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Vygotsky, Activity Theory and the use of tools for formal and informal learning
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning —
Authority: 467
In general I don’t like Christmas. Difficult travel, rampant consumerism, enforced jollity and all that kind of thing. But there is one thing I like about it and that is the peace away form day to day meetings to try and think and write a little. In this case I have an overdue short paper to deliver for the MatureIP ...1 day ago -
Identity & authenticity on the net
Internet Time Blog —
Authority: 414
At DevLearn 09, Mark Oehlert led several days of non-stop workshops on social learning. Here’s ten minutes on the topic of identity and authenticity. This is the first of a series of videos I shot for display at Online Educa .5 days ago -
Are VLEs the problem or is it just how we use them?
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning —
Authority: 467
How we Learn – the Challenge of the Personal Learning Environment View more presentations from GrahamAttwell . I was in Wolverhampton yesterday for round 2 of our AltC debate on Virtual Learning Environments ( watch the movie here) this time entitled the VLE is Undead . In come ways it is knockabout stuff ...5 days ago -
Follow the Leaders: Sharing Jay Cross Collected Wisdom
You Learn Something New Every Day —
Authority: 109
The recent Online Educa International Conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training featured a stream of fascinating workshops in and around informal learning that was organized and facilitated by Jay Cross (author of Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and ...1 week ago -
Getting Social Learning
Harold Jarche —
Authority: 419
We were discussing social learning yesterday and I think it boils down to this: We are all inter-connected because technology has enabled communication networks on a worldwide scale, so that systemic changes are sensed almost immediately, which means that reaction times and feedback loops have to be better, ...1 week ago -
The University Myth
Harold Jarche —
Authority: 419
Forty-seven percent of Canadians have a post-secondary degree of some kind and, according to the CCL : Even by 1950, less than 6% of Canadian 25- to 44-year-olds had university degrees. Today, secondary schooling is universally available, and the proportion of 25- to 44-year-olds with university degrees is ...1 week ago -
Informal learning – linking the University to the outside world
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning —
Authority: 467
One frequent comment I get from teachers when talking about the use of new technologies for learning is the need for examples of effective use in practice. And all too many projects, national and European, talk about changing practice but from a research or theoretical perspective. The ICONET project has taken a ...1 week ago -
The Accidental Learner: Intentionality by Design
Christopher D. Sessums : Weblog —
Authority: 450
I have been thinking more and more about learning typologies lately. Specifically, I am trying to better understand the spaces between formal, non-formal, and informal learning . As such I ran across this diagram which you may or may not be familiar: I found this on Patrick Dunns site quite by ...1 week ago -
Strategic Thinking About Informal Learning
Workplace Learning Today by Brandon Hall Research —
Authority: 141
The Innovative Learning Group has a nice exercise to foster strategic thinking about informal learning. They present two scenarios and ask you to identify informal-learning approaches that would work there. They also list candidly some downsides of informal learning (difficult to track, difficult to control ...1 week ago -
Google Goggles – an important tool for mobile work based learning?
Pontydysgu - Bridge to Learning —
Authority: 467
Is Google running short of imagination. Not when it comes to applications – there seems to be a new product announcement almost everyday. But Google Goggles – who thought that up? Its a terrible name. But in terms of developing a work based mobile learning platform it may represent a big step forward. Goggles ...1 week ago -
Live. PLAY. Create.
wonderwebby —
Authority: 114
Yesterday I introduced you to the first theme I’ll be exploring more on this blog, Live . Today I want to introduce you to the second theme, PLAY. (my boys) Play is about preparing yourself to make a difference with social media by discovering and learning. It’s about exploring words and pictures, so ...1 week ago -
The Two-Day Total Twitter Immersion
You Learn Something New Every Day —
Authority: 109
Many people do not see the point of Twitter . I know this because I counted myself as a proud member of this large, non-plussed group until a few days ago. We had followed the hype and set up an account, followed some people (quickly stopped following some people), Tweeted a few times to see how it worked, and then ...2 weeks ago -
Ahead of the Curve: This Year’s Learning Trends at Online Educa
You Learn Something New Every Day —
Authority: 109
I just spent the last two days at Online Educa , one of the largest global conferences for technology-supported learning and training, held annually in Berlin. It is my third time attending and every time I return full of new ideas and a glimpse at the future learning trends through the eyes of some of the top ...2 weeks ago -
A video invitation to join the Invisible Learning project
Education Futures —
Authority: 111
More at www.invisiblelearning.com…2 weeks ago -
Invisible Learning: Designing cultures of sustainable innovation
Education Futures —
Authority: 111
Cristóbal Cobo and I are pleased to announce the Invisible Learning (Aprendizaje Invisible) project –and we invite your participation! Invisible Learning // Aprendizaje Invisible is collaborative book (in English and Spanish) and an online repository of bold ideas for designing cultures of sustainable ...2 weeks ago -
eCollab Blog Carnival
Harold Jarche —
Authority: 419
The first eCollab Blog Carnival (follow link for details) is set for 12 December 2009 (that’s a Saturday). If you wish to contribute: Before: - On your blog, via email, twitter or through other means, announce the new carnival ( you create a short post with links, visual, hashtags and short descriptions ...3 weeks ago -
Barcelona
Internet Time Blog —
Authority: 414
Casa Batllo ( Antoni Gaudí ) I’m in Barcelona to visit my partners at CV&A and to speak on Open Social Learning at VI International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning, Open University of Catalonia. Stephen Downes and George Siemens are here so I expect we’ll light some fires. Tossa del ...3 weeks ago -
11 Ways to Build More Learning Into Your Work Life
You Learn Something New Every Day —
Authority: 109
Learning can be a useful accelerator for the work you do. It can help keep you motivated, let you experience your progress in a different way, keep you engaged with wider processes. So how can you build more learning into your work life? As a learning practitioner, I asked myself this question, and here is what I came ...3 weeks ago -
Learning
Free Leads & Free Traffic —
Authority: 112
By Zo Nicholas Learning Many people find learning, the formal style of learning, a real chore, it’s just not for them; others regard learning as a most pleasurable activity and get a real buzz from getting to grips with a new subject and skills. What is Learning Learning as defined by Wikipedia is ‘acquiring ...4 weeks ago -
Learning
Free Leads & Free Traffic —
Authority: 112
By Zo Nicholas Learning Many people find learning, the formal style of learning, a real chore, it’s just not for them; others regard learning as a most pleasurable activity and get a real buzz from getting to grips with a new subject and skills. What is Learning Learning as defined by Wikipedia is ‘acquiring ...4 weeks ago
