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This time it's personal

Learning with 'e's

It follows that the tools and technologies you use for learning are those you have selected to use because you are (or should be) comfortable with them, personally. These tools, services and technologies become a part of your personal learning environment or PLE. The PLE is an approach rather than a technology.

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Games for girls

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Check out this little gem from Dan Kennedy on the VLE/PLE debate. Over time game consoles and video games have been portrayed as a male oriented technology. The study found that game consoles and video games can have a positive impact on girls’ learning and motivation and are key themes that have been raised by teachers.

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Selfie number 10

Learning with 'e's

I have followed his work for some time, but the first time I met Harold was at the Learning Technologies event in London in 2013. I first met Joyce at the first Personal Learning Environment (PLE) conference in Barcelona in 2009 and we have been friends ever since. I also met George for the first time at the Barcelona PLE event.

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New and emerging technologies

Learning with 'e's

The video below is the result of that interview, in which I answer questions such as: what emerging technology trends have the greatest potential for learning? What tips you you have for people wanting to invest in emerging technology? Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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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. Watch out in particular for his ideas around 'visualising networks' and how tools mediate connections.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and Macedonian University Students - Carine Ullom, Director Office of Academic Technology Ottawa University Ottawa, Kansas 12:00pm KEYNOTE: Jaime Casap - The Transformation of Education 1:00pm A Semester of Service - Shayne A. . -

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Blogging: Five of the best

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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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