#038: Steve Wheeler talks Learning with ‘e’s [PODCAST]

Today on Teaching in Higher Ed, episode #38, Steve Wheeler joins me to share about Learning with ‘e’s... PODCAST NOTES Steve Wheeler Bio Learning with 'e's Origins of Learning with 'e's 2007 started blogging Learning using digital technologies… Incorporates comments from people into the book  eLearning 3.0 If Web 1.0 was the 'Write Web' and Web 2.0 is the 'Read/Write Web', then Web 3.0 will be the 'Read/Write/Collaborate Web'. Coined by Tim Reilly of O'Reilly media - progression or evolution of the web Web 1.0 - the sticky web Web 2.0 - the participatory web Web 3.0 - the read/write/collaborative web Digital natives/immigrants vs residents/visitors Mark Frensky - coined the phrases digital natives and digital immigrants in 2000 / 2001 - The Horizon Digital natives Digital immigrants Net Generation It's not about age; it's about context. -Steve Wheeler Residents and visitors - coined by David S. White and Alison Le Cornu Challenging to find a universal digital literacy tool Every individual’s context is unique. -Steve Wheeler I know what I need to do with the tools that are available to me and so do my students. -Steve Wheeler We learn best when we are curious. We become curious when we don't know the answer to something. And we don't know the answer to something when we get challenged. Problem based learning is probably the most powerful method you could possibly use. -Steve Wheeler Twitter Initially got interested in the backchannel chatter happening at a conference. @stevewheeler account - started with that, though his more popular account to follow is… @timbuckteeth - avatar - Dave, the astronaut on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey Twitter for me is probably for me the most powerful tool for communicating I've ever used. -Steve Wheeler Lack persistence - You need to give it time. [Twitter] is not about the content; it’s about the conversation. -Steve Wheeler The practice of blogging If [professors don't blog], how else are they going to express themselves? -Steve Wheeler Professors normally express themselves through closed, academic journals. The academic capital that most universities currently subscribe to... That's going to change. Why Steve knows that blogging is much more effective: