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PLE: experiences in personal learning

Jun 9, 2010

in Education, Learning, Social media, Teaching, Technology

Centre for Teaching and Learning, information technology, Michael Rowe, personal learning environments, ple, presentation, Stellenbosch University

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be invited to present at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Stellenbosch University. I chose Personal Learning Environment’s (PLE’s) as the topic, not because I knew very much about them, but precisely the opposite. Considering that my PhD research is inevitably going to make some use…
The Tower and the Cloud

Nov 17, 2008

in Note, Open access

campus IT Learning, cloud, cloud computing, creative commons, e-learning, educause, information technology, open content, open source

Just a quick pointer to what I think is going to be a great read. “The Tower and the Cloud” is a new publication by EDUCAUSE, which looks at the impact of cloud computing on higher education. The book is divided into broad sections, each containing several chapters, with each chapter written by a different…