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Personal Learning Environments

Kyle Creason

Agenda

1. Concept of Personalized Learning

2. Virtual Learning Environments (LMS) Past

3. Personal Learning Environments (PLN) Future

4. Mash-ups and aggregators to create and manage PLE/PLNs.

Personalized Learning?

Personalized Learning?

Learners set their own learning goals,manage their own learning (both content

and process) and communicate with others in the process of learning.

(Mark Van Harmalen)

Personal Learning

VLE aka.LMS

Traditional classroom environments and VLEs are typically viewed as:

• Static

• Declarative

• Authority-based

• Manage how learners learn.

VLE (LMS)= Managing Learning

• The central purpose of a VLE is to manage learning. (whatever that means)

Technology has changed how, when and where we access

information.

Technology necessitates new theories for learning

"For the first time in history, we know now how to store virtually all

humanity's most important information and make it available, almost instantly, in almost any form, to almost anyone on earth. We also know how to do that in

great new ways so that people can interact with it , and learn from it."

-- Gordon Drydon & Jeannette VosThe New Learning Revolution: How Britain Can Lead the World in Learning, Education,

and Schooling. (2005)

What is a PLE?

Is attributed to George Siemens in his 2004 paper, Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the

Digital Age.

Earliest reference to Personal Learning Environment

The PLE is “a tool that allows for a learner (or anyone) to engage in a distributed environment consisting of a network of people, services and resources.”

Stephen Downes, E-learning 2.0, in eLearnMagazine (2005)

Immersive

Always available

Not tied to any particular physical space.

Crosses Institutional boundaries.

Created by learners around their passions.

Learners control how and what they learn.

PLEs

From this .... ..... To this

WebFunnel

Traditional (VLE) vs. PLE

PLE = Web of Connections

In connectivism, learning involves creating connections and developing

a network. It is dependent on self-organized learning.

(It’s not what you know, but who you knowor at least what RSS feeds you know)

Role of the Learner

•To actively participate and engage in a community.

•Participation is guided by personal interest and motivation.

•Interactions are not staged. No defined hierarchy of interaction. (like with LMS)

You as your own PLE

Services Tools

Formats Content

Channels Networks

Aggregation

Blog

LMS

Social Network

External Services Web 2.0

E-Portfolio

Personal Learning Environment Model

Personal Learning

EnvironmentAggregator

Personal Learning

Environment

Blog

LMS

Social Network

External Services Web 2.0

E-Portfolio

Aggregator

Personal Learning Environment Model

Self organized

Aggregators = iGoogle, Netvibes, PageFlake

Popular Personal Web Tools for PLEs

Microblogging Twitter, Plurk, TumblrBlogging Wordpress, BloggerCollaborative writing Wikispaces, Google Docs, PBTask Management tool RTM, Ubiquity, EvernoteSearch engine Google, YahooSocial network Facebook, LinkedIn, NingSocial tagging/bookmark Delicious, Diigo, StumbleuponSocial presence Skype, Adobe ConnectImage/Video sharing Flickr, Picassa, YouTubeE-mail Gmail, other e-mail services E-Portfolio MaharaOther organisational tool Dropbox, Coda, ZoteroAggregators (incl. RSS) Friendfeed, Netvibes, iGoogle

Now go out and build your own PLE.