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Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest – 5

Upside Learning

The use of mobile technologies and a more innovative use of existing institutional systems such as virtual learning environments will be increasingly important to colleges that provide higher education according to a new JISC funded study. Seven Things I Learned This Year : eLearning Technology.

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When worlds collide

Learning with e's

In yesterday's post I gave the first part of a review of the latest issue of the journal Interactive Learning Environments , which is a special issue entitled: 'Towards eLearning 2.0 There are 7 papers in the issue, each of which focus on social media that are being used to support and enhance learning in higher education.

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A first look at Sakai 3

Clive on Learning

John is from Cambridge University where he has been engaged in the development on the virtual learning environment Sakai 3. Tags: virtual learning environments learning management systems. Now surely there must be some profit in revenues of that scale.

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

Learning with e's

Here social media were used to connect people, enabling them to collaborate together in project work, small group learning and online discussions. If they wished to change this kind of restrictive provision and depose the ‘tyranny of the institutional VLE’, universities would need to undergo a radical shift in policy.

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

Learning with e's

Responses to this post and related posts: VL-istically speaking (Matt Lingard) It's not dead.yet (James Clay) Not dead yet (Mark Notess) The VLE/PLE debate (Lyndsay Jordan) Dead personal (Steve Wheeler) USpace (University of Sheffield) Virtual Learning Environments (Dan Kennedy) Is your VLE really a Virtual Learning Environment?

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Top 60 eLearning Posts for October 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Having said that, social media has its dark sides , too. Augmented Reality and M-Learning , October 8, 2010 Let me pose this scenario: Every day, you walk down the same street. It’s an intriguing read, with several interesting case studies from organisations that are using social media to advance their business goals.

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So many thoughts, so little time

Jay Cross

Blog – How to Save Media - Technology Review Feed – Tech Review Top Stories , May 3, 2009. Debunking Social Media Myths - HarvardBusiness.org , June 29, 2009. How to: Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet for Any Topic - ReadWriteWeb , January 9, 2009. Tags: Informal Learning. March 23, 2009.