Paul Harrington's Public Library

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Blended Learning Initiative
The Blended Learning Initiative is a University-wide effort funded by the Provost to enhance the undergraduate experience by creating both online and hybrid versions of key Penn State courses. These re-designed courses will improve instructional effectiveness and increase flexibility of course offerings for both students and faculty.

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List of resources including conferences from professional organizations, training events, and scholarly articles.

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The purposes of the project are set out in the Call to Action issued by Cisco, Intel and Microsoft at the Learning and Technology World Forum in London on 13 January 2009. A briefer statement is provided in the Policy Brief. The purposes of the project are to:

Mobilize international educational, political and business communities to make the transformation of educational assessment and, hence, instructional practice a global priority.
Specify in measurable terms high-priority understanding and skills needed by productive and creative workers and citizens of the 21st Century.
Identify methodological and technological barriers to ICT-based assessment.
Develop and pilot new assessment methodologies.
Examine and recommend innovative ICT-enabled, classroom-based learning environments and formative assessments that support the development of 21st Century skills.

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21st Century skills

An open sim version of Second Life - you may call it Second Life 'lite'

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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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21st century skills

We are always looking for what next especially in the computing and ICT area. There is a minefield still to be sorted out around who teaches young people and adults the basic skill set they need to be digital citizens.

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What are the skills that will be required for 2020?

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Joe Wilson

A couple of posts from Kristian Still's 'Middle Leadership and ICT Teaching' Blog, reflecting on Hamble Community Sports College's increasing use of Open Source Software, reproduced here with permission.

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Many HEIs and FE colleges wish to bring together their online learning systems and their information systems to create learner-centred Managed Learning Environments (MLEs). This 'joining up' of systems requires to use of cutting edge new technologies. To support and inform the HE and FE communities in this aim, JISC, through JCIEL, has funded a development programme that will prove the integration of technologies across different functions of higher education.

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MLE VLE

The Managed Learning Environments for Lifelong Learning Programme is exploring ways of providing support for learners in meeting personal learning goals through helping to make a smooth transition from school to college, university and work. Hover on the picture below to see which part of Susie's journey you would like to explore.

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VLE MLE

Director of e-learning at Queen Elizabeth School, Mark McNulty provides a frank appraisal of what's involved in rolling out a new learning platform.

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A film about the use of Moodle as a VLE in both further education colleges and work-based learning, highlighting the experiences of Thanet College in Kent and A+ Training in Plymouth.

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Evaluating VLEs

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The phenomenal rise of e-learning in the last ten years has taken place against a complex backdrop of cultural and social change, advances in technology and shifts in educational theory and practice.

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Ofsted’s report on The Importance of ICT was published over a month ago, and was met with perhaps a degree of surprise at some of its criticisms about aspects of ICT provision in schools, most notably for higher attaining and older pupils.

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ICT OFSTED

This report is based on evidence from inspections of information and communication technology (ICT) between September 2005 and July 2008 in 177 maintained schools in England, as well as other visits to schools where good practice was identified.

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ICT OFSTED

Virtual learning environments (VLEs) use computers to allow remote access to learning materials. As the routine use of computers becomes all pervasive, there is an expectation that VLEs will form a significant part of the next generation's experience of learning. This survey evaluates how VLEs are developing within a selection of providers.

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The Moodle 2.0 development space

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