My Canadian Adventure Part One: International Consortium for Dementia and Wayfinding

About a year ago, when I was just getting my head around using Twitter (any followers who have been with me from the beginning will remember that I didn’t like the platform at first), I was contacted by Ron Balerno (@rb33) who saw my research profile and shared his experiences of caring for his fatherContinue reading My Canadian Adventure Part One: International Consortium for Dementia and Wayfinding

Social Media Learning Theory – a new pedagogical model for 21st century learning

An international team of nursing researchers, led by Siobhan O’Connor, have published a brand new pedagogical theory that helps explain how students learn via social media. As Facebook, Twitter and other social media technologies become more popular among students, educators are starting to incorporate them into higher education to facilitate learning. After undertaking a systematicContinue reading Social Media Learning Theory – a new pedagogical model for 21st century learning