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

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These were posted up onto the group wiki, and a short summary attached by the ‘gold miner’ to explain what it contained and why it would be useful. 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.

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Good morning Barcelona!! Jim Groom at #EDEN15

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Groom's popular and anarchic blog Bavatuesdays is a regular port of call for all those seeking this kind of eclectic and irreverent mashup of concepts, thoughts and opinions. He featured a bizzare YouTube video of 'Dr Oblivion' introducing ds106. Dave Kernohan). Not a good start. However, all of this wasn't just fun for fun sake.

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Noughties. but nice

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The concept of personal learning environments was also introduced, as a counterpoint to the notion of the VLE. iPods and Podcasts: The Touch, the Nano, the Shuffle, the Classic, you name it, versions of the iPod popped up and grabbed our attention in the noughties. Youtube made it easy for millions.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

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When so many potential customers are seeing the advantages of open source, creating their own learning or VLE portals or seeing the value of various social media types and incorporating them into some type of social learning community, the “do nothing&# spin is well, a time warp into the past. Formats include.wmv,avi,mp4, even.flv.