Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

In his blog on Learning Ecosystems, Daniel S. 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.

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OCTOBER 14, 2017

It seems that the subject of the article, the University of Northampton (one of the newest universities in the UK) has decided to do away with their traditional raked lecture theatres, and replace them with more open, flat, flexible spaces where teaching can be conducted. It's been tried several times before and it never works.

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JULY 8, 2016

Here are my reflections on the learning and teaching conference held at Staffordshire University. Our opening keynote Helen Beetham talked about digital capabilities, which is becoming a well trodden phrase in higher education. In my presentation I was also critical about the design of some learning spaces in higher education.

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

Photo by Steve Wheeler There is a large, flexible learning space in Ormiston Junior College on the outskirts of Auckland. It's called a modern learning environment or MLE. Open, modern learning spaces are dynamic and student centred, and they offer great opportunities for creative learning.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

In recent years, education has evolved to the point where learning can take place anywhere and at any time, usually beyond the walls of the traditional learning space. What are the challenges of these new learning environments? What are the issues we need to address to make new learning environments a success?

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MARCH 11, 2015

Instead, let me say that the ''listening but not hearing'' problem is just one of the ''gaps'' teachers and students experience just about every day in education - chasms and transactional distances that can open up between intentions of one person and misrepresentations of another. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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MAY 2, 2019

Alternative modes Today, education has expanded beyond traditional learning spaces into distance education , blended learning, flipped classrooms , mobile learning, and online delivery through technologies such as MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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