Share Paper: Keynote: Urban Myths about E-learning and Education

  1. Pedro De Bruyckere, Arteveldehogeschool, Ghent and Leiden University, Netherlands

Abstract: To make sure technology rather helps than hinders learning, it is key to have a clear vision on what could work and what is a popular but debunked idea. In their book on urban myths about learning and education, Pedro De Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner and Casper Hulshof have been trying to perform a big clear-out. Sadly, one book was not enough as new myths keep popping up while old ones refuse to die, so a second book is forthcoming with again the same 3 labels: 'total nonsense‘, ‘nuanced' or 'we don’t know as research is lacking’. In his keynote ...