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6 Emerging Technologies in Education

LearnDash

Because of the great advances we are making in educational technology, new doors of opportunity are opening in classrooms. Cloud Computing - If you are using some form of we-based tools, then you are enabling further student-educator collaboration. It certainly is an exciting time to be involved with learning and technology.

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PLE vs VLE

Learning with e's

Primary education students, Adam Skill, Danny Houton and James Carhart, have created a most excellent video to accompany their paper for the Plymouth e-Learning Conference next month. Each PLE by its nature is unique, with each individual choosing their own preferred approaches. Tags: VLE PLE Web 2.0 Reference Johnson, M.

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Daily Bookmarks 07/10/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags: synchronous , highered , collaboration , education. tags: lms , socialnetworking , ple , blog , wiki , web2.0 , learnercontrol. Taking the ‘A’ out of Asynchronous. Examples of colleges successfully using synchronous tools for office hours, student collaboration, and administrative work.

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Open Learning Network vs Informal Learning Environment

E-Learning Provocateur

I was immediately interested because, like me, Mott is striving to bridge the gap between the organisation’s LMS and the learner’s PLE. While the ILE is designed to bridge the gap between the LMS and the PLE, it purposefully keeps them apart. The OLN compared. The OLN takes a different approach. Digging deeper.

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TCC09 Keynote: Global Collaboration in the Web 2.0 World

Experiencing eLearning

In this presentation, Sue Waters will guide you on a tour of how educators, from different educational sectors, utilize web technologies with their learners to collaborate on global projects. In traditional education, teacher is in the center and interactions are mostly between student and teacher. Collaborate = Wiki.

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When worlds collide

Learning with e's

There are 7 papers in the issue, each of which focus on social media that are being used to support and enhance learning in higher education. The research by Wopereis et al, with the title 'Weblogs as instruments for reflection on action in teacher education' set out to analyse how student teachers used them during their training.

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The personal web

Learning with e's

With the Southampton PLE Conference #PLE_SOU at full throttle, I thought it would be a good time to reiterate my views on the personal web. Personal Web Tools (PWTs) are thought by some to be synonymous with PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) but the two should not be confused. Sound like a PLE? Almost, but not quite.

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