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Personal learning environments

Clive on Learning

From his posting , Stephen Downes sounds like he didn't really enjoy giving his talk on personal learning environments here in Boston yesterday, what with all that having to connect with "corporate e-learning industry types". Are these really PLEs? Is their primary function really personal learning?

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Knowledge and Learning In The News - 11/1/2006

Big Dog, Little Dog

A classic example, he noted, was the work of Stanley Milgram of Harvard, who in the 1960's asked each of several volunteers in the Midwest to get a letter to a stranger in Boston. ABC News courting next generation on Internet - Yahoo. The median number of intermediaries was six - hence, the term "six degrees of separation.".

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Profiles of a Twentysomething and a Fiftysomething Learner

Learning Visions

She uses the web every day and uses Yahoo for searching, sometimes Google. 4:02 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Cammy Bean Greater Boston, MA, United States View my complete profile About This Blog Subscribe in a reader Subscribe via email Are you an Instructional Designer?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

I would like to ask: Why should an e-learning system have chat, groups, calendars and forums when there are Yahoo meesengers, eGroups, etc. My team is in charge of the communication and collaboration aspect of the system. We could not find a suitable problem to address. found in the net? Lots of thanks! Take the Survey!

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Informal Learning Blog » Younger Workers Demanding Web 2.0 Tech On The Job

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

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Time for the Training Department to be Taken Seriously

Xyleme

For those of you unfamiliar with scope of this event, EMC World 2010 boasted about 8,000 attendees, filled up the entire Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for four days, and closed down Faneuil Marketplace, one of Boston’s biggest tourist destinations, for a private party for event attendees.