From personal to social

Learning Environments that work

#PLE_BCN 2010mar.camacho@urv.cat

sguilana@xtec.cat

unlocking the class

harnessing networks

talent diversity

problem 1: the tools

tools shape us

viewfinder

VLE

Structured tool dictates interactions

(Siemens,2004): teacher-studentstudent-studentstudent-content

PLE spaces in which to interact and communicate, with the ultimate goal of learning and creating a

collective know-how (Atwell, 2010)

experimenting

ONLY

experimenting

ONLY

problem 2: attitudes

stakeholders

• resistance to change

• no previous models

• mixed ICT abilities

• fast-paced tech

some solutions...

strategiesPremise: If you build it, they won’t come

Teachers’ modeling how to network

Be flexible and creative

Students’ modeling other students

Create & share in networks

Reflecting on the experience

strategiesHow to start

What’s the most important thing you may learn from your PLE?Which tools will address this objective?How are you going to share your learning?

tips

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Higher Education

Text

villabloguer.blogspot.com

FL English learner

1 learner: 1 PLE

The complex process of teaching and learning requires complex, multi-faceted models (...) One tool will not meet all needs in all contexts. (Siemens, 2006)

What we ask students to do, is what we ask them to be (K.Yancey)

“A call not for passengers, but crew”(McLuhan, 1963)

challenge ahead

Tech empowerment of individuals to (continue)

developing PLEs for a grass root change

(Alec Couros, #PLE_BCN 2010)

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