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Anatomy of a PLE

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Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning. Still others thought that PLEs should be part of the institutional infrastructure, brought within the protective envelope of the university fire wall.

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Learning with 'e's: The VLE sucks

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The ALT-C 'VLE is dead' symposium attracted a huge audience. Each of our panel of four presented our cases, some arguing for and some against the demise of the VLE. Some people actually went as far as to say that the VLE is dead symposium was the centre-piece of ALT-C 2009. The institutional VLE sucks. Undead hmm?

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In person

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There has been a lot of talk recently about PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) and everyone it seems, wants to know what they are, what they contain, or if they will replace current institutional VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) or LMS (Learning Management System) provision. No one seems to be able to agree on what a PLE is.

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[from catspyjamasnz] Learning with 'e's: Two fingered salute

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1) The French had no effective leadership, but the English and Welsh had a strong and determined leader in King Henry V. Anyone with a modicum of insight will see that there are several parallels here with the battle between the institutional VLE and Edupunk style ‘do-it-yourselves’ personal web tools. The personal web is on the rise.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

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HOLD THE FRONT PAGE - PLE’s need Teachers - Learnadoodledastic , September 23, 2010 Call it a PLE if you like, to me it is connectivist learning. PLE - “My PLE is where I store all my “keys” to the network. met with my new first year level 3 students and during the session introduced them to the vle.

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A digital heretic?

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I strongly support user generated content as an effective means of supporting learning. PLE will triumph over VLE. Who's to say that txt language is inferior to standard English? And let's allow children to use mobile phones in schools. Call me a digital heretic if you like, but I'm certainly not the only one.

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35 Top eLearning Articles and 6 Hot Topics for March

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Twitter for Learning – 55 Great Articles - eLearning Technology , March 24, 2010 Collection of articles around how to make effective use of Twitter as a learning tool. Here are some basic technical production tips for producing more effective and watchable video interviews. March 15, 2010 to March 31, 2010. Good stuff.