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Learning first, technology second

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There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy. mlearn14 digital strategy education learning LMS MLE pedagogy schools teaching Technology universiy VLE' But that is the problem. Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching. Unported License.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

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Does technology provide any realistic, sustainable solutions? 3) Your Managed Learning Environment (or VLE) - in whatever flavour your organisation has chosen - is a walled garden that allows conversations to be protected from outside eyes. If you don''t have the space or time for face-to-face meetings, what can you do?

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

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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. blogs disruptive innovation education higher education learning social web Technology the future of education VLE wikis' Unported License.

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Design for life

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I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The user interface on most VLE/LMS technologies is often too complex for students, who spend much more time trying to navigate and discover content than they do actually learning that content.

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Hacking education

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The vaulted ceilings and subdued blue lighting of this subterranean venue provided a calm, business like environment for our Edupunk session. These included 'will we see a decline or a rise in the number of edubusinesses' and 'is the institutional VLE compatible with the PLE.' I have to teach today, you see. Unported License.

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Learning pathways

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The institutional learning platform - the VLE - is a classic case of decisions made about learning without consulting the learner. Image by justpeace Learning pathways by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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[from randommind] Learning with 'e's: Another nail in the coffin?

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The title of the symposium is 'The VLE is Dead!'. The results showed that the VLE concept was still a relatively new idea and that no institution had a VLE that covered all aspects of the curriculum. The best VLE deployments were generally reliant on single enthusiastic teachers rather than whole institutions.

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