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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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In person

Learning with e's

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.

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A right punch-up

Learning with e's

The future success of e-learning depends on appropriate selection of tools and services. This symposium will propose that the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) as an institutional tool is dead, no more, defunct, expired. Steve will argue that VLEs provide a negative experience for learners. Kirk 'It should be fun!'

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Reciprocity learning

Learning with e's

I watched this morning's PLE conference (#pleconf) unkeynote by Grainne Conole and Ricardo Torres Kompen, which was streamed live from Aveiro, in Portugal. We are indeed 'distributed beings', said Grainne, perhaps invoking the work of Mark Curtis.

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100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

Tony Karrer

e-learning 2.0 Technology Integration Matrix Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below. Innovate: Moving from Theory to Real-World Experiences in an e-Learning Community 15. E-Learning & Web 2.0

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#LearningIs personal

Learning with e's

An body of literature, books and videos has emerged in recent years explaining the benefits of the personalised curriculum, espousing individualised assessment and championing student centred learning. There is also a regular international conference dedicated to personalised learning environments.

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Can anybody hear me?

Learning with e's

These are the structures that constrain education and stop learners from achieving their full potential. VLEs are generally difficult to use, with far too much effort needed to be put into understanding how the system works, to the detriment of the time and effort spent actually learning. 4) Edupunk is more than 'do it yourself'.