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You Only Get This Type of Education in Class - Mythic Attributes of the Lecture ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes
I agree that a lecture gives the speaker more learning than the audience, but it can help them too, in the manner Downes indicates.
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a lecture is inevitably a learning experience. As for my audience, well, I have often maintained that they learn very little from the content of the lecture, and much more from my mannerisms and approach. A lecture (like a demonstration) isn't a learning event (except for the speaker), it's an enabling event, a celebration of what we already know and believe. Lectures challenge, invigorate, enliven, enable and enlighten, but they do not teach (much). Experience teaches.
YouTube - Learning to Change-Changing to Learn
A short video on how education should be changing by educational experts.
A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy
A truly valuable and important article about learning
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the powerful role aesthetics play in shaping how we come to know, feel, and respond.
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Our language constrains visual design to mere styling and separates aesthetics and usability, as if they are distinct considerations
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Teaching as transparent learning « Connectivism
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My argument is this: when we make our learning transparent, we become teachers. Even if we are new to a field and don’t have the confidence to dialogue with experts, we can still provide important learning opportunities to others.
CBC.ca | The National | Special Feature| Brain Gains
Practical proof of the impact of regular, sustained exercise on learning.
2¢ Worth » 21st Century Literacies
He and Rheingold describe where education SHOULD be going!
The other kind of smart - The Boston Globe
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What emotional literacy campaigners are arguing is that the problems of the American school system won't be solved by getting kids reading sooner or ensuring that they can find Alaska on a map - they need to better understand what drives them and others.
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John Dewey fleshed out this idea, insisting that schools should impart not just information but habits of mind that would ensure that graduates were active participants in a democratic society.
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Face to Facebook Learning | Learn at All Levels | Fast Company
"Facebook provides a compelling outlet for people who enjoy learning, and it helps those seeking something else to accidentally and informally learn along the way. " via Harold Jarche
Christopher D. Sessums :: Blog :: Change the Word "Kids" to "Teachers"
This makes sense, and matches what I've seen in effective classrooms.
Research Study on Ubiquitous Learning (uLearning) | Workplace Learning Today
Concept map says it all (or at least alerts you to where you can learn more).
Parental Engagement in Children’s Learning with Technology | Intuitive Media
We've found that 60% of children's learning in IM's Social Learning Networks, SuperClubsPLUS and GoldStarCafe takes place outside school - and most of it in the home. Intuitive Media's latest research initiative Learning the Family - Parental Engagement in Children’s Learning with Technology looks at how these children learn with their families at home.
Learnlets » Slow Learning
I had a conversation yesterday with another long term post-secondary teacher about how the system has changed teaching/learning by making it increasingly sterile and impersonal. I believe slow learning may be the most effective and ultimately the most efficient way to share knowledge.
Studeous | The Free and Easy Way to Manage Your Courses Online
This looks very interesting, but I haven't tried it yet. It sounds like it's serious competition for the commercial LMSs. Let me know what you think of it please.
10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School | MakeUseOf.com
What students may know, and teachers should know about. Some I love and use already, like BibMe.com; some that are scary, like File Destructor 2.0 - Via Stephen Downes
SILENT BLOG: Downes Future of Learning - A summary
A Summary of Stephen Downes on the Future of Learning
Open Monologue » Blog Archive » Teaching taxonomy in the age of Wikipedia
Interesting observation on the impact of the web and Wikapedia on education. - "Then Something Big and Important™ happened. It was called the World Wide Web. And the Web begat the wiki, and the wiki begat Wikipedia. And it was good. But it makes the way I teach, and the way I was taught, archaic. Why should someone be forced to memorize endless hierarchies as outlined above. If I really wanted to find out the differences in the digestive systems of animals in Phylum Nematoda compared to Phyum Annelida, I could just look it up in Wikipedia or some other reputable online source." I agree completely. Why is memorization necessary when good research techniques and familiarity with the topic is more than enough. But perhaps Plato would disagree - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wordscape/museum/plato.html - via Stephen Downes
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Then Something Big and Important™ happened. It was called the World Wide Web. And the Web begat the wiki, and the wiki begat Wikipedia. And it was good. But it makes the way I teach, and the way I was taught, archaic. Why should someone be forced to memorize endless hierarchies as outlined above. If I really wanted to find out the differences in the digestive systems of animals in Phylum Nematoda compared to Phyum Annelida, I could just look it up in Wikipedia or some other reputable online source.
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