Tag: social constructivism

Social constructivism and AI: A new paradigm

Mar 10, 2025

in AI, Education, Learning, Teaching

health professions education, hpe, human characteristics, human-only, learning theory, social constructivism, social learning, social learning theory

In which I push back against traditional assumptions by exploring how social constructivism and AI could transform health professions education. I ask if human-only teaching is essential, and suggest a reimagining of social constructivism to include AI systems that recreate valued educational characteristics, while expanding opportunities for more accessible and equitable learning.
I enjoyed reading (December)

Feb 14, 2014

in Note

journals, mozilla, open source, peer review, publication, publishing, research, social constructivism, web literacy standard

This post is really delayed, mainly because I took a break from blogging over December and January. I was starting to feel an “obligation to blog”, which is when I know that I need to step back a bit and take some time off. There’s nothing worse than writing because you feel you have to,…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-02

Nov 2, 2009

in Digest

apa, apa style blog, apartheid, downes, ebm, education, evidence based medicine, google wave, laan, learning as a network, learnstreaming, oer, open educational resources, portofino, research, social constructivism, student feedback, technology in education, wiley, writing

Guidelines for writing a mini-dissertation http://bit.ly/21vUTU # After reading this, I won’t ever go to Portofino restaurant in Cape Town, RT if you believe in good customer service http://bit.ly/o3eZD # 25 Predictions for the University of the Future – from @johannescronje http://bit.ly/QJ7mM # Online Learning: More Than Technical Savvy. A look at factors other than…
SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation

Mar 30, 2009

in Conference, Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

abstract, blogging, clinical reasoning, collaboration, education, ethics, healthcare, healthcare system, human rights, lecturer, online tools, physiotherapy, professional development, reflection, reflective tool, saahe, social constructivism, social software, student

Here’s the abstract I submitted for SAAHE ’09. It was submitted for consideration in the Innovations and work in progress category. Title The use of blogging as a reflective tool in physiotherapy ethics. Context The use of social software in higher education facilitates collaborative learning practices and mirrors the social constructivist principles of education by…
The social construction of knowledge using a wiki

Feb 12, 2009

in Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

collaboration, critical review, drafting, groupwork, openphysio, paediatric assignment, pedagogy, projects, social constructivism, teacher, wiki

I’ve started a few projects in my department, one of which revolves around the use of wikis to create environments for students to engage more dynamically with both the content and each other. The rationale is that deeper learning occurs when there is an understanding of the content that goes beyond the ability to recite…

Tag: social constructivism

Social constructivism and AI: A new paradigm

I enjoyed reading (December)

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-02

SAAHE ’09: abstract for oral presentation

The social construction of knowledge using a wiki