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Learning journeys

Learning environments

The VLE at St Ives

Evaluation

Towards a PLE at St Ives

MLEs

Learning Journeys

Smith, 1801, via Tufte 1990 Start address: London End address: Dover Distance: 78.9 mi (about 1 hour 53 mins) Reverse directions 1. Head south from Saint Margaret Street - go 250 ft 2. Continue on Abingdon Street - go 0.2 mi 3. Continue on Millbank - go 0.2 mi 4. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Millbank - go 0.5 mi 5. Turn left at Vauxhall Bridge Road - go 0.3 mi 6. Turn left at Wandsworth Road - go 213 ft 7. Bear right at Kennington Lane - go 0.2 mi 8. Turn right at Durham Street - go 0.1 mi 9. Turn left at Harleyford Road - go 0.1 mi 10. Turn right at Kennington Oval - go 0.2 mi 11. Bear right at Harleyford Street - go 0.1 mi 12. Bear left at Camberwell New Road - go 0.1 mi 13. Turn right at Brixton Road - go 1.5 mi 14. Continue on Effra Road - go 0.4 mi 15. Continue on Tulse Hill - go 1.1 mi 16. Bear left at Thurlow Park Road - go 0.8 mi 17. Bear left at Dulwich Common - go 0.3 mi 18. Bear left at Dulwich Common - go 0.6 mi 19. Turn right at Lordship Lane - go 0.2 mi 20. Bear left at London Road - go 0.5 mi 21. Turn left at Devonshire Road - go 0.1 mi 22. Bear right at Waldram Crescent - go 0.3 mi 23. Turn left at Sunderland Road - go 0.1 mi 24. Turn right at Stanstead Road - go 0.9 mi 25. Turn left at Catford Road - go 0.4 mi 26. Bear left at Rushey Green - go 0.1 mi 27. Bear right at Brownhill Road - go 1.0 mi 28. Continue on Saint Mildreds Road - go 0.4 mi 29. Bear left at Baring Road - go 216 ft 30. Continue on Westhorne Avenue - go 0.7 mi 31. At Clifton's Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Sidcup Road – go 2.7 mi 32. Continue on A20 - go 6.7 mi 33. Bear right at M20 - go 50 mi 34. Continue on A20 - go 7.1 mi 35. At Western Heights Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A20 - go 0.3 mi 36. At Limekiln Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A20 - go 0.2 mi 37. At Prince of Wales Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A20 - go 0.3 mi 38. At York Street Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto York Street - go 0.3 mi 39. At A256, take the 2nd exit onto Priory Road - go 0.1 mi 40. Bear left at High Street - go 186 ft 41. Turn right at Ladywell - go 0.1 mi 42. Continue on Park Street - go 0.1 mi 43. Turn right at Maison Dieu Road - go 97 ft These directions are for planning purposes only. You may find that construction projects, traffic, highway men, or other events may cause road conditions to differ from the map results. Google, 2006

Tomtom,2005 via GPSreviewnet, 2005

Google, 2006

Topology

Learning Environments

Building the Knowledge Environment Knowledge Environment Architects Planners Construction workers Scaffolders Builders’ Merchants Clients

Architects

Planners

Construction workers

Scaffolders

Builders’ Merchants

Clients

The VLE at St Ives

Primary Learning Environments... Rich and stimulating learning environment Learning through experience DIY resources Creativity and collaboration Social learning Informal, independent learning Experiment and play

Rich and stimulating learning environment

Learning through experience

DIY resources

Creativity and collaboration

Social learning

Informal, independent learning

Experiment and play

Virtual Learning Environment Discussions Immediate feedback Range of resources Range of activities Collaborative work Review the lesson Taking the best of the classroom and making it available at home

Other benefits Sense of community Opportunity to look back Learning from mistakes Verbalizing mathematics Personalized learning ICT skills and understanding Catching up Assessment for learning Knowledge management

Sense of community

Opportunity to look back

Learning from mistakes

Verbalizing mathematics

Personalized learning

ICT skills and understanding

Catching up

Assessment for learning

Knowledge management

Looking back “ This has been a great year for maths. I loved moodle.” (6A) “ Its a great way of doing home work and its fun!!!” (6B) “ I really like to use moodle because I find homework disscusion really helpful” (5A) “ I like the idea of homework on the computer and homework disscusen when your stuck.” (5B)

“ This has been a great year for maths. I loved moodle.” (6A)

“ Its a great way of doing home work and its fun!!!” (6B)

“ I really like to use moodle because I find homework disscusion really helpful” (5A)

“ I like the idea of homework on the computer and homework disscusen when your stuck.” (5B)

COLLES I have found the work interesting When we start a topic, we talk about things in the real world The things I learn help me to understand the world better I learn how the things I'm taught will be useful for me when I leave school The teacher makes me think The teacher shows me how to discuss ideas Other pupils make good sense of what I say

I have found the work interesting

When we start a topic, we talk about things in the real world

The things I learn help me to understand the world better

I learn how the things I'm taught will be useful for me when I leave school

The teacher makes me think

The teacher shows me how to discuss ideas

Other pupils make good sense of what I say

SATs

Value added

Implementation Pedagogy, not technology Total cost of ownership Digital divide Integration with existing systems Embedding in the curriculum E-learning champions Experiment Be creative “ Buying a VLE is one of the most important decisions for an institution, one that has major implications for it, and should be seen as significant as buying a major new building. The choice of VLE will be significant across all areas of the institution and especially in the way in which teaching and learning are undertaken” Minshull, G (2004) VLEs: Beyond the fringe and into the mainstream, Coventry, BECTA

Pedagogy, not technology

Total cost of ownership

Digital divide

Integration with existing systems

Embedding in the curriculum

E-learning champions

Experiment

Be creative

Towards a PLE

Scott Wilson, 2005

Personal Profile

E-portfolio

Blog

Social Network

Aggregator

MLEs?

James Farmer, 2006

An MLE should … give priority to learning and teaching by integrating timetabling, planning, assessment and resources; facilitate the sharing of pupil information between all those teaching a pupil; allow planning and assessment to be readily monitored; provide a single integrated view of all the data held on any given pupil; incorporate tools to support teachers’ and managers’ analysis of performance at fine-grained levels, and assess the effect of interventions; improve communication within the school and between school and home; facilitate opportunities for pupils to take greater responsibility for their learning; and be accessible from home.

give priority to learning and teaching by integrating timetabling, planning, assessment and resources;

facilitate the sharing of pupil information between all those teaching a pupil; allow planning and assessment to be readily monitored;

provide a single integrated view of all the data held on any given pupil;

incorporate tools to support teachers’ and managers’ analysis of performance at fine-grained levels, and assess the effect of interventions;

improve communication within the school and between school and home;

facilitate opportunities for pupils to take greater responsibility for their learning; and

be accessible from home.

MLE

Google, 2007