Learning with e's

APRIL 30, 2013

Presentation of self in digital life from Steve Wheeler Digital me, digital you by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 pedagogies Technology literacies education University of Reading learning Activity Theory digital identity' Unported License.

Digital

Learning with e's

MARCH 23, 2015

As a result, there are many educational approaches, a myriad of theories and a bewildering number of perspectives. Social constructivist theory clearly derived from this set of tenets. Aristolean realist theory became the basis for behaviourist beliefs that content was central to education, under the control of experts.

Education

Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2011

In my Learning is learning post yesterday, I started a debate about andragogy and pedagogy. I held the position that the theory of andragogy (Malcolm Knowles) adds very little to our understanding of learning. Unported License.

Digital

Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

New methods cannot be fully explained or justified by old theories. My interpretation is this: new societal needs require new methods of teaching; new methods of teaching need new theories - theories for the information age. Technology theory pedagogy education learning school Jesus Christ Future Shock'

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

What theories could be used to explain these phenomena, and how can social/psychological models better our understanding of how people learn when their communication, relationships and learning are mediated through technology? What issues in HE teaching and learning are you passionate about? I'm passionate about sharing knowledge.

Journal

Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2014

This is number 23 in my series on learning theories. 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. In this post, we review the andragogy theory of Malcolm Knowles. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Of course not.

Cognitive

Learning with e's

OCTOBER 31, 2013

My explanation is that praxis is at the nexus - the overlap - between theory and practice. Praxis is the essence of what happens when theory is applied to practice, and can be simplified in this Venn diagram. Theory without action is just theory. Action without theory can be just as hollow. What is praxis?

Theory

Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The result is a multitude of contradictory theories and explanations on what learning is, how it happens and what teachers need to do to optimise it. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Learning is highly complex. Is that really the only way to teach? Unported License.

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

In the keynote presentations I tackled some contentious topics, including the issuing of challenges to a number of long standing and widely accepted theories (or beliefs) about how learning occurs. re)Designing learning in a digital world by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Digital

Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

For me, the worst enemy is bad theory. Bad theory, when accepted without challenge, can lead to bad practice. It's insidious, because bad theory that is accepted as fact without a full understanding of its implications, results in bad teaching, and ultimately, learners will suffer. Riener and Willingham again: ".learning-styles

Cognitive

Learning with e's

JUNE 6, 2014

This is number 15 in my series on learning theories. 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. In this post, we take a look at an emerging theory of learning proposed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon, known as Heutagogy.

Help

Learning with e's

DECEMBER 29, 2014

My book is about educational theory and practice. It focuses on new and emerging theories of learning and pedagogy in the digital age, as well as a critical retrospective on some of the older, more established theories. by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Write Blog

Learning with e's

JUNE 21, 2019

My opening keynote speech at the 29th annual EDEN conference at VIVES University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium earlier this week was given the title Connected pedagogies - Learning and teaching in the digital age. These are presented at the very end of my keynote. Unported License. Unported License.

Community

Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

A specific theory of learning, Seymour Papert''s constuctionist learning theory , could be applied to explain this. Some thinking has already gone into the pedagogy of makerspaces , and later posts on this blog will attempt to describe how these can be established in schools and universities. Unported License.

Education

Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Whichever way you view this book however, it was notable for introducing rhizome theory as a metaphor for knowledge representation. Rhizome theory is also a useful framework for understanding self-determined learning - the heutagogy described by Hase and Kenyon. Others criticised it for its dense, pseudo-scientific prose.

Folksonomy

Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Allow me elaborate: Many of our pedagogical theories and much of our practice in higher education is grounded in, and has been derived from, a pre-digital era, when the lecturer or professor was central to the process of education, and where the classroom was the predominant place for learning to take place. Academic roles are changing.

Social Media

Learning with e's

APRIL 23, 2020

What's more, they are placed into the context of online learning, digital pedagogy, social and psychological theory and teaching in the technology enabled world of the virtual classroom. Digital identity by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Digital

Learning with e's

APRIL 13, 2020

I cover a range of themes around online learning support, and apply several well known theories to explain what is required in digital learning environments. Supporting Online Learners by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

Support

Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

It derives from the work of Seymour Papert on Constructionism - the theory behind 'learning by making', Makerspaces, Fab Labs and Logo. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 What shapes teachers' uses of technology? Unported License.

Technology

CourseArc

MARCH 15, 2017

For a more subjective topic, like political theory, you might first list all the key concepts you’d expect a student to be able to explain by the end of your course, as well as the critical thinking skills you’d expect them to be able to employ. If they do, you may want to step your difficulty level down a notch or two.

Effectiveness

Learning with e's

JANUARY 15, 2012

In his 1968 book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire wrote 'Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students.' If you want them to learn, get them to teach. Unported License.

Teach

Learning with e's

MARCH 2, 2018

It seems strange that the education community is willing to adopt new technologies and develop new theories and methods of education, but it can't arrive at a way to get rid of grading. Assessment drives pedagogy, so if assessment doesn't change, it's difficult to teach in new ways. It's bad pedagogy, and needs to be challenged.

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

AUGUST 31, 2012

Teacher beliefs about pedagogy are central to the successful integration of new technologies into schools. 1992) Accessibility and stability of predictors in the theory of planned behaviour. Photo by Steve Wheeler Teacher beliefs by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and Azjen I.

Journal

Learning with e's

JUNE 13, 2013

Too often we gather to discuss education, to expound on learning theories and to congratulate ourselves for our pedagogical prowess, and yet we miss the crucial element, the context which should be central to everything we do. Technology pedagogy #edenoslo education learning school EDEN Conference Friedrich Nietzsche' And why not?

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

APRIL 18, 2014

Ideas are propagated , learning should be rooted in pedagogy, students are encouraged to blossom , and there is a learning ecosystem. Canadian teacher Dave Cormier borrowed from the earlier post-modernist work of Deleuze and Guattari to create his rhizomatic learning theory. the teacher). Unported License.

Wiki

Learning with e's

DECEMBER 4, 2015

He captures the idea perfectly, and adds the caption 'pedagogy of the unlikely', which perfectly captures what the blogging challenges were all about - finding meaning and learning together through seemingly bizarre and disassociated pairings of ideas, characters or objects. We need more of this at conferences! Unported License.

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2014

Some physicists argue that the present, the past and the future are much the same thing, but they tend to obfuscate their arguments with strange words such as string theory and quantum foam. Anyway, for most of us common folk, our experience is that the past is a memory and the future is imaginary. Unported License.

Predictions

Learning with e's

JUNE 5, 2012

My presentation is entitled 'Learning on the Social Web: Evolving Digital Pedagogies', and will feature a number of theories old and new, and how they are being adapted as explanatory frameworks. I will be giving the opening keynote on Day 1 and speaking on the topic of 'Digital Pedagogy: The Future is Open'. Unported License.

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Using Google Scholar and our own networks, we identified and invited the “grandest of the grand gurus” who have researched and published in each of these areas and invited them to summarize that issue, identify theories and practices related to that issue and suggest further research. Unported License.

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In this interview after his keynote, we enjoyed a wide ranging discussion around various theories of pedagogy, student engagement and participation, networjed learning, and the specific characteristics and practices that make a teacher effective in digitally mediated spaces. Unported License.

Pedagogy

CourseArc

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Example: If your objective is to train users to troubleshoot problems in a specific program or operating system, your content must go beyond delivering theories or serving as a reference (with anecdotes, diagrams, etc.) and incorporate practical how-to components (like simulating common problems by using a hands-on tutorial).

Instructional Design

Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2019

In online and virtual forms of education, especially blended forms of pedagogy, learners are constantly transitioning between complex states as they learn, interact with their tools, content and with others; and as they navigate, discover, create, organise, remix, repurpose and share content. Unported License.

Blended Learning

Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2019

In the meantime, here's the title and abstract of my keynote: Technology Supported Learning: What has been, and what is yet to come In recent years education has been assailed by waves of new technologies, theories and practises. Some have penetrated deeply into education while others are still peripheral. Unported License.

Skype

Learning with e's

MAY 5, 2017

They will need to draw on their own experiences, both as teachers and as school students, alongside all they have learnt from theory and research, to answer this question. In essence, each student needs to engage with philosophy, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, ethics and global perspectives alongside their notions of pedagogy.

Pedagogy

Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We have previously explored a number of learning theories, new learning technologies, concepts around crowdsourcing, wisdom of crowds, folksonomies and user generated content, Web 2.0, The group wiki is here if anyone wishes to view some of their content. mobile learning and a whole host of other themes during the course. Unported License.

Wiki

CourseArc

APRIL 19, 2017

Scientists, economists, accountants, and mathematicians all have one thing in common: they all deal in “absolutes.” ” They follow rules, theories, or laws governing the objectives they espouse, and they measure the outcomes of their efforts against those objectives.

Learning Objects

Learning Visions

APRIL 10, 2008

Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi.

Instructional Design