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The Ins and Outs of Learning in the Age of Tweets

Mike Moulton

June 24th 2014, Malta

Norwegian University of Life Sciences Tittel på presentasjon 2

http://www.virtuallearning.org.uk/

The Ins and Outs of Learning

What is learning?

Gettingsmart.com

What is learning? (Ambrose et.al., 2010)

• Learning is a process and not a product. It takes place in the mind.

• Learning involves changes in knowledge, beliefs, behaviors and attitudes over time.

• Learning is not something done to students, but rather something students themselves do. It is the direct result of how students interpret and respond to their experiences…

uncclearn.org

Fill it up?

GE Health Care

Making connections • ….between knowledge pieces

Expert

• …to create knowledge structures and pathways

Novice

Principle 1

«To become self-directed learners, students must learn to monitor and adjust their approaches to learning.» (Ambrose, S. et.al. How Learning Works, 2010)

Bringing the Outside In (Standard Practice?)

www. Whitingcsd.org

Bringing the Inside Out: Active Reflection

Norwegian University of Life Sciences Tittel på presentasjon 11 www.edugains.ca

As John Dewey insightfully pointed out, «We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience».

……..creating and building pathways….connecting the dots

Principle 2

“We are powerful and natural explorers.” John Medina, Brainrules.net

careerchasse.blogspot.com

“……. bear in mind that our brains evolved to learn is through trial-and-error exploration….. We are born to explore, and teachers who make use of that will probably find more success in the classroom.”

Babyworld.co.uk

Louis Cozolino, http://www.dailygood.org/

Principle 3

«The brain is a social organ… Close supportive relationships stimulate positive emotions, neuroplasticity, and learning»

www.cidas-usa.com

Louis Cozolino, http://www.dailygood.org/

“Our brains and bodies are constantly being shaped at a cellular and genetic level by our environments as we live. Our brains are constantly evolving through our interactions with each other.” (Louis Cozolino, http://blog.lib.umn.edu/extyouth/insight/2014)

Principle 4

«Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback enhances the quality of students’ learning.» (Ambrose, S. et.al. How Learning Works, 2010)

Citraenglish.blog affirmyourlife.blogspot.com

«Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement…………………………….» Hattie and Timperley, 2007

www.meristemsolutions.co.uk

Principle 5

«The more senses that are engaged in an experience, the more a brain is stimulated and the longer a person remembers.» (Medina, brainrules.net)

http://www.iggiandgabi.com/

www.lariedilabio.net

Learning Styles

How do you learn best?............

Building learning pathways with ICT support - Are we doing a good job?

Citraenglish.blog

www.edugains.ca

http://www.iggiandgabi.com

careerchasse.blogspot.com

How do we make connections • ….between knowledge pieces

…..We want to be experts

• …to create knowledge structures and pathways

………on the Internet? Norwegian University of Life Sciences Tittel på presentasjon 23

We are all novices…….

(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-pontefract/social-media-in-the-workp_1_b_5270543.html)

Top Tool for Learning?

Creating trustworthy pathways through the Internet with Social Media

http://crpusd.schoolwires.net/

The Future?

Harnessing the potential……………..

……..building pathways across networks

www.edugains.ca

…. building pathways

Citraenglish.blog

…….. building pathways

Building Personal Learning Networks (PLN) in the mind and on the Internet

Thank you for your attention!

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