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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). Self-directed study Digital learning platforms enable self-directed learning. Self-directed study helps students to identify areas they’re good at, and the areas where they might need to work a little harder.

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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). Self-directed study: Digital learning platforms enable self-directed learning. Self-directed study helps students to identify areas they’re good at, and the areas where they might need to work a little harder. In conclusion.

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Games for girls

Learning with 'e's

Check out this little gem from Dan Kennedy on the VLE/PLE debate. Games based learning is currently a hotly debated topic in education and is a fertile field of study (Holmes, 2011; Abrams, 2009). In the study we investigated the research question: ‘Do game consoles have a positive impact on girls’ learning and motivation?’

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

Learning with 'e's

If they wished to change this kind of restrictive provision and depose the ‘tyranny of the institutional VLE’, universities would need to undergo a radical shift in policy. blogs disruptive innovation education higher education learning social web Technology the future of education VLE wikis' Unported License.

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7 ways to support learner-teacher interaction

Learning with 'e's

3) Your Managed Learning Environment (or VLE) - in whatever flavour your organisation has chosen - is a walled garden that allows conversations to be protected from outside eyes. However, bear in mind that most VLEs have online discussion threads that all of the group can see and read.

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False frontiers

Learning with 'e's

However, as we become increasingly connected to each other through technology, and our social ties strengthen, so there is greater scope for students to learn together, sharing their resources and ideas, and approaching their study collaboratively. Collaborative learning does not undermine or contradict personalised learning.

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Why do so many Moodle courses suck?

Nik Peachey

Many of the other commercially available LMS (learning management systems) and VLE (virtual learning environment) platforms aren’t doing any better. million students had studied in more than 83 thousand registered sites. Moodle has been around now since 2002 and research carried out in 2013 showed that more than 7.3

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