The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

Whether you’re exploring innovative online teaching methods, embracing new ways to learn, or simply curious about eLearning and educational technology, this resource will help you understand the language that shapes digital learning. Creative Commons Licence. A Accessibility. Collaborative Learning. Multimedia.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This is a continuation of my short series on the future of higher education, and builds on yesterday''s blog post on why Social Web tools are useful to support student learning. We start with the question.how will technology help to shape the future of Higher Education? Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2013

I was a little surprised because I had assumed that anyone who was going to use Twitter was probably on board and already familiar with the social media tool. education social media learning Twitter professional development PLN' Not so of course, as Wayne pointed out to me. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

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. There are thousands of blogs dedicated to education in the UK, and many of them have great content that can inspire, inform or challenge. Unported License.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2016

One way I stay connected with the community and what’s happening in the field is by reading blogs by instructional designers, elearning professionals, and educators. CogDogBlog is about educational technology, social media, Creative Commons, and a number of other topics that author Alan Levine finds interesting.

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Learning with e's

MAY 21, 2014

My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. Today, we explore the work of Albert Bandura on social learning theory. It''s been said that Albert Bandura''s theory of social learning spans the gap between behaviourism and cognitivism.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2020

Photo by Pxhere At the time of writing, the Coronavirus pandemic is taking hold in many countries across the globe, and predictably, one of the many actions people are taking is social distancing. It appears then that face-to-face education, at least in the short term, is going to be imposed due to the infection risks.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

And yet these theories paid scant attention to the social contexts within which learning occurs. It was not until social theories such as Vygotsky''s social constructivist model were introduced that education as a whole began to capitalise on the dialogic power of learning. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2020

I presented a webinar for EDEN's series on education in the time of a pandemic' earlier today, and was pleased to see almost 300 participants from across the globe. I also worked through some classic neo-Marxist perspectives and explored the extent to which they are useful as explanations in contemporary online education.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2014

How will distance education evolve? It was great to answer, because I have tracked the learning technology trends over the last decade, and have come to the conclusion that mobile (smart) phones and social media, in combination, have provided the world with the most dynamic, social and personal connections we could possibly wish for.

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CourseArc

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve been in this business for a while, so here is what we predict will be the top trends for 2022 for online education and training. Flexible Education Options for Learners of All Ages. We all know that the world has changed a lot since 2020, especially in the way we do business and deliver education.

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Learning with e's

MAY 22, 2014

My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. Yesterday we examined the work of Albert Bandura on social learning theory. constructivism education Jerome Bruner learning Scaffolding social support theory Vygotsky'

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

The first is something that any teacher can do without much thinking, but to truly integrate technology into education takes a great deal of imagination, thinking and planning. Embedding technology so that it becomes transparent is clearly an aim to which all educators should aspire. education learning pedagogy strategy Technology'

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Learning with e's

MAY 9, 2013

I only provide them with the conditions in which they can learn." - Albert Einstein The social web is replete with self-organising spaces. Self organised learning - where learners control their own pace and space or learning, and often decide on what content they wish to consume - is a growing force in education. 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. I wrote that: "The age of social technologies has radically transformed the way we live our lives, and that includes how we learn and teach. 2002) Smartmobs: The Next Social Revolution.

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Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2014

I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The theory Jean Lave''s situated learning theory can be located within the social constructivist school of thought. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Argyris Double Loop Learning 3.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 7, 2014

According to his Zone of Proximal Development theory (ZPD), whether that person be a teacher, peer or parent, children learn more extensively within a social context. Today, the bold claim is that anyone can learn anything they wish, because social media channels can provide that scaffolding. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 29, 2012

This situation challenges us to think more creatively about the interaction between communication technologies and learning, and to explore how our educational models are being impacted by the processes of social change that come with digitalization, the emergence of social media and the Web 2.0. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 26, 2012

These facets of modern life in combination have led educators to question the validity of pre-digital age learning theories. His counterargument is that through the use of networked technologies, learning can now be distributed outside the learner, within personal learning communities and across social networks. References Cross, J.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

Secondly, learning needs to be social. Increasingly, such contact and communication is mediated through technology, and social media tools are ideal for this purpose. His Zone of Proximal Development theory has been central to our understanding of how we learn in social contexts. Thirdly, learning needs to be globalised.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2014

My intention is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In the last post we examined the various educational theories of John Dewey including experiential learning. This is number 8 in my series on learning theories.

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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

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 Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 21, 2014

I wanted to capture the student voice on learning in Higher Education. Blogging and social networking platforms help them to extend their thinking and also enable them to participate more deeply if they have dyslexia. bett2014 backchannel BETT show dyslexia education hashtags learning student voice Technology Twitter video'

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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. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 12, 2014

The conference was organised for my second year student teachers, and focused upon special educational needs and inclusive education. Aspergers Dean Beadle education learning Plymouth University schools Special Educational Needs' Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 2, 2014

I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. In my most recent post I examined Leon Festinger''s cognitive dissonance theory and its applications to education. Essentially, IQ is a psychological measurement of individual differences.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Over the next two weeks I''m in New Zealand, doing a series of keynote presentations to teachers on the future of education and technology supported learning. At the social end of the spectrum, these tools can offer infrastructures to benefit the entire community, whilst at a personal level, each students will be potentially able to benefit.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 17 (3), 183-193. Delfino, M.,

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Learnnovators

JUNE 1, 2015

As such the term MOOC can be seen as a new educational term. ” ~ Analyzing the Impact of Mobile Access on Learner Interaction in a MOOC. The technological affordances of social and mobile add to the ability to provide an ecosystem of continuous and pervasive learning. MSL 2): Encompassing personal and social learning.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Dr. John Curry was kind enough to post a really detailed reading list in his post How to Get an Instructional Design Education Without Paying Tuition (gotta love that title!) Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning with e's

MAY 10, 2013

If you are involved in education you will know exactly what I mean. In the wider world, this is referred to as social loafing. I particularly highlighted the concerns teachers have about students who don''t seem to engage, and often appear to be socially loafing, when other students are working hard. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Although the production of content has been the preserve of the teacher and the academic since the formalisation of education, increasingly, we also see learners creating their own content. This user generated content trend is apparent not only in universities and colleges but also in the compulsory education sectors.

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Learning with e's

MAY 18, 2020

There is a race to develop new methods of health care, vaccines, medicines and of course, new social rules and civic responsibility. Technology solutions are sought so that education can continue. These are often solutions that have previously been ignored, or worse - dismissed by many educators as undesirable, unfeasible.

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Learning with e's

MAY 26, 2014

My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. John Dewey is one of the giants in the history of educational theory, and it''s difficult to isolate one of his specific theories to discuss here. 2011) Democracy and Education.

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Learning with e's

MAY 25, 2014

My plan is to work through the alphabet of psychologists and provide a brief overview of their theories, and how each can be applied in education. They are not able to focus, claims the report, because ''they''re spending so much time on digital games or social media.'' This is number 6 in my blog series on major learning theories.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 28, 2013

Both events had several common threads, including the new roles of education professionals, the impact of technology on education and the ways students are appropriating new tools to support their learning. A social event in the spectacular surrounds of the iconic John Rylands Library was a fitting conclusion to Day 1.

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