Every year I tune in to the Reith Lectures on Radio 4. They provoke new ideas, challenge assumptions and often connect previously disassociated notions and concepts. This year sees a break with tradition, as the lectures have been split into two parts, due to a guest pulling out at the last minute. With the overarching [...]
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The Communications Revolution: reflections from the Reith Lectures 2011
June 28th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: communication · learning theory · online facilitation · pedagogy
Collaborative Constructivism
March 18th, 2010 No Comments
I have been having a dialogue with colleagues over the past few years about the notion of “Communal Constructivism”. There have been a number of papers written on the subject (e.g. Leask & Younie, 2002; Holmes et al, 2001)
Not least, I have an issue with the term ‘communal’. For me it suggests that [...]
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