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Learning first, technology second

Learning with e's

There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy. Let me give you an example: Many schools, colleges and universities have by now implemented a managed learning environment (MLE) sometimes referred to as a virtual learning environment (VLE) or Learning Management System (LMS).

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Online Education Revolution: Initiatives Taken by the Indian Government

Learning Routes

PM eVidya will provide you learning materials through different ways like: Online platforms TV channels Community radio Special content for students with special needs Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing – DIKSHA This is an online space where you can find useful study material.

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Viva la evolution

E-Learning Provocateur

Encouraging more of a user-generated and peer-to-peer learning environment may not be to everyone’s taste so a VLE such as Moodle will give more control.

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Learning pathways

Learning with e's

The institutional learning platform - the VLE - is a classic case of decisions made about learning without consulting the learner. How often do we impose pathways upon students which do not meet their needs, or fit their expectations? Students can, and do, create their own personalised learning pathways. Unported License.

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[from bwatwood] Learning with 'e's: We have issues

Learning with e's

Dave Sugden (Huddersfield, UK) Asher Jacobsberg (London) and Rose Heaney , (London, UK) all agree, pleading for pedagogy over technology. Mel Phillips (Leicester, UK) thinks that teachers need to understand the pedagogical changes associated with move from f2f to online, so that they can adjust their methods appropriately.

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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. In this sense, the pedagogy is constructivist. In this sense, the pedagogy is connectivist.

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From EDUPUNK to ds106. 10Q: Jim Groom

Learning with e's

None of this happens in an LMS (or VLE), in fact, that systematic design of that system is anathema to all of these crucial elements of educating in the digital era. What is on your horizon for new technology, new ways of learning and new pedagogies? That said, I had to breakup with EDUPUNK in 2010 because it wasn''t fun any more.