Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2010

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. Still others thought that PLEs should be part of the institutional infrastructure, brought within the protective envelope of the university fire wall.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

The ALT-C 'VLE is dead' symposium attracted a huge audience. Each of our panel of four presented our cases, some arguing for and some against the demise of the VLE. Some people actually went as far as to say that the VLE is dead symposium was the centre-piece of ALT-C 2009. The institutional VLE sucks. Undead hmm?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 25, 2009

This symposium will propose that the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) as an institutional tool is dead, no more, defunct, expired. The first panel member, Steve Wheeler , will argue that many VLEs are not fit for purpose, and masquerade as solutions for the management of online learning. And in the blue corner.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

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). We provide it with definition and enable it to become a shared concept. is a case in point.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 10, 2009

Dan's article is entitled: ' Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs): here to stay, or on the brink of demise? ' It is a provocative take on the current state of play of the VLE, and he comes to some interesting conclusions. Recent literature and personal blogs are used to understand how the VLE as a concept is understood.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 9, 2011

The vaulted ceilings and subdued blue lighting of this subterranean venue provided a calm, business like environment for our Edupunk session. These included 'will we see a decline or a rise in the number of edubusinesses' and 'is the institutional VLE compatible with the PLE.'

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Learning with e's

APRIL 6, 2009

VLEs are generally difficult to use, with far too much effort needed to be put into understanding how the system works, to the detriment of the time and effort spent actually learning. Typical PLEs will incorporate a social networking service, reflective and collaborative tools, e-mail and a mobile device. Over to you.

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