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The Role of Digital Learning Platforms in the Academic Growth of Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

It can also be a virtual classroom tool or a virtual learning environment (VLE). With the Internet and digital technology becoming an integral aspect of our lives, education too, has gone online, mandating specialized technology solutions to support online learning. Students don’t have to worry if the school library or lab is closed.

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The Role of Digital Learning Platforms in the Academic Growth of Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

It can also be a virtual classroom tool or a virtual learning environment (VLE). With the Internet and digital technology becoming an integral aspect of our lives, education too, has gone online, mandating specialized technology solutions to support online learning. Students don’t have to worry if the school library or lab is closed.

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

Learning with 'e's

This is a continuation from yesterday''s blog post on changing times and the survival of higher education. Below are four reasons why the Social Web and associated media are changing higher education. Some were itinerant because of the nature of their jobs. Military students for example may be serving overseas, or in submarines.

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

Hack Education

I am best known, no doubt, for my criticism of education technology. 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. But they’re expressly trends that should concern us as educators.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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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). Technology student games education dan kennedy school publication blogging Lucy Kitching' Unported License.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with 'e's

This is a perennial question, one that often exercises the minds of many higher education lecturers. 3) Your Managed Learning Environment (or VLE) - in whatever flavour your organisation has chosen - is a walled garden that allows conversations to be protected from outside eyes. Unported License.

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