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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

SAMR – Subsitution, Augmentation, Modification, Reinvention ( click for my article ). VLE – Virtual Learning Environment. SIS – Student Information System (the software used in a school to manage data such as scores, attendance, medical issues etc.). STEAM – Science, Technology, Art, Engineering, Maths. UX – User Experience.

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

Hack Education

The World Wide Web just had its 28th anniversary, and Tim Berners-Lee penned an article – an “open letter” – in which he identified three major trends that he’s become increasingly worried about: We’ve lost control of our personal data. So does learning how to navigate the VLE.

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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). Here in this article, we discuss how digital learning platforms foster overall academic growth in students. A digital learning platform can be a learning management system (LMS) or learning content management systems (LCMS).

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Games for girls

Learning with 'e's

Check out this little gem from Dan Kennedy on the VLE/PLE debate. Read the complete article at this link. There is nothing to stop students going farther and publishing their work in mainstream journals - if their work is good enough it should be shared widely. It''s also very motivating for them. Related Links What is it about games?

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example. You can read more on collaborative learning space design approaches in this article. But it's far from perfect. Learning can then occur in any part of the space, not just in the area where students are sat.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

These materials can be easily distributed via a School’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) or through more open sources like YouTube and Vimeo channels. A more significant function of the flipped classroom approach was recently seen in Ashford School (UK) in which teachers offered lessons to students via the Firefly VLE.

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10 Tech Tools for Teacher Training Courses

Nik Peachey

Here's a link to: My Delicious Bookmarks SimplyBox SimplyBox Using Delicious for bookmarking articles etc was great, but for the Web 2.0 Here's an example of a document uploaded to Posterous: Example You can download Jing free from here Wiggio Wiggio Towards the end of the course I introduced the Wiggio VLE to the teachers.