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Entries Tagged as 'Social Constructivism'

Shiny new technologies used by dusty old professions

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

I hadn’t planned on blogging about informal learning today, but an article in Irish e-zine Silicon Republic interested me, and I thought I’d bring it to you.

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Tags: Knowledge Management · Social Constructivism · content delivery · culture of learning · e-learning · educational media · knowledge sharing · multiple channels · new economy · organizational development · organizational learning · organizational style · read/write web · social impact of e-learning · social learning

Do Generation Xers learn differently to Boomers and the Internet Generation?

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

A colleague asked me recently “do you take somebody’s age into account when designing and delivering training for them?”
As a learning professional in the IT industry, it’s my job to provide learning resources for the employees in my organization. Broadly speaking, my colleagues were born between 1965 and 1982 – the so-called Generation X cohort, [...]

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Tags: Social Constructivism · educational media · experiential learning theory · modes of learning · social impact of e-learning · social learning · social networks

Do Generation Xers learn differently to Boomers and the Internet Generation?

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

A colleague asked me recently “do you take somebody’s age into account when designing and delivering training for them?”
As a learning professional in the IT industry, it’s my job to provide learning resources for the employees in my organization. Broadly speaking, my colleagues were born between 1965 and 1982 – the so-called Generation X cohort, [...]

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Tags: Social Constructivism · educational media · experiential learning theory · modes of learning · social impact of e-learning · social learning · social networks

Martin Dougiamas says: Moodle 1.9 now released! Hurrah!!

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Like the man in the title said, Moodle 1.9 has been released.Headline features include:

Gradebook – Completely rewritten from scratch for speed and flexibility. The new gradebook consists of plugins for reports, imports and exports. There are a number of standard reports which are useful for graders, students etc. The grader report allows you to treat [...]

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Tags: CMS · LCMS · LMS · Moodle · Social Constructivism · cognition

Martin Dougiamas says: Moodle 1.9 now released! Hurrah!!

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Like the man in the title said, Moodle 1.9 has been released.Headline features include:

Gradebook – Completely rewritten from scratch for speed and flexibility. The new gradebook consists of plugins for reports, imports and exports. There are a number of standard reports which are useful for graders, students etc. The grader report allows you to treat [...]

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Tags: CMS · LCMS · LMS · Moodle · Social Constructivism · cognition

Non-formal learning in action: Information Sessions

February 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As discussed in my last blog entry, learner intention – specifically deliberative learning (where the worker schedules time to learn) is a key definer of non-formal learning. As such, the development of an educationally sound theoretical framework, pedagogical approach and instructional design process (are essential in create a learning environment (both synchronous and asynchronous) [...]

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Tags: Constructivist theoretical model · Gagne · Information Sessions · Social Constructivism · deliberative learning · events of instruction · learning styles · non-formal learning · rapid elearning

Non-formal learning in action: Information Sessions

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

As discussed in my last blog entry, learner intention – specifically deliberative learning (where the worker schedules time to learn) is a key definer of non-formal learning. As such, the development of an educationally sound theoretical framework, pedagogical approach and instructional design process (are essential in create a learning environment (both synchronous and asynchronous) [...]

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Tags: Gagne · Information Sessions · Social Constructivism · deliberative learningConstructivist theoretical model · events of instruction · learning styles · non-formal learning · rapid elearning