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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with e's

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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City of the dead

Learning with e's

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. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Some people got out in time.

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Opening plenary at Online Educa

Jay Cross

When he uploaded it, two days later, there were 253 views on YouTube. ABC chief) YouTube is growing at 10,000 videos a day. > User-generated content (YouTube). Operating system for learning. store and manage files. Digg picked it up. Two days later, more than 1000 had viewed the video. > old media.

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Punk learning

Learning with e's

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). Some go as far as to argue that autodidacticism - or self-teaching - is an important part of contemporary learning.