Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching. Let me give you an example: Many schools, colleges and universities have by now implemented a managed learning environment (MLE) sometimes referred to as a virtual learning environment (VLE) or Learning Management System (LMS).

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Here's our abstract: Manish Malik (Faculty Learning and Teaching Coordinator at the University of Portsmouth) and Steve Wheeler (Associate Professor of Learning Technology at the University of Plymouth) discuss the recent developments and the patterns emerging within the CMS/LMS/VLE product sector. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 10, 2009

Anyone with a modicum of insight will see that there are several parallels here with the battle between the institutional VLE and Edupunk style ‘do-it-yourselves’ personal web tools. The institutional VLE is led by the entire institution and is therefore slow to respond to change, whilst the personal web is led by one user.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

If they wished to change this kind of restrictive provision and depose the ‘tyranny of the institutional VLE’, universities would need to undergo a radical shift in policy. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 1, 2016

While I was there I did several presentations and workshops, and also recorded an interview 'on the sofa' with Director of Learning Facilities, Associate Professor Mike Sankey. I think this discussion highlights many of these factors and reveals some of the complexities of technology supported learning in higher education.

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Learning with e's

JULY 13, 2012

In it, they represented a number of perspectives on personal learning environments, including a discussion on the differential between institutionally managed Virtual Learning Environments (or VLEs) and the free tools that learners are now using on the web. Unported License. Just saying.)

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