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Most used EdTech acronym

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

Whichever it is, this platform is central to many learning designers and learning technologist’s daily tasks and grind, and can be a source of inspiration or frustration. Follow the challenge on my JuneEdTechChallenge blog tag and on Twitter using the #JuneEdTechChallenge hashtag. And write your own entries too.

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Around 2007 we started using blogs to support several of our student teacher groups that were geographically dispersed across the South of England.

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Anatomy of a PLE

Learning with e's

Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning. At the Barcelona PLE Conference we unveiled our ideas in a position paper, which we also share here on this blog.

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Learning first, technology second

Learning with e's

Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching. There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with e's

I have managed many meaningful conversations with students about their work through this method, both during lessons and also post-lecture, but it''s clearly not for everyone. 4) Set up (or get your students to set up) a group blog (or wiki) which only you and your student group can see and contribute toward. Unported License.

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Thinking around corners

Learning with e's

I have been doing that for a while, with wikis, blogs and the like, circumventing the university portal. I am against the sterile, meaningless Managed Learning Environments (read BlackBoard, SharePoint and yes, even Moodle) that universities and colleges push which are purpose built to maintain strict control.

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Opening plenary at Online Educa

Jay Cross

User-generated commentary (blogs). Operating system for learning. store and manage files. 03 MLE = managed learning environment, 05 Personal Learning Environment, 08 CWE Collaborative Working Environment. . > old media. User-generated content (YouTube). User-generated filters (Digg).

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