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This time it's personal

Learning with 'e's

These tools, services and technologies become a part of your personal learning environment or PLE. The PLE is an approach rather than a technology. You can trawl the Web (using your PLE tools) and discover many videos, websites and blogs that focus largely on PLEs and their place in education.

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3 things you should know about Edupunk

Learning with 'e's

Following on in my series of short ''3 things'' videos, I thought I would have a little fun (well, I am on holiday right now), and so I went out and recorded this video on Edupunk. Punk rock revitalised the 70s music scene and, say its adherents, Edupunk can do the same today with our tired education system. Unported License.

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Games for girls

Learning with 'e's

Check out this little gem from Dan Kennedy on the VLE/PLE debate. Games based learning is currently a hotly debated topic in education and is a fertile field of study (Holmes, 2011; Abrams, 2009). Over time game consoles and video games have been portrayed as a male oriented technology. It''s also very motivating for them.

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Selfie number 10

Learning with 'e's

I first met Joyce at the first Personal Learning Environment (PLE) conference in Barcelona in 2009 and we have been friends ever since. I quickly realised that Joyce and I had a lot in common, including our passion for great learning, technology integration and creative applications in higher education. Far right is George Couros.

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Selfie number 5

Learning with 'e's

I first met Alec Couros among that amazing gathering of people at the inaugural PLE (Personal Learning Environment) conference in Barcelona, in 2010. Alec is Professor of educational technology at the University of Regina in Canada. When you hear Alec speak you realise just how passionate he is about openness in education.

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with 'e's

Blogging has always been one of the ways I best express my ideas, and coupled with teaching, public speaking and a number of interviews on video and through podcasting, it has been my main channel of communication and dialogue with my professional community in recent years. Anatomy Of A PLE (>29,000 views) 9. Honourable mentions: 6.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is day three of the 2013 Global Education Conference. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Assistant Professor of Education Why my experience as a Cultural Exchange Educator helped bridge the gap between my community and others. -

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