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MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: JISC I first started studying and then practicing distance education in the 80s. Social media and smart phones were still a few years away, so we made do with what was available. Back then we contended with slow modem speeds (remember them?), fixed line telephones, stand-alone computers and very small memory storage.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Publicdomainpictures Ever wondered how we can overcome feelings of loneliness and disconnect in distance education? It's a common psychological phenomenon to feel that although you are separated by distance, the technology actually mediates your connection with someone else. Wheeler, S. ALT-J , 15(2), 103-117.

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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. Together for two days, we discussed how digital technologies and networks could support learning.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. Now, I don't normally pay that much attention to lists of top ten or top whatever, (they cause too much controversy!) Agility – Teaching Toolkit (ranked 9th in 2014) 10.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 14, 2020

Photo from Pixabay This series is about how teachers can improve engagement for online learners (see links below for previous posts in the series). This could be a podcast, video, blog, or multi-media presentation such as a slide show. Ask students to produce something that can be performed or shown online. Unported License.

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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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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. It has become a familiar scene in many industrialised cities across the globe.

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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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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! There are so many things you can do with a whiteboard and pens. Unported License.

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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. Some schools have begun to experiment, and a few are well down the road to adopting and using online education as a viable supplement, or even replacement for face to face teaching.

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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. You probably know the story. You see, the truth is often much more mundane than the myth.

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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

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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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. Tapscott, D. and Williams, A (2008) Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. Unported License.

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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. Today, the most important skills seem to be focused on one ability - learning to learn, or meta learning. and Hase, S. Unported License.

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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. Secondly, learning needs to be social. Thirdly, learning needs to be globalised.

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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. That's my response to a lot of news headlines these days. A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.

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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. Distance Education social media relationships MOOCs Twitter FaceBook' Unported License.

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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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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. It's by Craig Whitehead and is free to download and use, just like all of the other images on the site.

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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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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? But this post is not about money. Unported License.

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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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E-learning Uncovered

JUNE 9, 2016

If you can’t afford the popular stock image sites, you might think you’re only option is to take your own photos. In recent years, there has been a huge surge of free stock image sites that offer photos, vector graphics, and even videos! Luckily, that doesn’t have to be the case! Let us know by commenting below!

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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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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 He told me he studied chemistry education with an emphasis in learning technology.

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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. How do you represent your learning? How do you represent your learning?

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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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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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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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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. One of the most innovative (and perhaps controversial) was the inclusion of a confessional booth during the final PELeCon. Reference Gerver, R.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 4, 2013

One of the most persuasive affordances of social media is that it encourages users to generate their own content. Teachers who recognise this and see the potential of social media to promote active learning are in for an exciting time. Potentially, this is a pedagogical gold mine for teachers if they choose to dig a little deeper.

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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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JULY 30, 2016

In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Here's an excerpt from the article, published in the open access journal Future Internet. The full text is available at this link. Unported License.

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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. Popular belief is that it was a whale, but that would be ridiculous. Schindler's shopping list 26.

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JULY 26, 2019

Photo by Nick Morrison on unsplash Language, like all forms of human communication, tends to evolve as each new generation uses it. Gunther Kress extends the notion of literacy to encompass multimodality - the means through which people widely adapt their use of text and speech through the use of multiple new digital media and technologies.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

I add him to my list of selfies and photos for many reasons (here we are larking about on the Barcelona Metro). Alec is very influential in the world of learning technology, and has a huge following on Twitter and other social media channels. Alec is Professor of educational technology at the University of Regina in Canada.

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