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

Learning with e's

These were posted up onto the group wiki, and a short summary attached by the ‘gold miner’ to explain what it contained and why it would be useful. 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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My e-learning philosophy

Learning with e's

I also discuss issues surrounding usability, accessibility, social presence, peer networking and the future of learning technology. mashup OLPC. Tags: mobile phones blog VLE IFIP Second Life Web 3.0 Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. wiki Steve Wheeler Twitter Web 2.0

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Good morning Barcelona!! Jim Groom at #EDEN15

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Groom's popular and anarchic blog Bavatuesdays is a regular port of call for all those seeking this kind of eclectic and irreverent mashup of concepts, thoughts and opinions. It returns to the EDUPUNK ethos where instead of resisting the chaos, we engage with it, opening up a pedagogy of uncertainty, in a do-it-yourself style education.

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[from bwatwood] Learning with 'e's: e-Learning 3.0

Learning with e's

Additionally, with new cloud computing and increased reliability of data storage and retrieval, the mashup is a viable replacement for the portal which will lead to less reliance on centralised provision. This in turn may hasten the death of the ailing institutional VLE. is all about mobile technologies. will look like.

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Can anybody hear me?

Learning with e's

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. Eventually, bless 'em, they logged me into a specialised system - known as the access grid - which was open with no networking restrictions.

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Noughties. but nice

Learning with e's

The concept of personal learning environments was also introduced, as a counterpoint to the notion of the VLE. iPods and Podcasts: The Touch, the Nano, the Shuffle, the Classic, you name it, versions of the iPod popped up and grabbed our attention in the noughties. perhaps we could do without ringtones.

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Social Learning and LMSs Marketplace

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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.