Learning with e's

JULY 11, 2010

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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Moodle Journal

JULY 27, 2011

In one particular year, I certainly managed to get pretty much wholesale agreement with using the social network for both easy contact and handing out achievement comments’ and graphical badges and general course information. In the following year, a similar attempt led to me being almost completely unfriended, strange?

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Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Do take a look at the video, it does seem to suggest to me that there is a certain implicit assumption, though I could be wrong, that by leveraging the benefits of social networks we will see a transformation in outcomes and the student experience.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 12, 2009

For those who don't, the institutional VLE (or perhaps no web based use at all) is an option. This may sound like a climb down from my position on the death of the VLE, but It is not. Tags: VLE PLE tagging horizon report personal web. Online material can be saved, tagged, categorized, and repurposed without difficulty."

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Moodle Journal

DECEMBER 10, 2005

The toolbox is a collection of hardware and software tools that are grouped under the headings of: Assessment, Content Creation, Communications, Learning Management Tools, Mobile Learning, Multi Media, Networking, Repurposing,Repository, Videoconferencing, VLE Application, Web, Whiteboards and looks like becoming a one-stop-shop for e-Learning and (..)

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Moodle Journal

AUGUST 3, 2007

This week thanks to some major groundbreaking efforts from my fellow Moodle VLE administrator Clive, we now have our DSpace content repository accessible through common authentication with Windows Active Directory via Free Radius server.

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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. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 21, 2009

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. Tags: VLE PLE Interactive Learning Environments.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 18, 2009

But then David me asked a probing follow-up question… yes, it can be used as personal message board, but is that good for education when we have a VLE for that kind of activity? Tags: Twitter social media social networking blogging cartoon humour participatory culture twibes. And why not found a twibe? • mLearning.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 15, 2006

The web-cast also worked and our network manager informs me that we had 10 IP addresses connected, though one of those was him, so I guess that leaves 9. Well the JISC bid event with our partner colleges went really well, and now I am looking forward to seeing the whole project hopefully come to life in the New Year.

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Moodle Journal

AUGUST 10, 2006

It occurs to me, that the usual start of course ice breakers of ‘who I am, where I’ve been, going, gone wish I hadn’t and wish I had’ , type soon forgotten presentations, are evolved out by a dynamic, sustained and even organic online presence through myspace accounts, accessed from the vle.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

At the same time, Facebook is one of the fastest growing social networks that helps people communicate efficiently with their friends, families, coworkers, and classmates. Sorry I got carried away a bit there :P You can also integrate other social networking API's such as Twitter. November 7, 2010 9:34 AM JasonOutThere said.

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eFront

APRIL 26, 2013

Facebook makes it easy to network and interact with other virtual students, and because most people know how to use Facebook they don’t need to become familiar with a new platform. It’s also relatively easy to create apps for Facebook, making it a great canvas for developers to add cool new functionality and get users involved pretty quickly.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2013

Then there are the virtual, online spaces where many of us are increasingly spending our time collaborating, conversing and sharing with our personal learning networks. You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example.

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 28, 2012

These events are always great for networking, and this time was no exception in during the two unscheduled fire alarms. I must say that I felt particularly encouraged with regard to the emphasis on the vle and eLearning especially with relevance to the new Common Inspection Framework.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 11, 2015

He has set up a number of alternative learning experiences, but most notably, his MOOC on digital storytelling, more commonly known as ds106, has had tremendous impact on what we now consider to be possible with global, networked learning. Listening to Jim Groom speak is a lot of fun. However, all of this wasn't just fun for fun sake.

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Learning with e's

MAY 10, 2009

The entire interview covers a range of other topics including backchannels and Twitter, digital natives and immigrants, the semantic web, social tools and academic rigour, learning technology affordances and constraints, a critique of institutional VLEs, e-portfolios, online submission systems, blogs and wikis, Web 3.0, mashup OLPC.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The institutional learning platform - the VLE - is a classic case of decisions made about learning without consulting the learner. The advent of social media, mobile communications and digital media facilitate large, unbounded personal learning networks that mimic the characteristics of rhizomes.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 7, 2010

But it also shows up what some people see as a contrast between the frivolous nature of Facebook, and the way Twitter is becoming a serious professional networking tool. There were other conversations about our personal experiences with institutional VLEs. Tags: YouTube VLE user generated content pelc10 Minerva Inn.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2009

I've been reflecting on John Norman's presentation which he made at the eLearning Network event New models for learning management on September 25. " The VLE can appear anywhere through gadgets and applications appearing in other software environments (iGoogle, Facebook, etc.) and on different devices such as smart phones.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

They were between Graham Brown-Martin and others who were discussing the use of VLEs in education. The ALT-C 'VLE is Dead' Symposium got a mention, as did my reference to the work of anarchist philosopher Ivan Illich. Always an emotive subject, the BECTA discussion on the institutional VLE descended to the level of name-calling.

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Learning with e's

MAY 4, 2009

This in turn may hasten the death of the ailing institutional VLE. With smart phone devices and better connectivity through constantly improving line-of-sight (satellite and wireless) networking services, there is little to stop learners everywhere from accessing what they need on the move, from virtually anywhere on the planet.

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 2, 2010

Many of the blogs I follow are part of the eLearningLearning community. So, I browsed "Tools" by keyword on eLearningLearning.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 6, 2009

The institutional network locked me out. Eventually, bless 'em, they logged me into a specialised system - known as the access grid - which was open with no networking restrictions. Typical PLEs will incorporate a social networking service, reflective and collaborative tools, e-mail and a mobile device. No access to Elluminate.

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gomo learning

JULY 2, 2015

Course management systems, virtual learning environments (VLE) and learning management systems (LMS) all offer things that are similar in premise, but very different in reality. With the platform, delivery and access of learning being so crucial , the marketplace is vast with hundreds of possible solutions out there.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 11, 2008

There has been much rhetoric over how academics are increasingly disenchanted with institutional VLE provision and are subscribing to a 'doing it yourself' approach. Students are also voting with their feet, with many preferring to use social networking tools such as Facebook to communicate in place of the institutional e-mail system.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

and social networking. All the corporate types will be there - you can tell them by the expensive suits they sport - to peddle their wares and convince you that their VLE package or software solution is the best on the market. No - I go because of the opportunities for networking. Change your mind about content creation.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 31, 2010

When so many potential customers are seeing the advantages of open source, creating their own learning or VLE portals or seeing the value of various social media types and incorporating them into some type of social learning community, the “do nothing&# spin is well, a time warp into the past. Social news or network aggregators.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 28, 2009

The concept of personal learning environments was also introduced, as a counterpoint to the notion of the VLE. Social networking sites: Facebook (2006), Myspace (2003), Bebo (2005), LinkedIn (2003) and other sites together have changed the face of social networking for ever. perhaps we could do without ringtones.

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Learning with e's

JULY 13, 2012

In it, they represented a number of perspectives on personal learning environments, including a discussion on the differential between institutionally managed Virtual Learning Environments (or VLEs) and the free tools that learners are now using on the web.

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Connect Thinking

MARCH 7, 2012

Support through the thoughtful design of social media, social networks and/or performance support tools would enable staff to ’unlearn’ and ‘relearn’ emerging information and skills.

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Learning with e's

JULY 2, 2009

but thinks that it is vital to nurture students to develop their personal learning networks. Pat Parslow (Reading, UK) had a lot of suggestions including: 'Reliable computer services, high SLAs. Student acceptance. Open standards. Assessment.'

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, basic and advanced features such as social networking and informal learning can be built in and road tested to work in pre-built learning portals — upgrading LMS capabilities rather than building from scratch. Moodle is a VLE designed to support learning in the academic community.

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Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The challenge, for me, is bringing my experience from +10 years in UK HEIs and +25 years with the internet and online communities, into the commercial world but not losing the core experiences of learning, online resources, design, pedagogy, management, leadership , network, etc. And enthusiasm.

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Janet Clarey

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Google, Google Scholar, and Wikipedia for homework, the school’s VLE/LMS, instant message, text, profile on a social networking service like Facebook or MySpace.). Neomillennial User Experience Design Strategies: Utilizing social networking media to support “always on” learning styles. & Fisher, M. 34 (1) 5-32, 2005-2006.

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eLearning Learning Posts

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Other terms that i can identify with are Dave Cormier’s ‘ Community as Curriculum ‘ approach and Wendy Drexler’s elucidation of Networked learning in the ‘ Networked student model ‘ ( video ). PLE - “My PLE is where I store all my “keys” to the network. The destination is the PLN.&#.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2013

Sodexo’s learning team sought feedback and made some changes and enhancements for 2010, laying the groundwork for more learning and its virtual learning environment (VLE). • A communications center through which visitors can network and share information with peers.

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