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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

It’s in your mind One of the pioneers of adult learning theory, Malcom Knowles , explored the role of adult education and facilitation (andragogy) versus the traditional style of teaching children (pedagogy).

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Higher-education Myths

Clark Quinn

I’ve been in a variety of higher education roles in several ways: as a victim, er, student; as a grad student; post-doc; tenured/promoted faculty member; textbook publishing consulting; strategic elearning consulting… Further, in general, I’m a supporter. Which they also aren’t doing, by and large ;).

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People, politics and pedagogy

Learning with e's

and complained that they had not been consulted. Working on that project, I think I learnt far more about people and politics than I ever learnt about technology or pedagogy. People, politics and pedagogy by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Yes, you do have to change

Clark Quinn

And we’ve known it for decades (just because MOOCs are new doesn’t mean their pedagogies are): clear models, annotated examples, and most importantly deep and meaningful practice focused on significant skill shifts (let alone addressing the emotional side of the equation). We know what leads to effective learning outcomes.

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E-Learning = Innovation = Science

E-Learning Provocateur

Regardless of the specific technology or pedagogy discussed by the panellists, the overarching advice provided by each one was to give it a go and see what happens. In other words, e-learning is innovation. Now I realise that many of my peers will balk at this assertion.

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17 Books for L&D Folks.

ID Reflections

The New Learning Architect by Clive Shepherd The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today by Jeanner Meister Pragmatic Thinking and Learning by Andy Hunt The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice) by Jono Bacon The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great (..)

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Competing conference contexts

Clark Quinn

It’s clear that the cyberschool area is an area of great growth, as most of the folks from the schools were quite leery of talking to me once they found out I was a consultant! (To There were few people who aren’t reasonably on top of tech for learning, at least conceptually, and more aware of online pedagogy. social).