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===[|Week 1 PLE -The future of Learning] ===

I was interested to read the article from 2007 and how at the time a PLE was comprised

of all the different tools we use in our everyday life for learning. It would be interesting to follow-up on how this definition may now have been refined in 2011. I did like that a Personal Learning Environment could allow a learner to configure

and develop a learning environment to suit and enable their own style of learning. Further, that a PLE purports… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on March 8, 2011 at 12:05pm — No Comments

**Technologies that are part of my PLE**

- Word processor MS Word 2010

- Excel

_ Outlook express - to retrieve emails and receive work orders and bookings

- Mobile -Smart phone - to listen to podcasts, do google research,, retrieve emails, GPS worksites

- Diary - record

- Audio for making podcasts

- Video editor for making multi media presentations

- Skype for instant messaging and to video conferencing communicate over distance

- Photo sharing service – Flickyr

- Web Browser – explorer

- Bookmark sharing service - Delicio-us

- Podcast publishing - Jumbla plug in

- Presentation software – Keynote and power-point

- USB HDD exturnal storage of files

- Search engines – Google

- Laptop - mobileity of worksite and accessability

- USB wifi modem internet for use on train

- Wikipedia for research in layman’s terms

- printer

- Home office

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As a student I am aware of a shift in my PLE from a need to collect information (e.g. books and files etc.) to a need to make connections with information via the internet (it being an infinite resource library of information) and then to be able to disseminate information, collaborate and to seek out and pull together information, to then to be able to use it in a project or the workplace. I can see myself drawing connections from a growing… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on March 15, 2011 at 7:33pm — No Comments ===[|Week 3 Personal Learning Portfolio] ===

In week 3 my learning experiences extended to learning about useful tools /resources found on the Australian Flexible Learning Framework website. This site can be found at []. One of the most useful resources to me on this site was the Facilitators Guide for Business Services CIII. This guide will assist me in my current work,… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on March 27, 2011 at 5:04pm — No Comments ===[|Week 4 personnal learning Portfolio] ===

In week 4 my learning experiences extended to learning about some of my own learning characteristics via a VARK on-line survey. Interestingly I believe I am observing a change in my learning style at Uni. Some of my results showed (as defined by VARK) that I was a mid range visual and kinaesthetic learner. Further, I applied skills in critiquing an on-line learning source website offered by William Horton. This website is at … [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on March 28, 2011 at 11:30pm — No Comments ===__ [|Week 5 Personal Learning Portfolio] __ === What a step learning Week. This week we further explored several e-learning sites. This was further learn about and critque on-line courses. This evaluation exercise would lead me to my selection of an on-line course to participate in for the second assignment. Course selection is important, that is, user-friendlyness and appeal will determine a students motivation to use the on-line course. My selection for a course eventually was from a site called 'Alison' and to participate in a Typing… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on April 5, 2011 at 1:10pm — No Comments ===__ [|Week 6 Personal Learning Portfolio] __ ===

Part A e-learning experience In class, anClass d within a group, we looked at how to **identify organisational enablers and barriers** The learning from… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on April 11, 2011 at 8:40pm — No Comments ===[|The Motivated NING] ===
 * to e-learning implementation.** Interestingly we looked at this topic from the view-point of implementation theory's and models (Flexible Learning Booklet) our area of reading especially provided general classifications and catergories to allow grouping of common themes of enablers and barriers to implentation.

Assignment 3 (Group) The impact of Organisational culture; their move into elearning and how this this impacts on student and teacher motivation...... Key points Elearning Motivation Oral presentation Yet to be agreed on ...to be advised (maybe Prezi) The Motivated NING's are, Micheal, Erin and Vaughn [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on April 13, 2011 at 8:30pm — [|1 Comment] ===__ [|Week 8 & 9 Learning Portfolio] __ ===

What I have learnt over these weeks is that there are NO holidays!! The holiday period for me included completing another on-line sustainability unit and report, via a TAFE moodle. The moodle is still very much a Web 1.0 capability, that is, content loaded on it, I read the content and use the tools, I download the assessments and then upload the final report etc. I found the moodle is easy enough to use, I enjoying learning about sustainability and having the access to the on-line resources… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on May 6, 2011 at 12:39pm — No Comments === [|Week 11Personal Learning Portfolio] === What I have re-learnt this week is how to create my own webpage within the Wikispaces site. This website is will assist me in creating a e-learning portfolio of my elearning experiences over the course period. In class, and in my group, the Motivated NING, I further developed my skills in the PREZI software. Our group were able to conceptualise our PREZI's and how they were goiung to fit together, we drew lots of conceptual maps, then discussed it. Our aim is to present on… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on May 17, 2011 at 11:53am — No Comments === [|Week 13 E-learning Portfolio] === Well!! what a busy couple of weeks it has been!. Most weekends tied to the trusty laptop learning!!!!! The Prezi software has been a good alternative presentation tool to powerpoint, even if it does tend to zoom in and zoom out and make you feel like!!!! Our group made an early call to do one PREZI each and then create a master PREZI that we could jointly collaborate on. We loaded each of our own PREZI's onto this main PREZI, to become our class presentation platform. PREZI has… [|Continue] Added by [|Vaughn Keena] on June 6, 2011 at 5:02pm — No Comments