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Wisdom of clouds

Learning with e's

There were many people at a session titled " the VLE is Dead " hosted by James Clay, Josie Fraser, Graham Attwell, Nick Sharratt and Steve Wheeler aka Timbuckteeth :). Martin Weller blogged about the death of VLE/LMS too in Nov 2007. Martin's prediction about a move towards loosely coupled teaching tools has examples in practice today.

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Lost in translation

Learning with e's

There has been a bit of discussion on Twitter, and at our recent ALT-C VLE symposium, on the importance of naming things. At the VLE is Dead symposium , there was an issue over the term PLE (Personal Learning Environment). There are numerous examples of this in the online Pidgin English dictionary. is a case in point.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Examples and Samples of Game Design Documents - Kapp Notes , September 15, 2010 Here is a collection of several game design documents and information about game design documents. These samples will give you some ideas. PLE - “My PLE is where I store all my “keys” to the network. But how to write one?

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Reciprocity learning

Learning with e's

I watched this morning's PLE conference (#pleconf) unkeynote by Grainne Conole and Ricardo Torres Kompen, which was streamed live from Aveiro, in Portugal. It is very much rooted in the traditions of symbolic interactionism (see for example the work of Charles Cooley or George Herbert Mead).

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35 Top eLearning Articles and 6 Hot Topics for March

eLearning Learning Posts

PLE vs VLE - Learning with e’s , March 22, 2010 Excellent video to associated with the paper: Integrating Personal Learning Environments into the Primary Classroom and goes beyond web tools, and even personal learning networks. Good stuff. Suddenly your de-motivation button is triggered and you can’t seem to shake it off.

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Theory-informed design tips

E-Learning Provocateur

For example, rolling the mouse over Italy on a map can display “Rome&# , while rolling the mouse over Spain can display “Madrid&#. • Employ real-world examples and scenarios. • Develop an informal VLE to centralise all the resources. • Encourage the learner to integrate the VLE into a broader PLE.

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Online courses must die!

E-Learning Provocateur

Occupying a place on the continuum somewhere between a VLE and a PLE, an ILE is an informal learning environment that a facilitator manages on behalf of a group of learners. Unlike a VLE, an ILE is strictly informal. Unlike a PLE, an ILE is communal. Enter the Informal Learning Environment (ILE).