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This time it's personal

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These tools, services and technologies become a part of your personal learning environment or PLE. Much has been written on PLEs, including a wealth of peer reviewed journal articles that feature empirical research. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. The PLE is an approach rather than a technology.

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Seriously.

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not peer reviewed) is seen as inferior to those articles that appear in highly rated journals. Yet somehow, I feel this is a huge mistake, because many academics who write in those ''high quality'' journals also blog. What academic journal could promise me that kind of audience? Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Head, hand and heart

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Photo from Pxhere I can't speak for anyone else, but my own personal learning is most enriched when I'm in conversations with others. I recently read a thought provoking article in the RSA journal about how one English school is harnessing the power of dialogue to enhance learning. 2017) Anatomy of Learning.

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#LearningIs symbolic

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Many keep libraries of books, journals and other media on their shelves, used for reference to remind them of theories, principles or methods they wish to recall. Some represent their learning through their conversations , both face-to-face and virtually through social media, with their colleagues, scholarly friends and associates.

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#EDENchat Up close and personal

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I have written a lot about Personal Learning Environments in the past, especially when they were emerging as a concept, and sounded quite new. PLEs could be created by anyone, using just about any tool or technology, and we expanded the idea to embrace other elements such as real experiences and people (Personal Learning Networks).

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Personalised learning

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What schools should be doing is assessing for learning - providing students with personalised feedback on their performance referenced against their own previous personal attainment - what we refer to as ipsative assessment. et al (2007) Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in Theory and Practice. Reference Campbell, R.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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Finally, we cannot afford to ignore the growing influence of mobile phones and apps as a disruptive force and the capability they have of enabling any time, any place learning. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association 27, 65-67. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. Continued tomorrow References Barsky, E.

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