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Two Great Free Tools and Once Again, Web 2.0 Leads the Way (a Prediction)

Posted in Extensibility, Future of CMS, Future of eLearning, Interoperability, LMS, Personal Learning Environment, Social Technology, Web 2.0, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

If you’re super connected to social networking, use different instant messaging products, have several email accounts, or want to toggle between texting to/from your cell and your computer, the first tool may be for you. It gives you instant access to, and a running stream of your Facebook updates/feeds, blends all of your IM buddies regardless of source, and provides access [...]

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2008 Realizing Student Potential/ITeach Conference

Posted in Future of CMS, Future of eLearning, LMS, Personal Learning Environment, Virtual Learning Environments, tagged , , , , on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
I went to our annual RSP/ITeach Conference this past Friday. The conference sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system), was held last week at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The conference brought together more than 1100 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty to:

Discuss teaching in their disciplines

Demonstrate best practices in teaching

Present [...]

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Contrary Viewpoint on PLEs

Posted in Personal Learning Environment, tagged on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As indicated in earlier posts, I will continue to explore the topic of personal learning environments. Since this is at least my third post on this topic, the PLE tag in my blog tag cloud ought to be growing larger.
I found a great contrary opinion on PLEs, posted by Leigh Blackall of New Zealand. I [...]

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Best Explanation of a PLE

Posted in New Instructional Models, Personal Learning Environment, tagged on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
Just yesterday, an individual named Phil Ice posted a comment on a Sloan-C wiki, which I think repesents the best explanation of what a true PLE (personal learning environment) would or could be. He thinks it may be 2-3 years before anyone truly gets there.
PLEs will be an perpetual topic of this blog, as I continue to scan the Web for [...]

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Course Management Systems and Personal Learning Environments

Posted in New Instructional Models, Personal Learning Environment, tagged on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

 
Diagram above by Scott Wilson, http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/jitt/images/b/ba/Wilson_future_PLE.jpg
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I’m keeping a watchful eye on what direction the CMS (aka LMS, IMS) is heading. Those of us trying to look through the Magic 8 ball are prophecizing a significantly different role for the CMS in the not too distant future. What is likely to happen is that it will stand alongside other [...]

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