Lately I have been reflecting a lot on the ways in which we gather information. In the information age, it has been argued that it is no longer important to know something explicitly, what is important is to rather be able to learn how to know something as quickly as possible in context. I believe […]
The PLE in addition to / instead of / as an extension of the LMS
by TheBusyBrain — The theme of this week’s Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge (PLENK) 2010 online course was a comparison of the personal learning environment (PLE) to the learning management system (LMS). In the end I concluded that the PLE and the LMS are complimentary and not opposing. The LMS forms a part of […]
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Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge 2010
I have been doing a lot of thinking about the personal learning environment (PLE) as a concept for teaching and learning this week as a result of my ‘enrollment’ in the Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge (PLENK) 2010 online course. The PLENK course is a joint venture between the National Research Council of Canada […]
Is the Lecture Dead?
The latest of practice/technology deaths has been identified as the traditional academic lecture. I just finished watching the ALT-C Keynote “Don’t lecture me” from Donald Clark which was delivered in…wait for it…lecture format! So we got a lecture from Donald