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Dave is now a member of vleundead Jul 13, 2010

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Rachel Challen and Abi Redmond are now friends Jul 4, 2010

John Traxler replied to John Traxler's discussion 'Part of a bigger malaise?'

PS you may be right but as the impartial impressario I wasn't allowing myself to say anything first time around (apart from telling folk where to find the toilets) - no more Mr Nice Guy!

Mar 9, 2010

Say Hello and Take a Bow!

Hi Everyone I've just notice how membership is growing. Perhaps all the new folk would like to put a picture on the profile and say something about yourselves and your views. Is the VLE is undead more undead than we thought? Can we breath new life (or death) into it? Look forward to hearing from everyone. John TraxlerSee More

Discussion posted by John Traxler Mar 9, 2010

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John Traxler replied to John Traxler's discussion 'Part of a bigger malaise?'

thanks Nick, looks like we've got a debate topic! Yes, there's some alignment between Graham's position and mine but my focus in this particular case was the education system, portrayed as an inadequate factory, rather than its…

Mar 8, 2010

Nick Sharratt replied to John Traxler's discussion 'Part of a bigger malaise?'

I believe this was the gist of the argument put by Graham in the debate :) While laudable and possibly even logical, it needs learners to be actively driving their education, and to do that they need the skills and maturity to do so. I see little…

Mar 8, 2010

Part of a bigger malaise?

I wondered if the death (or otherwise) of the VLE was part of a more fundamental change, beneath the perpetual skirmishes of e-learning is it possible to discern a bigger battle? I'm suggesting that large-scale e-learning in institutions can be conceptualised as the industrialisation of learning. I'd argued that this is useful and provocative, and in particular will help institutions engage positively with the changing technical, social and economic environment. I think we are near a point…See More

Discussion posted by John Traxler Mar 8, 2010

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Daniel O'Brien is now a member of vleundead Mar 8, 2010

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Tided up some spam that had snuck in and set so members and blog posts need approval Mar 6, 2010

Quentin is now a member of vleundead Mar 5, 2010

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Zazubic is now a member of vleundead Feb 23, 2010

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Graham Mason updated their profile Jan 14, 2010

Presentation from #vleundead event

I have just made the slides and outline notes from my part of the presentation at the start of the #vleundead event available on line now:Slides Outline notesHope these are of some use to someone :-)See More

Blog post by Nick Sharratt Dec 20, 2009

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Steve Woodward and Mike Robinson joined vleundead Dec 18, 2009

Abi Redmond commented on Rosie Miles's blog post 'Ms E-Mentor doesn't think the VLE is dead!'

Thanks Rosie!

Dec 17, 2009

Graham Mason, Tony Sheppard and Bex Lewis joined vleundead Dec 17, 2009

Community site to collate views in advance of the "VLE is Undead" event - Dec 16th 2009

A quick and dirty social site thrown together (with love and care) :)

Survey for the break out sessions now closed:

What topics would you like to see explored in the breakout sessions?(survey)

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Just how healthy is the VLE?:

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Part of a bigger malaise? 3 Replies

Started by John Traxler. Last reply by John Traxler Mar 9, 2010.

Say Hello and Take a Bow!

Started by John Traxler Mar 9, 2010.

What topics would you like to see discussed in the break out sessions? 8 Replies

After the main debate, there will be a series of break out sessions to examine different aspects of the debate in more detail and to allow more people to contibute.To make the event as relevant and…Continue

Started by Nick Sharratt. Last reply by Nick Sharratt Dec 14, 2009.

A collection of PLE diagrams

There's a huge collection of these here: http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE%20DiagramsRegardsBillyContinue

Started by Billy Brick Dec 10, 2009.

Useful Links

Here are some links through to other online discussions around the topic of VLEs which may be of interest to you all. Please feel free to post any links that you find.ThanksAbiLearning Lab…Continue

Started by Abi Redmond Dec 10, 2009.

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Presentation from #vleundead event

I have just made the slides and outline notes from my part of the presentation at the start of the #vleundead event available on line now:

Slides

Outline notes

Hope these are of some use to someone :-)

Posted by Nick Sharratt on December 20, 2009 at 12:00am

Ms E-Mentor doesn't think the VLE is dead!

I'm a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Wolverhampton and have been using our VLE in English Studies teaching for the past 5 years or so. The kind of online activities I and my colleagues have developed have become nationally renowned in HE English Studies and I'm currently being supported in a small way by the HEA English Subject Centre to visit English Depts around the country to 'demo' some of the things I do. There is considerable interest from colleagues -- many of whom don't… Continue

Posted by Rosie Miles on December 11, 2009 at 2:12pm — 1 Comment

The VLE is very much alive and well despite rumours to the contrary...

I have three blog articles to continue the conversation from the ALT-C and to start the debate for the VLE is Undead debate in Wolverhampton.

So is the VLE dead or not?

A lot of people out there are talking about how dead the VLE is that you would actually think it was dead. However take a step back, there are lots of people using their VLE, learners are using them to learn,… Continue

Posted by James Clay on December 4, 2009 at 3:30am — 2 Comments