Tag: personal learning environment

My new project: Thinking in public

Jun 21, 2021

in Learning

channel, learning, personal information management, personal knowledge management, personal learning environment, pim, PKM, ple, video, youtube

What would a serious approach to knowledge work and academic productivity look like? How do knowledge workers manage information as part of a framework for turning it into something valuable? These are the kinds of questions I’m trying to explore with this new project.
altPhysio | Technology as infrastructure

Aug 26, 2016

in Altphysio, Curriculum, Technology

ai, artificial intelligence, curriculum, elearning, github, horizon report, personal learning environment, ple, technology, tutorials, tutors

This is the fourth post in my altPhysio series, where I’m exploring alternative ways of thinking about a physiotherapy curriculum by imagining what a future school might look like. This post is a bit longer than other because this is an area I’m really interested in and spend a lot of time thinking about. I’ve also added more links…
Posted to Diigo 08/17/2011

Aug 17, 2011

in Gaming, Learning, Note, Research, Social media, Teaching, Technology

active learning, blended learning, cooperation, curation, diversity, feedback, gaming, personal learning environment, personal learning network, ple, pln, presentations, principles of good practice, storytelling

I did a lot of reading and highlighting the other night, which is why this is so long. I’ve been bookmarking a lot of articles (about 400 at the last count) over the past 6 months or so, and will be trying to get through them over the next few months. There might be more…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-07

Feb 7, 2011

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barriers, brain, Building Personal Learning Environments, children, Chris Corrigan, chrome, communication, Google, holocaust, http, open content, personal learning environment, ple, ple2011, publication, research, sharing, social media, social networks, twitter

@cristinacost Looking forward to it 🙂 # @cristinacost Nice. I like the emphasis on community engagement, and the importance of academic progress through practical application # @cristinacost Funny that 🙂 # @theobnoxiousowl http://bit.ly/gL6wt9 # @leslieawilson Use Chrome which has built in translation. If you use Firefox you should also be able to find a translation…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-20

Sep 20, 2010

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africa, african education, alpha, android, blended learning, clinical education, cool site, Distance Learning, dropbox, facebook, george siemens, Google, irrodl, learning management system, learning styles, lms, networked learning, oer, Online Research, open data, open research, open teaching, personal learning environment, phd, ple, plenk2010, presentation, research, RT, slideshare, snapp, social networks, south africa, student network visualisation tool, The Chronicle, The Complete Android Guide, thuthuka funding, trailmeme, twitter, visible thinking, wcpt congress

RT @Glinner: The secret. Is the incorrect use of. Puntuation. RT @KrystalSim International Talk Like Christopher Walken Day…brilliant 🙂 # RT @davecormier: #PLENK2010 post http://bit.ly/c6M0Em PLEs – disaggregate power, not people # RT @paullowe: The Cognitive Surplus of a conference revisited – more reflections on #del10 http://ow.ly/2Grlz #altc2010 # RT @NancyWhite: Very cool site about…
Innovative practices in education (colloquium)

Aug 22, 2010

in Conference, Research

Alwyn Louw, Amanda Morris, author, clickers, colloquium, creative solutions, Daniela Gachago, Edwine Simon, Engineering, feedback tool, Frontline, genre, granger bay, Ian Barbour, Ian Scott, Ingrid Mostert, innovation, Judith Jurgens, knowledge, knowledge construction tool, learning model, learning tool, lecturer, lecturer and teaching assistant, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marie-Anne Ogle, Mark Herbert, Martjie van Heusden, Mbiya Baudouin, pedagogical practices using technology, personal learning environment, ple, poster and presentation Lecturer, Professor, scholarship, SMS, Somikazi Deyi, Suzanne Short, Taryn Bernard, teaching and learning, Vera Frith, Western Cape

Last week I attended a teaching and learning colloquium at Granger Bay, near the Waterfront. It was organised to showcase some of the teaching practices being used at the 4 teaching institutions in the Western Cape. I was fortunate to be invited to present one of the keynotes on Friday morning and since I’ve been…
Posted to Diigo 08/01/2010

Aug 1, 2010

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access, critical literacies, digital natives, extended web, feedback, learning, net generation, personal learning environment, ple, students, web 3.0, webx, xweb

xWeb « Connectivism – Annotated Naming things is important. It’s easier to say “web 2.0″ than “participative, fragmented content, conversation-driven web”. Unfortunately, names give shape to concepts that are often imprecise. Sometimes words hurt more than they help. xWeb is the utilization of smart, structured data drawn from our physical and virtual interactions and identities to…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-21

Jun 21, 2010

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RT @dreamingspires: RT @stevesilberman: First time I’ve seen the phrase “the American Internet.” http://bit.ly/anZeIc # RT @barrykayton: Reading Blooms Digital Taxonomy v2.12 on Scribd http://scr.bi/cBGHrj #readcast # From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments, by Michael Wesch http://bit.ly/daChh2 # Gilly Salmon’s 5 stage model of e-learning http://bit.ly/c1MKHB # Social Media Explained Visually «…
Notes on podcast from Stephen Downes

Jun 18, 2010

in Education, Learning, Teaching

access to services, Amazon, artificial intelligence, e-learning, educational services, ims, learning objects, oauth, Online identity, open web, openid, personal learning environment, ple, podcast, primitive recommender algorithms, random access, scorm, stephen downes, teaching and learning, youtube

I thought I’d make some notes while listening to this podcast interview from Stephen Downes., where he talks about personal learning environments, problems with e-learning and open vs. closed educational content. ———————————— Mentions Plearn as part of the opening discussion and bio. What is a PLE? Compares LMS to PLE. LMS is based around the…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-31

May 31, 2010

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assessment, digital heretic, grading, graphic notetaking, Inside Higher Ed, learning, learning mangement system, lms, online presence, personal learning environment, phd research, ple, pptplex, presentations, prezi, Professor, social networking seminar, steve wheeler, twitter

Got feedback from my HoD re. my research productivity for the semester. Too many sideprojects slowing me down http://tinyurl.com/3aflcp2 # @cristinacost I find it confusing. pptPlex for Powerpoint seems to be a good compromise between linear and freeform http://bit.ly/9ltFH8 # @NancyWhite I also find Prezi to be quite complex, although I suppose that, as with…
Posted to Diigo 05/22/2010

May 23, 2010

in Learning, Note

cms, course management software, more knowledgeable other, personal learning environment, ple, zone of proximal development, zpd

Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning – Educational Research course management software leads universities to “think they are in the information industry”. In contrast to”the authentic learning environments prompted by advances in cognitive and constructivist learning theories”: “the industrial, course management model has its center of gravity in teachers generating content, teachers gathering resources, teachers grouping…
Posted to Diigo 05/16/2010

May 17, 2010

in Note

community of practice, cop, curriculum, education, etienne wenger, games, informal learning, method, personal learning environment, ple, technology

elearningeuropa.info “PLEs are more a methodology or an approach to technology enhanced learning than an application.” the introduction of e-learning led to a reverse in pedagogic innovation I tend to think that knowledge is best shared and developed through communities of practice. Communities of practice as Etienne Wenger says are based on a shared repertoire…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-11

Jan 11, 2010

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cms, diigo, education, geekretreat, ICT, intellectual property, learning management system, moodle, open learning, open science, personal learning environment, pln, science commons

The Year Ahead for IT in Higher Education http://bit.ly/5VHk2q # Just found out I got a scholarship for #geekretreat. This is what I’m thinking about http://bit.ly/4Flsqc # I’m ideologically against content management systems but Moodle 2 looks interesting…platform, rather than application http://bit.ly/8Rt5A1 # The Quantified Patient on Vimeo http://bit.ly/4zXRlY # A New Diigo Vision and…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-21

Dec 21, 2009

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blended learning, google wave, next generation learning, personal learning environment, ple

The Complete Guide to Google Wave is BY-SA – http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19017 via @creativecommons # The PLE Growth Model « Mollybob Goes To School http://bit.ly/4yyi3y # UNT Research Magazine Vol. 18, No. 1 – Spring 2009 – Next Generation Learning (description of how courses are changing) http://bit.ly/92gNfk # Blending Instructional Formats « Teaching Professor. Based on Turner (2009).…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-09

Nov 9, 2009

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copyright, creative commons, higher education, irrodl, jim groom, lessig, new literacy, oer, open educational resources, open government, open source science, openness, p2p, personal learning environment, ple, sherpa, twitter

“A domain of one%u2019s own”, Jim Groom discusses online / digital identity – http://j.mp/4jmNmD # Lessig calls for copyright rebellion from academics and scientists http://j.mp/2y4H2D # Times Higher Education – Laws of the academic jungle http://j.mp/3UuYPY # Times Higher Education – ‘There%u2019s no better job’ than a university professor http://j.mp/3UuYPY # Clive Thompson on the…