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Why 'A Domain of One's Own' Matters (For the Future of Knowledge)

Hack Education

Often when I say that I think that the “Domain of One’s Own” initiative is one of the most important education technologies, I always hear pushback from the Twitter riffraff. So does learning how to navigate the VLE. “What’s so special about a website?” ” folks will sneer.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with 'e's

At the recent ALT-C Conference in Nottingham (which I couldn''t attend) a very good question was asked by Renee Filius on Twitter: How can we enable true two-way interaction between lecturers and students that is not too time consuming? 2) One popular social media site - Twitter - is a different proposition entirely. Unported License.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Check out your VLE and see what tools and features already support collaboration and creativity. Does your VLE have forums, offer badges, or allow you to embed? If you are deciding on a VLE, consider the following. It is frustrating to only have a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE accessible only when you are on campus.

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Learning technology teacher development blog: Online Video: For Language Development

Nik Peachey

Keep up with me on Twitter. I also offer a range of web related consultancy services for e-learning and e-marketing. View my complete profile. Subscribe by email: RSS. Keep up with me on Plurk. See My YouTube channel. Previous topics. activities. (2). animation. (8). business English. (3). collaborative learning. (4). communication. (4).

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So you want to create an online class independent of a school

Bryan Alexander

Here are the suggestions which rolled in via Twitter , LinkedIn, Facebook, email, etc. Moodle – the popular LMS/VLE takes some backend skills to install and host, but can also be accessed from hosting services like MoodleCloud. This is research and a prompt for further conversation. Looks like a GUI interface.

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Flipping Instruction for Struggling Students

Teacher Reboot Camp

Embed videos on a virtual learning environment (VLE), a space on the web and also accessible on mobile devices, where students access the lessons or videos. Offer a choice of activities on your VLE! Search these Twitter hashtags to find more resources and blogs- #FlipChat , #Flipclass , #Flippedlearning , and #FlippedClassroom.

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Flipping Instruction for Struggling Students

Teacher Reboot Camp

Embed videos on a virtual learning environment (VLE), a space on the web and also accessible on mobile devices, where students access the lessons or videos. Offer a choice of activities on your VLE! Search these Twitter hashtags to find more resources and blogs- #FlipChat , #Flipclass , #Flippedlearning , and #FlippedClassroom.

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