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See-through learning

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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.

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The future of learning

Learning with e's

Students will use Facebook when they want to, and their institutional managed learning environment when they have to. The blended learning courses of the future will be those that combine formal and informal learning features. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with e's

The last thing they want is their lecturer hanging around like Dad at a disco when they want to talk frankly and openly about their courses, assessment results or what they got up to in the small hours of the night. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. In both cases I wait until I''m asked before joining students.

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Punk learning

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Punk learning (some would call it Edupunk ) reflects that seventies music ethos. For some time, educators have been subverting established methods and turning their backs on institutional tools and technologies such as the managed learning environment (also known as LMS or VLE). Unported License.