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11 Tips for Engaging Parents

Teacher Reboot Camp

Below are a few tips and resources from my presentation, Engaging Parents with Technology and Social Media. Have a VLE or LMS where students and parents can check grades, homework, see student work, be notified of important notices, and find important information. However, if the parent likes you then you have an ally on your side!

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

Hack Education

It doesn’t have to be a series of essays presented in reverse chronological order. So does learning how to navigate the VLE. That they have a space of their own online, along with the support and the tools to think about what that can look like. It doesn’t have to be a blog. You don’t have to have comments.

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Food for thought

Learning with 'e's

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. It was cut and thrust all the way, and the packed room responded with questions, comments and.

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Design for life

Learning with 'e's

It can also be present in the design of the objects you use to perform the skill. How it can be applied in education As Norman suggests, when information to perform a task is present within the design of an object, the need to learn it is reduced. That is, not all knowledge for skilled actions needs to be inside your head.

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Creating an Online Classroom

Nik Peachey

Features The VLE it creates has a number of useful features. A messaging function which allows registered users to send personal or group messages to others registered on the VLE (this can be configured to forward messages on to email addresses if the user so chooses) A conferencing function.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

One present problem is that faculty see low quality digital and/or open education materials, and that the rise in quantity doesn’t necessarily lead to improved quality. We then dove into the learning management system ( LMS in the US; VLE in Europe ). study, Going Digital , on faculty attitudes towards digital materials.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Check out your VLE and see what tools and features already support collaboration and creativity. Does your VLE have forums, offer badges, or allow you to embed? If you are deciding on a VLE, consider the following. It is frustrating to only have a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE accessible only when you are on campus.

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