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Anatomy of a PLE

Learning with e's

Originally a counterpoint to the institutional Managed Learning Environment (iMLE or 'VLE'), PLEs are becoming a much talked about concept, and were the prime focus of the recently held PLE Conference in Cornella, Barcelona. Now it's time to change direction a little and challenge the unhelpful binary of PLE versus VLE.

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Informal Learning Technology

Tony Karrer

Rather, students were told that their role was to select and sample course content, pursuing areas of interest, reading related material from both within and outside the course, and then to contribute their unique perspective based on this reading. This was neither possible nor desirable.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Four roles for social media in workplace learning - Clive on Learning , September 28, 2010 I write this as I travel to Birmingham to participate in a panel discussion with Nick Shackleton-Jones and Robin Hoyle on the role of social media in learning. PLE - “My PLE is where I store all my “keys” to the network.

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Top 113 eLearning Posts and 28 Hottest Topics for 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Four roles for social media in workplace learning - Clive on Learning , September 28, 2010. Anatomy of a PLE - Learning with e’s , July 11, 2010. Key Social Learning Roles - Daretoshare , April 4, 2010. Top ten tips for using video effectively in e-learning - Spicy Learning , January 20, 2010. Effectiveness (1464).

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Why and how to create successful Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) in the Workplace

TalentLMS

Siemens, who is an ardent supporter of the role that technology can play is learning, believes that “scheduled” formal education isn’t a panacea for learning in the workplace. By virtue of this definition, PLNs are an extension to a professional’s personal learning environment (PLE). Why is developing a PLN important?

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Micro-Learning: Its Role in Formal, Informal and Incidental Learning

ID Reflections

Micro-learning is effective when the nature of the learning required has some or all of the characteristics: When the learning required are bytes of facts, episodes, etc., Micro-learning is effective when the nature of the learning required has some or all of the characteristics: When the learning required are bytes of facts, episodes, etc.,

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Messy Learning OK. Messy Training Not OK.

Learning Visions

A PLE can be messy. Cammy, I think messy can be good in things like conferences and PLEs but a universal "messy" approach in organizations is not always desired. Sure experience is a great teacher but organizations are about efficiency and effectiveness. Forget about it. Its personal, after all. And people are messy.