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Designing Collaborative, Creative & Active VLEs

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10,000+ years ago this is how we communicated!

And now?

Facebook?
Twitter?
Text? WhatsApp? Snapchat?
Instagram?
Email?

Read streams
We…
Podcast
Translate
Code
Crowdsource knowledge
Write reviews
Scan
Search
Vary sources
Google Blog
Report Evaluate
Youtube Use Wikipedia
Remix Give feedback
Play with language
Make puns
Visualize data

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The most exciting
breakthroughs of the
21st century will not
occur because of
technology but
because of an
expanding concept of
what it means to be
human.
- John Naisbitt

Digital Blooms
SAMR
Connectivism
Design Thinking
RAT
TPACK
Peeragogy
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“Pedagogy is the driver, technology is the
accelerator.” - Michael Fullan

VLE and LMS Communities
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Edmodo
Google Classroom
Moodle Canvas
Seesaw

Which of yourVLE’s
features & tools support
collaboration, creativity &
engagement?

Ages?
Security? Privacy?
Synchronous? Asynchronous?
Connection?
Access?
Considerations
Class size?

Establish Online Learning Norms and Guidelines
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• Use academic language
• Share appropriate, on topic
work
• Practice Netiquette

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“At the end of the
day, the most
overwhelming key to
a child's success is the
positive involvement
of parents.”
- Jane D. Hull
Tip: Parent partnerships

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Allow parents to
comment if
possible or provide
updates through
Remind or Google
Calendar!

Video Tutorials & Visual Guides

Hypothes.is
Pinterest
Scoop.itPearltrees
Symbaloo
Livebinders
Diigo Google Keep
Wakelet
Evernote
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Social Bookmarking & Curation & Annotation
OneNote Flipboard
KamiHQ Google Drive Kaizena

Digital
Icebreakers
to Establish
Community!

3 Things we should
know about you
2 Places you love
to visit
1 Job you wish you
had

Avatar introductions
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Feedback & Edits
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PEER FEEDBACK
GUIDELINES FOR COMMENTS
GLOW AND GROW

Blend it with web
tools!
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Digital Storytelling
GamesComics Infographics
Blogs
Coding
Presentations
Videos
Podcasts EZines
VR
Screencasts
AR MindmapsAnnotation
Virtual Trips
Video Conferences
Newscasts
Scavenger Hunts Timelines Posters
EBooks
Curation
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Digital Badges
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“Celebrate
what you
want to see
more of.”
- Thomas J.
Peters
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Mission Minded Learning

Bit.ly/intefshelly

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