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"We now need a new approach to learning—one characterized by a demand-pull rather than the traditional supply-push mode of building up an inventory of knowledge in students’ heads. Demand-pull learning shifts the focus to enabling participation in flows of action, where the focus is both on “learning to be” through enculturation into a practice as well as on collateral learning." John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler
We care about Social Learning processes and social constructed content to facilitate learning - context, social networks and relations, cultural historical social views are important elements to consider. We will care about thinkers, philosophies, theories, methodologies, tools, praxis and peoples' learning to learn.
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We care about Social Learning processes and social constructed content to facilitate learning - context, social networks and relations, cultural historical social views are important elements to consider. We will care about thinkers, philosophies, theories, methodologies, tools, praxis and peoples' learning to learn.
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Search engines are source of learningSearch engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers sought to discover the cognitive processes underlying searching. They examined the search habits of 72 participants while conducting a ...
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Your Brain on Books. How the mind makes sense of written language | Scientific AmericanIn his new book, “Reading in the Brain,” neuroscientist S. Dehaene describes his quest to understand an astounding feat that most of us take for granted: translating marks on a page (or a screen) into language. (...) We humans would be liberated from our past instincts and free to invent ...
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Social Media in Learning examplesI am constantly being asked, by those new to social media, for specific examples of how social media (Web 2.0) tools can be used for learning - whether it be for personal learning, informal learning or formal learning - in education or the workplace. So here are over 100 ways that different ...
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NC school sells test points for $20 to raise money - Yahoo! NewsA middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after last year's chocolate sale flopped. The ...
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Random Thoughts: Top Ten Tools from E-learning ProfessionalsTop Ten Tools from E-learning Professionals
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1Researchers unlock the 'sound of learning' by linking sensory and motor systemsDUH. Nice that what we already pretty much intuitively knew is not proven though ...JDP added 2 weeks ago
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1675 Percent of Oklahoma Students Can't Name the First President - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |This one is hilarious - and btw can I get an American passport? I scored 90% on the test. :)Al Wood added 2 months ago
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1German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankingsConsidering some suppression of student (especially high school) views (posters, etc. - even "off school grounds"!) in the US and other "western democracies", maybe those governments have something to learn from Germany!JDP added 4 months ago
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1Students who get stuck look for computer malfunctionsThis says something about the expected / experienced quality of computer interactions and software. It also and more significantly refutes the lie (a profitable one for selling software!) that educational software can (so far) remove the need for a human teacher.JDP added 5 months ago
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