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How edtech supports the success of the Nordic Education

Neo LMS

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. It is clear that Finland’s enviable educational outcomes is no overnight success.

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Limitless learning

Learning with 'e's

The personal learning environment (PLE) is still a bone of contention. Over at the Open University of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Ismael Peña-López has been doing some stirling work on theories surrounding Vygotsky's learning model and PLEs. For me, the PLE is peculiar to the individual who makes it.

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Selfie number 10

Learning with 'e's

I have followed his work for some time, but the first time I met Harold was at the Learning Technologies event in London in 2013. 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.

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#EDENchat Up close and personal

Learning with 'e's

There were posts about the Anatomy of PLEs , their functionality , their role as a counterpoint to the institutional Learning Management System, and also their relationship to MOOCs and Connectivism. We were all excited about the potential of PLEs, their subversive nature and their inherent informality.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 - Day Three Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and Macedonian University Students - Carine Ullom, Director Office of Academic Technology Ottawa University Ottawa, Kansas 12:00pm KEYNOTE: Jaime Casap - The Transformation of Education 1:00pm A Semester of Service - Shayne A. . -

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Blogging: Five of the best

Learning with 'e's

The author claimed that academics who blog are simply avoiding 'the harshness of the peer review system' and that their ideas are 'Half-baked'. Anatomy Of A PLE (>29,000 views) 9. Ostensibly, the post is about a bizarre blog post by an academic who claimed that (ironically) blogging is 'sinful' and hampers research productivity.

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#LearningIs personal

Learning with 'e's

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. It would be too expensive to manage a personalised education system that suited everyone's needs and preferences. We all learn differently. Each of us has preferences.