, not just music), Sim City (Maths), World of Warcraft (Literature) and Grand Theft Auto (remarkably, used to teach citizenship).

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The 20th Century was the century of the moving image. Many of the best selling video games have been appropriated for classroom learning, including Guitar Hero (used to teach a number of curriculum subjects, not just music), Sim City (Maths), World of Warcraft (Literature) and Grand Theft Auto (remarkably, used to teach citizenship).

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 14, 2017

Image from Carpe Diem I was sent a pre-publication copy of Cathy Davidson's new book The New Education recently, to review. No matter what innovations are created inside of the university around pedagogy, it seems they rarely if ever seem to take root and spread across institutions. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

I'm in Australia this week to give the opening keynote for the Inaugural Technology for Learning and Teaching Forum , which will be held over two days at the Rendezvous Hotel in Melbourne, just across from Flinders Street Railway Station (pictured). Melbourne, this part anyway, is quite Bohemian, bustling, vibrant and very colourful.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Since the introduction of the iPad and the subsequent parade of similar touch screen tablets, there has been much speculation about exactly what impact the devices might have on learning and teaching. Image by Fotopedia Touch and go by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2019

Image captured by Angeles Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua Earlier this week I took part in two online webinars. All of the links are below, courtesy of the Empower Higher Education events team at EADTU (European Association for Distance Teaching Universities). Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Image from Wikimedia Commons In this series called #3quotes I have been citing directly from the texts of education thinkers, because it is important to apply ideas within context. What they teach is more fragmented than it was [.] Too often, writers cite from theorists without delving into the original texts. Unported License.

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CourseArc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Our course creators also have access to a variety of teaching methods and multiple options for presenting new content. Image of hourglass by Alexander Boden via Flickr Creative Commons License. Watch our demo video and see what CourseArc can help you create for your students!

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2011

In my Learning is learning post yesterday, I started a debate about andragogy and pedagogy. In some ways, I argued, andragogy theory seems outmoded in the light of recent rapid developments in new teaching methods, learning resources and digital media. Unported License.

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MAY 10, 2017

For example, when designing a course to teach employees how to operate a certain piece of equipment safely, it’s often tempting to outline course objectives in a manner like… The objectives of this course are to: help factory staff learn key operating procedures. IMAGE: “ Overcoming Obstacles ” by the U.S.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Image from Flickr by Ilmicrofono Oggiono How do teachers get to the place where they are comfortable admitting they don't know everything about their subject? I cam remember several times recently when I have emerged from a teaching session with more knowledge than I had when I entered the classroom. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2016

The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. Photo by Steve Wheeler #LearningIs mobile by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I previously wrote on the subjects of the meaning of pedagogy and the meaning of education , and attempted to address the question ' what is learning ?' Image by Jessica Duensing on Flickr #Learning is. 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

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I previously wrote on the subjects of the meaning of pedagogy and the meaning of education , and attempted to address the question ' what is learning ?' Image by Jessica Duensing on Flickr #Learning is. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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CourseArc

MARCH 15, 2017

Going further, the Cornell University’s Center for Teaching Excellence provides a great summary of the characteristics of what a “good question” is: Intention: Did the question assess what you intended to assess? Image: “ Quiz ” by Animated Heaven, via Flickr Creative Commons License. Comprehension.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2018

Image from Public Domain Pictures In a previous post , I wrote about the Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) and the challenges it faces as a technology for education. I also suggested that affordances of IWBs should be considered when deploying them in learning and teaching contexts. 2007) Learning and Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards.

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Learning with e's

JULY 7, 2011

Pedagogy , another term used widely in education, derives from the time of the Roman slaves, known as pedagogs, who were tasked to either train their masters' children, or in many cases, to 'lead them to education'. But is there any evidence for this? How does Knowles differentiate between adult and child learning? Unported License.

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