Today on Teaching in Higher Ed, episode #38, Steve Wheeler joins me to share about Learning with ‘e’s...

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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: