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YouTube as a PLE

Connecting 2 the World

Now, you're probably wondering how YouTube could possibly be used to capture your learning in a Personal Learning Environment (PLE). PLE elearning learning YoutubeThis idea came to me after my daughter explained how she was using her YouTube Channel. Her school does not have a formal music program. However, she is very musically inclined, having sung before she could speak. She studied piano outside of school for 4 years.

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Schools must embrace these 4 innovative focus areas to avoid failure

eSchool News

A new report from The Partnership for Leaders in Education at the University of Virginia (UVA-PLE), “Exploring New Frontiers for K-12 Systems Transformation,” determined that these challenges have sparked a transformation of education systems in the United States.

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This time it's personal

Learning with 'e's

These tools, services and technologies become a part of your personal learning environment or PLE. The PLE is an approach rather than a technology. You can trawl the Web (using your PLE tools) and discover many videos, websites and blogs that focus largely on PLEs and their place in education. education learning Personal Learning Environment PLE Technology Personal. Idiosyncratic. Individual. Separate. Different. Unique. Singular. Distinct. Yes, you.

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The personal web

Learning with 'e's

With the Southampton PLE Conference #PLE_SOU at full throttle, I thought it would be a good time to reiterate my views on the personal web. Sound like a PLE? My view is that PWTs sit inside a PLE but they are not the whole story. I attempted to map these components out in a post entitled Anatomy of a PLE. VLE PLE education learning #ple_sou personal web

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My Personal Learning Network

Learning with 'e's

I was asked by Grainne Conole to record a short video on my views about Personal Learning Networks, VLEs vs PLEs and other related topics, as a contribution toward her unkeynote with Ricardo Torres Kompen for the PLE conference in Aviero, Portugal this week. Flipcam PLE Personal Learning Network Blogger Melbourne Grainne Conole Aviedo Twitter

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Personal and personalised learning

Learning with 'e's

Alan Tait Albert Sangra education guide Jeronimos Monastery learning Lisbon personal personalised PLE PLN Portugal Scaffolding Terry AndersonPhoto by Marshall Henrie on Wikimedia Commons My keynote speech at the nextEd2019 conference in Lisbon was titled 'Personalising learning in the digital age'.

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Limitless learning

Learning with 'e's

The personal learning environment (PLE) is still a bone of contention. What is interesting about Ismael's model is the way he incorporates the ZPD into a general model of the PLE, and argues that in fact, both MKOs and ZPD can constitute a PLE. This is all premised on whether we conceive of a PLE as a learning philosophy rather than simply a set of tools as most people see it. For me, the PLE is peculiar to the individual who makes it.

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3 things you should know about Edupunk

Learning with 'e's

Personal Learning Environment MLE rhizomatic learning VLE PLE edubusiness education Edupunk learning autodidacticism bricolage Following on in my series of short ''3 things'' videos, I thought I would have a little fun (well, I am on holiday right now), and so I went out and recorded this video on Edupunk. Although it''s treated in a fun way, Edupunk has a serious underpinning.

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Learning in a Digital Age: The myth and the reality

Learning with 'e's

Digital mobile phones personalised learning environments social media barack obama schools FaceBook Twitter university PLE digital natives and immigrants education learning styles Brunel UniversityI recently gave a keynote at the eLearning 2.0 conference held at Brunel University, in West London. The presentation was a reworked version of one I gave earlier in the year in Tallinn, Estonia.

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Is sharing caring? #OpenBlog19

Learning with 'e's

OpenBlog19 copyright creative commons education knowledge learning Personal Learning Environment PLE sharing smartphone social media TechnologyPhoto by Krzyboy2o on Wikimedia Commons This is a post for #OpenBlog19. I attended an event in Utrecht, in the Netherlands way back in 2007, at around the time that social media was emerging as a serious learning technology. Together for two days, we discussed how digital technologies and networks could support learning.

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Reciprocity learning

Learning with 'e's

I watched this morning's PLE conference (#pleconf) unkeynote by Grainne Conole and Ricardo Torres Kompen, which was streamed live from Aveiro, in Portugal. Mark Curtis self disclosure George Mead Grainne Conole reciprocity learning #pleconf Charles Cooley PLE VLE learning PLN social comparison Leon Festinger

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How to start the school year on a happy note

eSchool News

We intentionally connect them to Curriculum Leadership, Grade-Level Leadership, and Positive Learning Environment (PLE) Leadership teams. Our PLE Leadership team began the year by using the 7 Mindsets portal to help us choose what aspects of social-emotional learning (SEL) we’re going to focus on each month. I have a hot pink sign that’s right beside my computer that says, “If you want people to embrace your vision, you must continue your pursuit of them.”

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#EDENchat Up close and personal

Learning with 'e's

I attended the first ever Personal Learning Environments conference in Barcelona, about 5 years ago, and spent three glorious days in the sun, learning from others about the PLE and how it would revolutionise learning. education learning personal devices PLE social mediaI have written a lot about Personal Learning Environments in the past, especially when they were emerging as a concept, and sounded quite new.

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New and emerging technologies

Learning with 'e's

AR education emerging technology learning media PLE social learning Technology videoI was interviewed recently by the team from Sponge UK in the beautiful gardens of Drake's Place, at Plymouth University. The video below is the result of that interview, in which I answer questions such as: what emerging technology trends have the greatest potential for learning? What tips you you have for people wanting to invest in emerging technology?

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Connected Educator Game

Teacher Tech

For my class I am taking I was asked to visually represent Connectivism, Communities of Practice (CoP), and Personal Learning Environments (PLE). For this activity I created a board game prototype to allow you to move around the board as you engage with the images. To play the game, make a copy of the game […]. Draw Google Sheets gamification google script sheets spreadsheets

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New learning environments: The challenge and the promise #EDENchat

Learning with 'e's

blended distance education flipped classroom learning learning environment mobile MOOCs PLE TechnologyIn recent years, education has evolved to the point where learning can take place anywhere and at any time, usually beyond the walls of the traditional learning space. There are all sorts of possibilities thanks to new technologies.

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New Posted Resources 01/27/2010

The Web20Classroom

Taking Diigo Beyond the Bookmark tags : diigo , favorite Guidebook To Internet Searching [MakeUseOf.com] tags : search , searchengine , favorite iPod touch in Education tags : ipod , favorite edtechpost - PLE Diagrams tags : PLN , diagram , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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#LearningIs personal

Learning with 'e's

desire lines education Friedrich Nietzsche learning personal PLE schools standardised education TechnologyWe all learn differently. Each of us has preferences. Everyone of us has individual needs and personal requirements. We are unique individuals. Unfortunately, most of us are products of education systems that are based on the industrial model of education which is far removed from personalised learning.

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Off the rails?

Learning with 'e's

content education learning metaphor network personal learning PLE railway TechnologyIt so happens that my friend, colleague and fellow Edupunk from two oceans away has set me a little challenge. Amy Burvall has sent me three images, and my task is to create a blog post out of one of them. I'm not one to shy away from any challenge, so I hereby present a post that incorporates all three. The state education system can easily be compared to a railway network.

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The most important lessons we learned this year

eSchool News

We created a Positive Learning Environment (PLE) committee consisting of one person from each grade level to focus on one mindset a month and decide how were going to roll that out to the whole school. For example, during spring break this year, the PLE team had all of the teachers write inspirational messages for the students. Happy schools start with happy teachers. One of the biggest challenges we face, as educators, is learning how to put our health and happiness first.

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PLEs, MOOCs and connectivism

Learning with 'e's

ELI_2015 connectivism education learning MOOC PLE Stephen Downes Technology ''Students should be at the centre of learning'', declared Stephen Downes , ''because there is no other place they could possibly be.'' Downes was speaking at the ELI 4th International Conference on e-Learning and Distance Education held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was one of several sound bites that exemplified the theme of his speech, Design Elements in a Personal Learning Environment.

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10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

We created a Positive Learning Environment (PLE) committee consisting of one person from each grade level to focus on one mindset a month and decide how were going to roll that out to the whole school. After the recession hit in 2013, it was evident that something was off at Mashburn Elementary School (part of Forsyth County Schools in Georgia). I watched teachers being laid off, and it was draining to witness.

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How edtech supports the success of the Nordic Education

Neo LMS

According to Finnish educationalist, Marjaana Kangas , “Conceptually, the playful learning environment (PLE) refers to an indoor-outdoor technology-enriched play and learning environment that has been developed for pre-primary and primary education.”. Our previous blog described the background to Finland’s successful education system and today we’ll unpack that a bit more, but also take a more detailed look at the role edtech plays in that success. The Finnish example.

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#1: 10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

We created a Positive Learning Environment (PLE) committee consisting of one person from each grade level to focus on one mindset a month and decide how were going to roll that out to the whole school. [ Editor’s note : This story, originally published on June 7th of this year, was our #1 most popular story of the year. Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!].

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The Melbourne set

Learning with 'e's

It was great talking again with Colin Warren (@colwar) whom I first met face to face in Barcelona at last year's PLE conference, and to feel intuitively that we are kindred spirits. We all thoroughly enjoyed our Big Fat Tweetup last night down on the riverside in Melbourne. Even the sudden early summer downpour couldn't dampen our enthusiasm for RL (Real Life) encounters with people we have all know for some years.

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Selfie number 10

Learning with 'e's

I first met Joyce at the first Personal Learning Environment (PLE) conference in Barcelona in 2009 and we have been friends ever since. I also met George for the first time at the Barcelona PLE event. Recently, in the wake of the #blimage blogging challenge I've been thinking about the power of photos and images. Not only can they help us to think metaphorically, they can also emote memories.

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Games for girls

Learning with 'e's

Check out this little gem from Dan Kennedy on the VLE/PLE debate. I''m a big advocate of student publications. Many have some great ideas to share, and we encourage student blogging very strongly in Plymouth. 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. Some of my previous students have published in journals in the past few years.

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Innovation In Teaching Follow-Up

The Web20Classroom

chrisbath1 I believe once an educator moves from type 1 instruction (learning from technology) to type 2 (learning with technology) to create PLE''s--for herself and her students--it''s the first step towards innovative methodology. Earlier I asked for y''all to tell me what you though innovation in teaching and in the classroom looked like.I got a ton of great responses. Here are a few that stuck out to me.

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Selfie number 5

Learning with 'e's

I first met Alec Couros among that amazing gathering of people at the inaugural PLE (Personal Learning Environment) conference in Barcelona, in 2010. In this series of short posts, I'm writing about my top ten selfies with people who have inspired me or have influenced my thinking. Previous selfie posts can also be viewed on this blog. Alec is Professor of educational technology at the University of Regina in Canada.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with 'e's

A number of collaborative and social networking tools regularly play a role within the average student PLE. Informal and self regulated learning are defining characteristics of 21 st Century education. Various commentators suggest that as much as seventy percent of learning occurs outside of formal educational settings (Cofer, 2000; Dobbs, 2000; Cross, 2006). If these are accurate statistics, they present a significant challenge to schools, colleges and universities.

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with 'e's

Anatomy Of A PLE (>29,000 views) 9. Photo by Florian Klauer on unsplash I have been privileged over the past few years to have garnered a good audience for my writing. As this blog approaches 8.5 million views, I though it would be interesting to reflect back the posts that have attracted the most interest from readers, and why they might have been so successful.

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Selfie number 4

Learning with 'e's

Among his many projects, Graham was instrumental in launching the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Conference, a global event that showcases research and practice in student centred pedagogy, and Sounds of the Bazaar - a live, internet radio programme that promoted open learning in all its forms.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Use of Mobile Devices For The Development of Personalized Learning Environments (PLE) In The Dominican Republic (Case Study) - English Version - Alfonso Sintjago, IT Fellow, PhD Student 12:00am (Thursday) Teaching global challenges with Solution Focus to increase engagement and inspire action - Kristina Stoney, Director Today is day three of the 2013 Global Education Conference. A summary of today''s sessions is shown below in US-Eastern Standard Time (GMT/UTC-5).

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Ugh. Classic Politics Now Extends to Social Networking in Education.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There is a reason that so many acronyms in this arena start with P for "personal:" PLN (Personal Learning Network), (PLC) Personal Learning Communities, and PLE (Personal Learning Environments). The United States Department of Education is sponsoring a program called Connected Online Communities of Practice , a three-year initiative. I run what is arguably the largest social network for educators, Classroom 2.0 with 54,000 members.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Today is day four of the 2013 Global Education Conference. Hard to believe we''re almost at the end! During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started. Given that our combined network reach is probably in the millions, the idea is to turn our personal learning networks into a large personal action network to make a difference for students right now.

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OZeLive Starts Today - "Ed Tech Down Under"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Friday, February 21 4:00pm KEYNOTE - Steve Hargadon on The Learning Revolution 5:00pm Recipe to flatten your classroom - simple steps to go global - Julie Lindsay Using mobile devices to support teaching and learning - Tara Fagan, Facilitator 6:00pm KEYNOTE - Nancy White: Engage and Ignite with Liberating Structures 7:00pm Open For Learning: Exploring How To Find, Use and Publish Open Educational Resources - Penny Bentley PLN, PLE or CoP - what’s in a name?

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Week of February 14, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

link] DISEÑO DE ENTORNOS PERSONALES DE APRENDIZAJE (PLE), REDES PERSONALES DE APRENDIZAJE (PLN) Y ENTORNOS ( Aula 2.0 ) Tue 15 Feb 09:00PM New York / Wed 16 Feb 02:00AM GMT / Wed 16 Feb 01:00PM Sydney Tomas Chaskel. El diseño de los PLE, PLN y PDE responde a la manera de cómo la gente utiliza la tecnología para conectar sus propias de redes de aprendizaje.

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