Tackling first year student engagement with learning technologies and the VLE

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Tackling first year student engagement with learning technologies and the VLE

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All eggs in one basket…or just blindfold the chicken?

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The ideal… all eggs in one basket

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Scattered tools & resources used outside the VLE

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what’s left in the VLE?

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Default tools & resources in VLE

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Students sampled for usage

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Students sampled for VLE usage

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PLEs are systems that help learners take control and manage their own learning (Harmelen 2008)

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Diversity and usefulness

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So who is the blindfolded chicken?

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Is free-range any better?

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Group Task 1The Perfect PLE - 10 minutes

Design a PLE to most enhance a new student's learning experience at university. The group may elect a specific subject area the student haschosen to study.

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Group Task 2TEL Manifesto - 10 minutesDraft up an institutional TEL Manifesto in-tended for new students that enhances learning and enriches their online user experience.

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Group 1: http://padlet.com/mariatannant/BB1

Group 2: http://padlet.com/mariatannant/BB2

Group 3: http://padlet.com/mariatannant/BB3

Group Workspaces

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MARIA TANNANTProgramme Manager in Digital [email protected]

ReferencesVan Harmelen, H. (2008). "Design trajectories: four experiments in PLE implementation". Interactive Learning Environments 16 (1): 36 – 46.