Tag: ple

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.
Personal learning environments

Sep 12, 2016

in Learning, Technology

connectivism, learning management systems, lms, networked learning, personal learning environments, ple

Dominant design is the idea that, once a design has risen to prominence, all innovation will aim at improving it, rather than competing alternatives, regardless of whether the dominant design is better than the alternatives. The most commonly used example seems to be the QWERTY keyboard layout, which was implemented when typists would type fast enough…
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 2011-06-06

Jun 6, 2011

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apa style, collaboration, digital literacy, discovery health, mcluhan, mobile learning, mobile phones, openphysio, papert, personal learning environments, physiopedia, ple, policies, policy, research, scholarly communication, tablets, work life balance, writing

5 Myths About Collaboration http://ow.ly/1ttN1Z # Agile learning: How ‘making do’ can evolve into ‘making good’ http://ow.ly/1tpUmg # Acceptable Use Policies in Web 2.0 & Mobile Era http://ow.ly/1tpUiP # The personalisation of a learning environment: student-led connections online and offline http://ow.ly/1tpUgD # Future of Scholarly Communications Roundtable http://ow.ly/1tpUbw # Twitter Releases One-Click Subscription Button http://ow.ly/1tpTRm…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-23

May 23, 2011

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android, apa style, cyanogen, education, galaxy tab, htc hero, ipad, negativity, papert, physiopedia, ple, research, slideshare, springpad, voting, writing

Just upgraded my HTC Hero to Cyanogen 6.1 (Android 2.1). Its faster, prettier, less buggy & altogether a better experience # @PMintkenDPT: @mpascoe @timothywflynn what we say and what patients hear are not always the same (I think the same thing about students) # @PhThCentral: @timothywflynn Physical Therapists, quit using words that scare your patients…or…
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…
Research plan for 2011

Jan 7, 2011

in Conference, PhD, Research

AMEE, Congress South African Association, Delphi, ece, goals, heltasa, Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association, International Association, phd, ple, research, saahe, south africa

I’ve just been asked by one of my supervisors for my research goals for 2011. This will include my own work, as well as planning how our undergraduate and Masters students’ work might feed into some of the bigger projects. The first goal I have for 2011 is to submit 2 articles based on my first…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-13

Dec 13, 2010

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brain based learning, cellphones, College Students Admit To, dean, educational research, facebook, online comments, ple, research, RT, south africa, teaching and learning, text messaging, Thought Leader, twitter, violence, vygotsky, xwiki

Web 2.0: Reflective and Critical Practices http://ow.ly/1rXGcC. Its not a crusade, its about raising awareness # Research Examines What Motivates People to Comment Online http://ow.ly/1rXG9n. Emotion & negative opinion cause thread deterioration # College Students Admit To “Shocking” Text Messaging Habits in Class http://ow.ly/1rXG96. Ban phones, or integrate them? # Thought Leader » Why are…
Posted to Diigo 09/20/2010

Sep 20, 2010

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lms, ple

PLE vs. LMS – disaggregate power, not people. @ Dave’s Educational Blog – Annotated I see learning as a social activity. I don’t care if you’re engaging with dead white men in a book, it’s still a conversation. (albeit one sided in that case) We don’t learn much alone. We need to keep the focus…
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

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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 2010-07-26

Jul 26, 2010

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RT @sguilana: the web doesn’t forget, an article at NY times magazine worth reading: http://is.gd/dHIl9 # RT @wesleylynch: Awesome – need this on a t shirt – RT @jacquesmillard: the periodic table of irrational nonsense http://ow.ly/2gbQb. # Podcast with George Siemens on Social Learning Networks: from theory to practice http://bit.ly/9fCUQa # Teaching for Transformative Learning…
Summary of PhD progress

Jul 15, 2010

in Conference, PhD, Research, Social media

article, Centre for Teaching and Learning, personal learning environments, phd, ple, research, saahe, safri, search rounds, social networks, Stellenbosch University, supervisor, survey, systematic review, writing, year research

I’m writing this after having read Christina’s post on her thoughts on the PhD process, and following a few of her links to other PhD students who are blogging their own progress. As I’m going through a little slump at the moment, I thought it might be useful to write a short post on where…
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 «…
Posted to Diigo 06/18/2010

Jun 19, 2010

in Learning, Note, Research, Teaching

5 stage model, e-learning, gilly salmon, learning objects, nhs, online community, peer review, personal learning, personal learning environments, ple, research, resources, scaffolding, vygotsky, zone of proximal development, zpd

Gilly Salmon’s Five Stage Model: a useful referrence « Mollybob Goes To School Salmon’s model moves away from the increasingly dated notion that the effective eLearning can be achieved through static learning objects (Downes 2005), and takes a social learning perspective with particular emphasis on communities of practice, providing a framework to support Wenger’s assertion…
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 2010-06-14

Jun 14, 2010

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Military Grade Augmented Reality Could Redefine Modern Warfare http://tinyurl.com/259rkgl # I LOVE the #vuvuzela Never before has the crowd been so integrated into the game as they are at #wc2010 # Twitter not so good for #wc2010 commentary if you’re not watching the games, but damn, some of the comments are funny, especially tonight 🙂…
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…