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Making meaning of complexity and change through metaphor
H800 wk23 a Activity 2 Stepping over the edge ‘A key characteristic of these new technologies is “learning by doing” – users need to be immersed in and “play with” the affordances that these new...
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How, where and when do you learn?
Think about your own learning – the resources and tools you use, where and when it takes place. Early mornings from 4.00am, weekends, mornings only ’til 10.00 or so. Occasionally some reading in the...
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12 metaphors visualised to aid thinking about the brilliance of blogging
Why blog? Old ways vs. New ways Isolated vs. Connected Visible vs. Invisible or rather Silent or a presence or sphere of influence ____________________________________________________________ What do...
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Can dentistry be taught online?
I go to the dentist. He tutors online and has had problems with this. Before and after a check-up, replacement filling and de-scaling we discuss the pros and cons of e-learning over residential...
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Why you should act it out as a way to learn and do so in a virtual world
We role-play as children to make sense of the world, we take on multiple personas to some degree in real-life as well.. I am particularly taken by the way people with a disability can walk in a virtual...
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‘And so to bed’. Learn to blog with Samuel Pepys and this wonderful BBC...
From the BBC This first episode is a wonderful interplay between domestic and civil life, the prospect of joining the ship that will fetch the King from exile, while the ‘wench’ who works for them...
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Finding meaning across the fluid and complex world of e-learning
H800 wk23 a Activity 2 Stepping over the edge ‘A key characteristic of these new technologies is “learning by doing” – users need to be immersed in and “play with” the affordances that these new...
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27 persuasive reasons to blog today
Please add your own reasons to blog. Please add or remove weightings to adjust the rankings. These will differ by person, by blog and subject matter.
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21 ways to persuade others to blog
I should add what research is showing, the obvious really, that ‘like minds’ aggregate around each other’s blogs. The paper is called ‘Birds of a Feather’. Reference Birds of a Feather: How...
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Making sense of the complexities of e-learning
Wordle And is visualised in many ways, Engestrom (2007) <img src=" mce_href=" mce_src="http://learn.open.ac.uk/ mce_href="Mycorrhizae thinks in term of fungi. My own take is a lichen: The language...
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