Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Social media lend themselves naturally to support learning through discussions, collaboration and sharing. They are vital components of the web, and social media are important for education - because learning is essentially social and personal. Unported License. Unported License.

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JULY 31, 2017

That is why we want to share how Burst - a Shopify value-add feature can improve your online store, website, blog or Social Media post. BURST is a stock photo platform with high-quality images that are available free of charge under the Creative Commons Zero license. What is Burst?

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Friday, October 30, 2009 Finding Good Photos for Your eLearning Scenarios Do you struggle with finding good stock photos to use in your eLearning scenarios? So then do you go do a custom photo shoot? Or will you stick with free online stock photos? United States License. Maybe you have the time or the budget.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 15, 2019

Photo by Krzyboy2o on Wikimedia Commons This is a post for #OpenBlog19. I attended an event in Utrecht, in the Netherlands way back in 2007, at around the time that social media was emerging as a serious learning technology. Unported License. million views). Is sharing caring?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

I often catch them taking photos of the board so they can go away and revisit the notes later on. Hopefully we can start a discussion thread about the effectiveness of different technologies, media and tools for education! Unported License. There are so many things you can do with a whiteboard and pens.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 1, 2014

10) Social media, especially those that enable users to create and share content, fall into the category of tools that are worked by us. They tap into the essence of our individual creativity, providing us with blank canvases upon which we can express our ideas and share our thoughts. Unported License. Penguin: Harmondsworth.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Photo by Steve Wheeler We connect with each other and with information in many ways. You can see just about everyone in the photo is using a smartphone in some way. You can see just about everyone in the photo is using a smartphone in some way. Unported License. Paper didn't disappear when the computer age arrived.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler (Duck by Denise Hudson ) If I didn't know any better I would believe in synchronicity. We all did our best, and our creations were then shared with each other on social media. 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

DECEMBER 21, 2014

My Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the vehicle that carries me to this learning, and social media is the highway that enables me to get there. Photo by Ed323 on Wikimedia Commons A little more conversation by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. Unported License. We now need to think about learning environments rather than simply 'classrooms'. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 22, 2019

As with any other social media platform, there are useful devices such as trending search notifications, API/developer sections and licensing advice, and there are special zones where you can find wallpaper or slide background images. Unported License. I hope you will find it as useful as I have. Making a splash!

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Learning with e's

MARCH 6, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler Humans were once untethered, free to wander the world and explore at will. The multi-timbral nature of the smartphone gives it the capacity to capture our attention through a wide spectrum of attractions, from music and digital media, games, social media, dating sites, videos and live news streams.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 16, 2018

Photo by Steve Wheeler Lately, I'm asked to speak on this subject more than any other. Being agile and flexible is not enough in this rapidly changing, media rich and multiple stimulus world. Unported License. Today, the most important skills seem to be focused on one ability - learning to learn, or meta learning. and Hase, S.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

Photo by Guillaume Speurt on Flickr Tallinn is one of my favourite European cities. In this presentation I will explore the use of MOOCs, AI, social media, smart mobiles, virtual worlds, augmented and virtual reality, as well as some of the emerging associated theories, to evaluate their effectiveness on pedagogy. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Photo by Sarah Joy on Flickr Hidden away in the heart of the ancient Barbican area of Plymouth, England are the authentic Mayflower Steps. Those who visit and take photos to capture the moment are largely unaware that the steps are fake. Unported License. You probably know the story.

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Learning with e's

MAY 21, 2018

Photo by Tup Wanders on Flickr In my previous post , I reflected on 18 years of keynote speaking in academic conferences. 11) In relation to 10), your last slide can contain your own contact details such as email address, social media accounts, website URL, and even your phone number if you feel brave enough! Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 31, 2019

Photo by Steve Wheeler In a previous post I outlined some of the metrics around the use of digital media, technologies and social networks. Most of us are connected to each other through numerous social media platforms. Unported License. Tapscott, D. London: Atlantic Books.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

He had done work on the use of social media. Photos by Dermot Donnelly-Hermosillo Chance encounters by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 8, 2013

Should we use centralised services and endure all the constraints that accompany them, or should we instead use our own patchwork collection of tools, loosely aggregated social media and handheld personal devices that give us freedom, but at a price? Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Increasingly, such contact and communication is mediated through technology, and social media tools are ideal for this purpose. Now many learners are exploiting the power of social media to build and engage with equals in personal learning networks. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Photo from Pixabay Or in other words. Newspapers and media channels in particular revel in pushing sensationalist headlines that attract people who seem to be starved of sensory input. Unported License. That's my response to a lot of news headlines these days. You probably don't want to do that.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 16, 2014

It has become a convenient excuse for many, who then feel free to dismiss their own involvement in the use of new media, whilst simultaneously overestimating the abilities of their students. They may not be such regular users of Facebook , so are more likely to be visitors rather than residents within that particular social media environment.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

The capabilities of social media to give students their own publishing or broadcasting platform has prompted an exponential rise in user generated content. Photo by Jim Cianca on Wikimedia Commons The height of SAMR by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 19, 2014

So what of our habitual use of digital media? What are the effects of our fearsome fascination with mobile phones, our predilection to video games, our inexorable gravitation toward social media? Photo by Steve H on Flickr Digital habitus by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

That''s quite an apt result because Google and many of the other large, supposedly ''free'' social media tools are very much focused on making money to sustain their operations. Nor is it about the morality of social media companies. Photo by Steve Wheeler PLN or CoP? Unported License. But this post is not about money.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 26, 2019

Photo from Wikimedia Commons During the life of the Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference (PELeCon), we tried to be innovative, introducing new features each of the ten years the event ran. Unported License. One of the most innovative (and perhaps controversial) was the inclusion of a confessional booth during the final PELeCon.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Photo by Andrew Bain on unsplash It wasn't long after the prophet Jonah was thrown overboard into stormy seas that he was swallowed by a great fish. It was the ancient equivalent to climate change warnings, but without the social media. Unported License. Popular belief is that it was a whale, but that would be ridiculous.

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Learning with e's

MAY 7, 2013

Social media sites such as Twitter span huge distances to connect people around the world. There are many stories of people developing and sustaining friendship, or even romance and eventual marriage, after ''meeting'' on a social media site. Unported License. He''s having a whale of a time. The stories go on and on.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Following her keynote at the EDEN annual Conference in Budapest, she sat down with me to discuss some of her ideas about open content, distance learning and open licensing. Unported License. Listen in as we discuss these and many more ideas about the future of learning and education. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 19, 2014

In 1962, in his book The Gutenberg Galaxy , media theorist Marshall McLuhan popularised the term ''Global Village'' as a description of global contraction through proliferation of electronic technology. Photo from Wikimedia Commons It takes a village by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 4, 2016

Some people display framed certificates on their walls, or photos of their degree ceremony. Many keep libraries of books, journals and other media on their shelves, used for reference to remind them of theories, principles or methods they wish to recall. Unported License. How do you represent your learning?

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Photo by US Dept of Agriculture on Flickr Social learning is one of the vital components of contemporary learning and development. Personal technology and social media can support social learning in the workplace, and make it a reality no matter the size of an organisation. Unported License. References Bandura, A.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 20, 2014

One of the first books I ever read about digital media was Nicholas Negroponte''s Being Digital. Negroponte has been influential with many projects such as MIT Media Lab, Wired Magazine and the One Laptop Per Child initiative bearing his name. Libraries are changing their emphasis from physical book stacks to all media.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2019

Photo by Pedro Figueras on Pexels In my last post I wrote about smartphones and other personal devices, and their tendency to distract us by diverting our attention. Distractions in the workplace are common. Unported License. This is a continuation. They interrupt the flow of work.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 1, 2016

We discussed the evolution of social media in higher education and also how institutional virtual learning environments (learning management systems) are being developed to cope with new demands of new learners. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with e's

JULY 14, 2017

Photo by Fosco Lucarelli on Flickr The celebrated American physicist Michio Kaku claimed that it is impossible to accurately predict the future, and he is right. Future sense 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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Students will need to know how to compose and capture good images, and also will need to be aware of the gaps in the image repository on Wikimedia Commons. They will also need a fair appreciation of how Creative Commons licensing works.] Unported License. Unported License.

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