Over the past two months I've been working extensively with the open source virtual learning environment (VLE) Moodle . I've been using it in three ways: To provide support for a predominantly classroom-based course (pre and post course activities, forums, wiki, etc.). To support a predominantly online course in the usual way. To build an online community for a potential audience of many thousands of course graduates. Starting as a complete beginner, I have found ... Messaging Calendars Quizzes Audio, video, Flash support Assignments The only features I'm really missing are ...

... top top ole s / vle s: ONLINE / VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS   ... ;) Learning Environments - James Farmer (2004) Blogging Across the Curriculum ("... a growing and ... Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration - Bob Godwin-Jones (LL&T, May 2003 ... in online learning environments (... the degree to which a successful community of inquiry can be ... theoretical basis for such a claim, initial ideas for specific learning environment designs on the basis of a ...

... top top ole s / vle s: ONLINE / VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS   ... audio software and weblogs") - Ben Hammersley (Guardian Unlimited, 12 Feb. 2004) Autonomy in Online (Teaching &) Learning Environments - James Farmer (2004 ... . In doing so it examines the different types of blog environments that are being used in terms of their ... and Teaching - Jill Walker Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration - Bob ...

Massively Multi-learner Online Learning Environment: MMOLE is a genre of computer generated learning environments in ... computer keyboard and/or mouse. The avatars are able to move independently through the virtual environment. As the learner moves through the environment the computer generates new graphics in real-time to give the learner feedback on their position in the environment and the actions taken by themselves and others within the environment. The learning can occur formally through a class-like environment or a scripted simulation or the learning can occur informally through ...

The Wales-Wide Web Graham Attwell on Learning, Knowledge and Technology Personal Learning Environments - continuing the conversation 07-May-2007 permalink Slides and audio of presentation on Personal Learning Environments I am in Odense, Denmark ... gave a presentation on Personal Learning Environments. The presentation focuses on the different ways in which people are ... :  Personal Learning Environments: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download ...

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With the academic year coming up, quick videos that capture the imagination of learners and at the same time give a quick impression of relevant topics are in high demand. Graham Attwell and Andryan Puscuta have published a great video on Personal Learning Environments. It hits the mark with quickly talking about history of recent communication, informal formal learning and what PLE's are. A surplus of this video is the comic book feel it is designed in. If you are ... Attwell has an eLearning blog Pontydysgu with lots of links to other audio and video material. The great thing ...

The Social impact of Personal Learning Environments This may not be ... Personal Learning Environments 1. Personal Learning Environments â?? cause and effect Although the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a very new term, (van Harmalen (2006) argues the first recorded use of the term is November 4 ... Learning Environments approach both of which are based on an institution- or course-centred view of learning. Van Harmelen describes Personal Learning Environments as â??systems that help learners take control of and manage their ...

... in online learning environments In General on 5/10/2004 at 6:26 am Online learning environments (OLEs) are now critical to teaching and learning across Australian higher education. Their influence impacts ... learning online who have â??described the potential of the medium as an interactive environment that would enable ... constructivist perspectives, in specific reference to the online environment, Garrison and Anderson in their 2003 publication E ... successful communication Facilitating effective communication online contingent on different online learning environments ...

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Al Moser trashes voice over PowerPoint in this blog post about using multimedia in eLearning. He feels audio is a ... making this about the tool (PowerPoint + audio) when he should be talking about the method and the quality of instruction. The simplest tools, in the hands of an artisan, can make a masterpiece. On issue one : does audio in e ... group, evn though both groups received identical animation and words. On issue two: does audio with eLearning reduce ... ’s faster.  I’m baffled by this reasoning. On issue three : does audio reduce accessibility? The ...

... least restrictive environment” ADA, Title II Rehabilitation Act Section 504 & 508 Issue isn’t just ... ) & synchronous (Web conferencing) Text-based files Threaded discussions Video files & audio podcasts ... to have the meta information with the text, not just an image of the text) Create descriptive audio for videos (i.e. ... tested it Marlee: Deaf Limitations Hearing audio content Hearing and speaking during synchronous meetings Accommodations Captioning Alternative text for audio (i.e., transcript) Video conferencing Tips for ...

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Today Steve Jobs presented the iPhone roadmap . I'm "delayed" blogging, instead of live blogging. That means I'm blogging while I watch the video . iPhone moves into the Enterprise . SWEET!!! Watch out blackberry ;-) iPhone SDK - iPhone Core OS, and iPhone Core Services (exposed API), Media layer (Core Audio, OpenAL, and more) Embedded version of OpenGL...bla, bla, bla...Xcode is the development environment...bla, bla, bla...INTERFACE builder, SWEET! Interface Builder also has localation built in. Basically, they've exposed everything you need to create some KILLER apps ...

... with my more lucid co-presenters!). [ Brian’s audio (MP3) ] Kai Pata - a learning environment is not ... that I would like to approach again for future events. I recorded some quick ‘n dirty audio, though the levels ... social software tools, allowing them interact while making their own platform choices. [ Sebastian’s audio (MP3 ... to provide welcome and constructive disturbance within higher education. [ Rob’s audio (MP3) ] Scott ... itself from the grips of big central systems. [ Scott’s audio (MP3) ] I didn’t do as good a job as ...

... source virtual learning environment. DimDim , open source web conferencing. Google Docs and Spreadsheets (formerly ... audio editor. Wink , the free software capture/demo tool. Along with all the usuals, including Skype, Del-icio-us, etc ... . Cubase 4 upgrade, for digital audio production. All in all more than £1000 (about $1800). The irony is that ...

... environment. The main teaching tool throughout the entire book is the use of games both virtual and physical. I listened to the audio version of the book and liked it so much, I bought a hard copy. I have two boys who play video ...

... you need to commit to the full monty): Begin modifying the physical (and virtual) working environment with the ... mentoring provide a permanent collaborative learning environment that can be used for purely personal purposes as well as official or unofficial collaboration (storage of documents, data, links with other communication tools such as audio ...

... can leverage audio (MP3) for modeling the pronunciation of certain words as opposed to writing the correct pronunciation on a blog or a wiki without the corresponding audio track. Or, you can use the motion aspects of technology like Adobe's Flash to show assembly of an item as opposed to static images accompanied by text or even audio. So, to get to the ... domain, use video or immersive 3D environments. If you want to teach jargon or acronyms, choose a design that emphasizes ... the person's lips...do you really need video or would audio work just as well. Let's move the argument from ...

The moderator I had hoped to have running the software was trapped in a low-bandwidth environment and couldn’t ... idea. Comment from our backchannel: “guys, playing around so much is really hammering app bandwidth: audio suffers, typing suffers, settle down!” and “I’m finding audio is WAY behind the slides/chat.” Toward ...

... gives some great advice for creating a presentation that supports your message and keeps your audience engaged. Audio ... Environments - DARnet Tony Karrer tracks the blog posts on PLEs and work. Then he wonders. . . if people will adopt ...

Just yesterday, I posted about Conference Preparation and I'm preparing for a couple of conferences so I definitely looked back at: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee . One of the questions I often ask attendees - especially as we are discussing virtual classroom tools and virtual environments (e.g., Second Life) - is: Why did we come to this conference? Couldn't we all do this from home? Well today, Kathy Sierra, posts: Face-to-Face Trumps Twitter ... - add 3D - presence based audio - first person shooters). And because you are online, you will have access to ...

... or device. - Best research from Europe using Africa as testbed. - Mobile sending audio podcast over standard phone ... audio and text (by choice of user). - Can get info from audio form and text form. - Can use depending on context ... . - How fast can you detect new information and put it back into the environment? (The sensor to shooter ...

... from NETg was showing how they had created all these audio tracks and this whole room with comfy chairs for your avatar and you sat in the chair and clicked on the ball to hear the audio. Then we started having this discussion about what good ... communicated before email...then IM...and soon MUVEs (multi user virtual environments).  I believe the day will come that we ... like those audio balls...nice touch...video too? Sure go for it.  I especially like the fact that nobody knows ...

... presence-based audio (meaning you can hear people who are close to you) that WebEx style systems will begin to look more ... conferences, virtual meetings in these kinds of environments. Some of Tony's other points around these systems being an ... sales, customer service, etc. It's still a ways away before these environments are going to help us much with true ...

... friendly (e.g. required complicated user downloads, had balky audio, complicated interfaces, etc.). Well, I have come ... excitement afforded by synchronous learning events that is hard to duplicate in asynchronous environments. Interaction and ... certain place at a certain time), but without taking learners away from their work environments. I think these ...

... tools within a process and environment rather than be-all and end-all solutions. As you may surmise, I'm looking forward ... their whole life in a 3D graphic environment. Alice herself had other things to do than dream of the world on the other ... anyone to use audio for asynchronous dialogue and personal podcasting. It's absolutely simple to use. For me it already ... require speech input). ODEO - absolutely free of charge - allows anyone to communicate with voice or already recorded audio ...

... into SMEs unwillingness in the corporate environment to train because they ‘have a job to do.’) [SMEs may ... branching, audio, video, etc. And they were long. A different learning intervention might require less production. IT ... learning. Reading the “script” of an ILT course is not online learning. However, creating a learning environment ... the course (especially if video, games, or virtual environments are used). the size of the audience that the cost is spread over In the corporate environment. Some Figures: On the high end, one of the gold award ...

... traditionally created by faculty. Then there is the personal learning environment or PLE. In a PLE learners take ... combination of tools and technologies - presentations, lectures, discussions, podcasts, blogs, wikis, video, audio, and any ... over their learning environments and when, where, why, and how they learn. So at face value it appears that LMSs and ... learning environments. Is there a middle ground where learners can take advantage of PLEs and institutions can still get use ... PLEs- Personal learning Environments - learner created and learner-controlled - this is where I see adult education ...