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Offline Activities with Mobile Devices

Teacher Reboot Camp

Even without an Internet connection students learn a lot with mobile devices, laptops, and other technologies. When they are connected to the Internet they can add to a Padlet or the class virtual learning environment (VLE). ~ Pooja Jaisingh. Integrating technology in the classroom does not mean you need an Internet connection.

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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). All students can access the information anytime and from anywhere with the help of the Internet and a reading device of their choice, be it a laptop, tablet or a smartphone. Then there is also the option to download material and access for offline use.

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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). All students can access the information anytime and from anywhere with the help of the Internet and a reading device of their choice, be it a laptop, tablet or a smartphone. Then there is also the option to download material and access for offline use.

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Food for thought

Learning with 'e's

Sadly, my laptop Keith and I are on our own now. The second session was an interesting rehash of the infamous VLE is Dead symposium we conducted a couple of years ago at ALT-C 2009 in Manchester. This time, Richard and his colleagues discussed whether the VLE should be rebirthed.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

They require a student show photo identification to their laptop camera before the test begins. It then matches that data that to the student's "biometric faceprint" captured by the laptop camera. These proctoring tools gather and analyze far more data than just a student's words, than their responses on an exam.

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We need to rethink university IT Services

Mark Smithers

There is little room for experimenting with tools beyond the VLE. At my university it has got to the stage that I only use my own personal laptop connected to wifi network. Innovations and going beyond the VLE. The issue of control has got completely out of hand. This is core to my ability to innovate.

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A Flipped Classroom Approach: Tips from 3 Bett Speakers

ViewSonic Education

As a teacher myself, in a school with a lack of teacher assistants and a disengaged cohort of inner-city kids, we didn’t have loads of tech – we didn’t have a ‘flexible learning environment’ It was me, them and my laptop. This was about ten years ago.