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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

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A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. In many ways, heutagogy is aligned to other digital age theories, in that it places an importance on ‘learning to learn’, and the sharing rather than hoarding of that knowledge. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning. Goldsworthy, S.,

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Limitless learning

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The personal learning environment (PLE) is still a bone of contention. Over at the Open University of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Ismael Peña-López has been doing some stirling work on theories surrounding Vygotsky's learning model and PLEs. Ismael starts by simplifying Vygotskian theory. Unported License.

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Blogging: Five of the best

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All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. Anatomy Of A PLE (>29,000 views) 9. Learning Theories For The Digital Age (>22,000 views) Reference Lessig, L. 2005) Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity. What The Flip? (>29,000

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Reciprocity learning

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I watched this morning's PLE conference (#pleconf) unkeynote by Grainne Conole and Ricardo Torres Kompen, which was streamed live from Aveiro, in Portugal. The psychologist Leon Festinger developed social comparison theory - a theory that attempted to explain how people relate to each other psychologically. Just saying.)

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Personalised learning

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It was entitled: Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in Theory and Practice. et al (2007) Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in Theory and Practice. Image source Personalised learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Content creation

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Content creation is an important feature in many personal learning environment (PLE) models, and together with organising and sharing, makes up the cardinal triumvirate of skills that provides learners with a clear advantage. One of the most important digital literacies students require today is the ability to create appropriate content.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Be the Node

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First off, I have to say that this entire PLE conversation hasnt really sparked much for me. Im a practical person at heart; not a theory-based one). Maybe it was even "personal learning" before the term PLE came along. With PLEs, there may be just way too much personal learning happening on company time for a CEOs comfort.

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