Sharples, M. (2012) Learning with Technology In, About, Through and Despite Context, Talk at Computers and Learning Research Group (CALRG) Conference -19th & 20th June 2012. Powerpoint slides
An peer-reviewed paper focusing on MOOCs as a way to tackle contemporary issues that affect 21st century education. MOOCs are linked to chaos theory, to point out why MOOCs can be part of the answer for the current need to reshape education in a globally connected world.
75 minutes. (February 25, 2011) Yvonne Rogers discusses how "designing in the wild" is causing a new rise in discoveries and a new direction in computer science. She ill...
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An extended discourse ensued in and around the status of connectivism as a learning theory for the digital age. This led to a number of questions in relation to existing learning theories. Do they still meet the needs of today’s learners, and anticipate the needs of learners of the future? Would a new theory that encompasses new developments in digital technology be more appropriate, and would it be suitable for other aspects of learning, including in the traditional class room, in distance education and e-learning? In this article, I highlight current theories of learning and critically analyze connectivism within the context of its predecessors, to establish if it has anything new to offer as a learning theory or as an approach to teaching for the 21st Century.
A. Kukulska-Hulme. Left to My Own Devices: Learner Autonomy and Mobile Assisted Language Learning. Innovation and Leadership in English Language Teaching, 6, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, UK, (2012)