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Yes that’s exactly it… you have hit the mark by mentioning the way people are using technologies. You see I believe that society has really evolved and that many people in society have embraced the technologies and they are conforming to Web2.0 ideals, that is more people have become more active online, by contributing and making their voice heard. What I however tend to point out, is that the same people, who somehow tend to make their voice heard online, in their everyday lives, also tend to push out technology when learning. Why is it that when I speak to my teachers, it transpires that when it comes to learning, they don’t think they can learn much from a blog or from Twitter or from Facebook and that learning for them happens in a traditional classroom, listening to a teacher or a lecturer from the podium?

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I do not really agree with the definition of TEL as a tool. I think that perceiving it as a tool almost forcibly makes us refer back to “training” in the use of TEL. I don’t believe people can be “trained” in TEL. Tools become obsolete so quickly. TEL is a way of learning, and to my mind, as an educator, TEL is more about the learning, than it is about the technology per se.

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I would for example see great benefits of a MOOC for CPD amongst teachers and educators as a means to FE. Most often people complain they have no time for CPD because of other commitments. Not to say that a MOOC does away with commitments, however, there is so much more flexibility to learning – not just in terms of time, but also in terms of learning paths and directions.

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