Learning with 'e's
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
Smart mobile phones continue to disrupt our society. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. Thirdly, mobile technology is powerfully social.
A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 7, 2014
Due to the influence of my father and a passion to help as many students as possible succeed, I ventured into the world of educational administration in 2004. If I was graded I would have probably received an A for running my school where strict rules had to be followed by students, mobile devices banned, and all social media blocked.
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Learning with 'e's
MARCH 6, 2019
The invention of the mobile phone liberated us to move freely again, but in doing so, we became tethered in a different, more subtle sense. Such mass distraction centres upon the mobile, personal device. And personal, mobile technologies come with a social cost. 2004) Distraction: Being Human in the Digital Age.
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Milgram theorised that it could be established that no-one is separated from anyone else in the world by more than six social contacts.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
NOVEMBER 23, 2012
The Edublog Awards is a community-based initiative started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts and educational institutions were blocking access of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. How Does It Work?
Learning with 'e's
JANUARY 12, 2012
In today's 10Q interview, Helen answers questions about her philosophy on learning, social media and her current projects in higher education, including alternate reality games: Who are you? heloukee (online), Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media and Social Technologies at the University of Salford.
User Generated Education
DECEMBER 1, 2014
Use technologies and mobile apps based on drill and grill where learners are given direction instruction via these technologies and asked to provide the correct answers via quiz questions. (I also saw the development of social media which permits users to communicate directly with one another synchronously and asynchronously.
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