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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

IOT – Internet of Things (Connecting devices to a network i.e. lights, phones, TVs). LMS – Learning Management System (software that runs and manages educational programs). MLD – Mobile Learning Devices. MLearning – Mobile Learning. PBL – Project Based Learning ( click here for my guide ).

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

Then there are the virtual, online spaces where many of us are increasingly spending our time collaborating, conversing and sharing with our personal learning networks. You could see where we might place formal learning using a VLE, or where students might meet to chat using Facebook, for example.

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Learning pathways

Learning with 'e's

The institutional learning platform - the VLE - is a classic case of decisions made about learning without consulting the learner. How can we reach a place in education where students find their own level and make their own pathways through learning?

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