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Twitter & learners Love or Hate? Cindy De Smet Smetty.be - Drsmetty.com @smetty - @drsmetty
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Read more on my blog: http://drsmetty.com/2009/12/21/twitter-learners-love-or-hate More papers and presentations by Cindy De Smet can be found on Academia: http://hogent.academia.edu/CindyDeSmet
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Twitter & learnersLove or Hate?
Cindy De SmetSmetty.be - Drsmetty.com
@smetty - @drsmetty
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Twitter = trivial
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Twitter could be interesting
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Pay for a web2.0 course
What is learning?
How
• Black box• Observable
behaviour
Transfer
• Stimulus response
• Punishment• Rewards
How
• Structured• Schema
• Computational
Transfer
• Mindmapping
• Reasoning• Problem solving
Constructivism
How
• Created by each learner
• Experiences
Transfer
• Coaching
• Socialization
Theories were developed in a time when learning was not
impacted through technology (Siemens 2004)
Forty years ago, the life of knowledge was measured in
decades. Today, in many fields, it is measured in
months and years (Siemens, 2004)
Since we cannot experience everything, other people’s experiences,
and hence other people, become the surrogate for knowledge
I store my knowledge in my friends(Karen Stephenson)
Connectivism
• Knowledge is defined as a particular pattern of relationships
• Learning is defined as the creation of new connections and patterns as well as the ability to maneuver around existing networks/patterns
• Siemens (2008)
Personal Learning Environment:
a system that helps learners take control of and manage their own learning (Wikipedia)
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