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The future of learning

Learning with e's

With the upsurge in ownership of smart mobile devices such as iPhones, Androids and Blackberries, the rapid social penetration of touchscreen computers such as iPads, and an increase in the purchase of Kindles and other e-reader devices, the future of learning is definitely smart mobile. It doesn't end at school either.

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Anatomy of a PLE

Learning with e's

Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning. Essentially, we argue that students require structure and scaffolding when they first venture into digital learning environments.

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See-through learning

Learning with e's

They have to spend time thinking about how to get to a discussion group, or how to save content, when their energy and time should be spent learning. Some platforms are better than others of course, but generally many institutional managed learning environments suffer from the same problem - opacity. Reference: John, P.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with e's

I have managed many meaningful conversations with students about their work through this method, both during lessons and also post-lecture, but it''s clearly not for everyone. It''s not something many students like to use when they are chatting informally, but most get the idea that e-mail is a formal communication tool.

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

Learning with e's

Attached discussion groups supported more in depth and informal discussion about the activity. Students were encouraged to explore each others’ gold dust resources and attach their own comments on how useful they found them.

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Dead personal

Learning with e's

I have always believed in a hybrid solution and indeed use one in my own professional practice, but for the sake of the polemic momentum, I'm advocating that institutions seriously reappraise their use of the VLE (read 'managed learning environment'). Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Opening plenary at Online Educa

Jay Cross

Ubiquitous information. Operating system for learning. store and manage files. 03 MLE = managed learning environment, 05 Personal Learning Environment, 08 CWE Collaborative Working Environment. Alors, pas de spontanéité. How can a wi-fi net be soooooo slow? Michael Wesch. Everywhere.

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