Learning with e's

JULY 13, 2011

Personal Web Tools (PWTs) are thought by some to be synonymous with PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) but the two should not be confused. With the Southampton PLE Conference #PLE_SOU at full throttle, I thought it would be a good time to reiterate my views on the personal web.

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Web Personal Personalization PLE 77

Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Students will use Facebook when they want to, and their institutional managed learning environment when they have to. Social networking sites and online media sharing sites are also enjoying exponential increases in membership, leading to the supposition that this generation is a profoundly connected generation.

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Social Networks Blended Learning iPhone iPad 110

Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The Social Web challenges current provision There is a sense from many younger students that the institutional managed learning environments are not popular tools, because they fail in comparison to the more colourful, flexible and accessible social networking tools that are available for free on the internet.

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Wiki Web Social Education 77

Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I have managed many meaningful conversations with students about their work through this method, both during lessons and also post-lecture, but it''s clearly not for everyone. However, bear in mind that most VLEs have online discussion threads that all of the group can see and read.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 12, 2009

I was also asked why I didn't use the term PLE (Personal Learning Environment). I have always believed in a hybrid solution and indeed use one in my own professional practice, but for the sake of the polemic momentum, I'm advocating that institutions seriously reappraise their use of the VLE (read 'managed learning environment').

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Personal Personalization VLE PLE 58

Learning with e's

JUNE 18, 2007

I think that Managed Learning Environments are like Pompeii. Secondly, the new generation of social networking students don't want or need to be managed. The Personalised Learning Environment (PLE) will take their place. They resent being controlled and told how to communicate with each other. Others didn't.

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Social Networks MySpace PLE YouTube 40

Jay Cross

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Operating system for learning. store and manage files. 03 MLE = managed learning environment, 05 Personal Learning Environment, 08 CWE Collaborative Working Environment. authentication. integrate and launch apps. personalize. secure area as well as open. '98

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Learning with e's

JULY 8, 2008

I am against the sterile, meaningless Managed Learning Environments (read BlackBoard, SharePoint and yes, even Moodle) that universities and colleges push which are purpose built to maintain strict control. They constrain the use of materials, and ensure that only bona fide students are allowed in.

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Wiki SharePoint Blackboard Podcasts 45

Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Punk learning (some would call it Edupunk ) reflects that seventies music ethos. For some time, educators have been subverting established methods and turning their backs on institutional tools and technologies such as the managed learning environment (also known as LMS or VLE).

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Authoring Tools Music Social Media VLE 40