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Most used EdTech acronym

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

The #JuneEdTechChallenge continues, and today is the ‘most used EdTech acronym’ I think I’ll follow on from yesterday’s question (‘ the VLE in my life… ‘) and say the most used EdTech acronym is … VLE. This is Day 2 the 30-day JuneEdTechChallenge. And write your own entries too.

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Learning first, technology second

Learning with e's

Blogging can be used to engage children in creative writing , while making videos is excellent for problem solving and collaborative work. Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Unported License.

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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. At the Barcelona PLE Conference we unveiled our ideas in a position paper, which we also share here on this blog.

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

Learning with e's

This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Around 2007 we started using blogs to support several of our student teacher groups that were geographically dispersed across the South of England.

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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. However, bear in mind that most VLEs have online discussion threads that all of the group can see and read. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.