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PLEs, MOOCs and connectivism

Learning with 'e's

Rows of seats still persist in the classrooms of many schools, and direct instruction still holds sway. And this was exactly the guiding principle of the earliest MOOCs. Photo from JISC Website PLEs, MOOCs and connectivism by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with 'e's

A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. The ethos of heutagogy extends to learner choice, where students can create their own programmes of study, a feature often seen in the loose and unstructured aspects of some Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). and Byrnes, J.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

PROJECT: Student Visits-Exchanges-Collaborations PROJECT: MOOCs PROJECT: Google Helpouts PROJECT: Uniting Around One Social Cause PROJECT: International Co-Teaching A summary of today''s sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5).

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New learning environments: The challenge and the promise #EDENchat

Learning with 'e's

New trends have emerged including blended learning , personalised learning environments ( PLEs ) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), mobile learning and the flipped classroom.