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What does this button do?

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

Some of the systems we use (VLE, CMS, LMS, social and collaborative tools, admin systems, etc.) but knowing enough about the system as a whole is enough to be aware of how we can use the whole system effectively. Photo by Patryk Gr?dys have lots of buttons, features, settings, templates, styles, etc. dys on Unsplash.

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Learning first, technology second

Learning with e's

In mathematics, I have seen interactive whiteboards used very effectively to teach number bonds and floor robots can be used successfully to teach geometry and algorithms. mlearn14 digital strategy education learning LMS MLE pedagogy schools teaching Technology universiy VLE' Leave the store. There is nothing for you to see here.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with e's

3) Your Managed Learning Environment (or VLE) - in whatever flavour your organisation has chosen - is a walled garden that allows conversations to be protected from outside eyes. However, bear in mind that most VLEs have online discussion threads that all of the group can see and read. Unported License.

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Design for life

Learning with e's

The user interface on most VLE/LMS technologies is often too complex for students, who spend much more time trying to navigate and discover content than they do actually learning that content. This can be a desirable effect if the student is required to learn something deeply and reason about its significance. Unported License.

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Facebook for e-Learning

eFront

Some of them are your learners and they know how to use Facebook effectively! On a class group page you can add links, videos, discussion threads, photos, create events and send group messages. 50% of Facebooks active users log on to Facebook in any given day. Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events.

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Good morning Barcelona!! Jim Groom at #EDEN15

Learning with e's

Groom made several key points around the process of 'uneducation' (borrowed from Brian Lamb) where he talked about 'descent into the maelstrom' - an account of effects of modern networked communication on professional practice. Photo by Steve Wheeler Good morning Barcelona!! However, all of this wasn't just fun for fun sake.

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Theory-informed design tips

E-Learning Provocateur

• Would a wiki be a more effective (self-directed) mode of delivery? • Use real photos rather than cartoons or illustrations. • Develop an informal VLE to centralise all the resources. • Encourage the learner to integrate the VLE into a broader PLE. If they pass, it’s obviously too weak.

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