article thumbnail

Engaging online learners 1

Learning with e's

There are many, many ways to do this of course, and in this series of blog posts I will aim to explore a few methods that I have tried with success in engaging my own students. 1995) Social presence theory and implications for interaction and collaborative learning in computer conferences. Let's start with collaborative online spaces.

Wiki 76
article thumbnail

Engaging online learners 2

Learning with e's

Photo from Pxhere In my previous blog post I remarked that engaging learners can be difficult in any context, but is often harder in online environments. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing. I also mentioned a very useful model that promotes creative, collaboration online writing.

Wiki 55
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Exploring medical technologies

Learning with e's

Later, as an education academic I collaborated with several medical scientists to write position papers in a range of technology applications in bioscience and medicine. Exploring medical technologies by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

article thumbnail

The changing Web

Learning with e's

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. More on this in future posts on this blog.

article thumbnail

Wiki working

Learning with e's

I published two journal articles recently on the use of wikis in teaching and learning, and I'm making them available here on this blog. British Journal of Educational Technology , 39 (6), 987-965. It was published in Learning, Media and Technology journal. Learning, Media and Technology, 34 (1), 1-10.

Wiki 67
article thumbnail

The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Using two-person blogs, students were encouraged to regularly write their reflections on professional practice directly to their blog.

Wiki 77
article thumbnail

Learning with 'e's: Mashing it up

Learning with e's

Earlier today I was invited by my good friend Maged Kamel Boulos to write a paper on educational mashups for inclusion in a special issue of Future Internet - an online open access journal, which he is guest editing. Wiki Blog Space Mashups: Combining Web 2.0 Less is known about how wikis, blogs and other Web 2.0

Mashups 50