personal learning environments
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PLE- Personal Learning Environments
José Mota LEaD – Univ. Aberta
@josemota on Twitter [email protected] http://orfeu.org (Blog)
Web 2.0 – Read/Write Web
Identity and socialization
Social bookmarking
Social networking
Communities
Participating and sharing
production
collaboration
cooperation
Information abundance Nature of knowledge
authority
validity
prosumers
Web 2.0 tools & services
• Blog
• Wiki
• Productivity
• Podcasting
• File Sharing
• Slide sharing
• Photo sharing
• Social Tagging
• Video sharing
• URL Shortening
• Aggregator
• Microblog
• Social Networks
• Blogger; Wordpress
• Wikispaces; PBworks
• Google Docs
• Audacity; Podbean
• Dropbox, BoxNet
• Slideshare
• Flickr; Picasa
• Delicious, Diigo
• Youtube; Vimeo
• bit.ly; ow.ly
• iGoogle; Netvibes
• Twitter; Tumblr
• Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
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information
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Quick feedback
Constant communication
Image, video, text, collage Multiple
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Control
Autonomy
Ownership
Production
PLE Ecology
PEOPLE (PLN)
Tools Services
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a collection of tools, brought together under the conceptual notion of openness, interoperability, and learner control (…) PLEs are a concept-entity.
George Siemens (15-04-2007)
However, a PLE is not a piece of software. It is an environment where people and tools and communities and resources interact in a very loose kind of way.
Scott Wilson (04-2008)
Personal Learning Environments offer both the framework and the
technologies to integrate personal learning and working.
Graham Attwell & Cristina Costa (11-2008)
A PLE is a web interface into the owners’ digital environment.
Terry Anderson (26-01-2007) The PLE is an approach, not an application.
Stephen Downes (05-06-2006)
A Personal Learning Environment is a facility for an individual to access,
aggregate, configure and manipulate digital artefacts of their ongoing
learning experiences. Ron Lubensky (18-12-2006)
PLE - Definitions
PLE – Characteristics
Openness
Interoperability
Connectedness
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Collaboration Sharing
Autonomy
lifelong learning
formal
Learning informal
User control
Production
organic
evolving
Ownership
persistent
non-formal
Identity
PLE – Characteristics 2
content management
integration of personal and professional interests, related to formal and informal learning experiences
working and learning space, both individual and collaborative
e-portfolio
rich profiles that facilitate connections
multi-format communication system
aggregation and syndication (rss feeds)
PLE – Functions
Connect with others Manage information Generate content
Search for information Aggregate information and
knowledge
Manipulate, rearrange and
repurpose knowledge artifacts
Analyse information to
develop knowledge
Reflect, question, challenge, seek clarification,
form and defend opinions
Share by supporting
others in their learning
Network through a collaborative
learning environment
Adapted from Graham Attwell (2010) – Working, learning and playing through Personal Learning Environments [Presentation] http://www.slideshare.net/GrahamAttwell/working-learning-and-playing-through-personal-learning-environments Steve Wheeler (2010). It’s Personal: Learning Spaces, Learning Webs [Presentation] http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth/its-personal-learning-spaces-learning-webs
IMS, CMS, LMS, VLE - Disadvantages
Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, Institutional Platforms
Used for the course
Closed
Centered on teaching and
the institutional needs
Slower innovation
Highly hierarchical
Limited tools
Not very flexible Limited interaction
The end of VLE/LMS?
Debate in the Association of Learning Technologists Conference 2009
[ALT-C 2009]
http://celtrecord.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/the-vle-is-dead-debate-at-
alt-c-2009/
IMS, CMS, LMS, VLE - Advantages
Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, Institutional Platforms
Institutional and instructional needs
Content delivery
Assessment Monitoring of students’ work
Easier communication and collaboration
Group identity
Safety
Tools and information in one place.
Less demanding in terms of time and technical proficiency
Easier technical support
Latest trends
Institutionally supported PLEs SAPO CAMPUS (University of Aveiro, PT) University of Southampton (UK) University of Manchester (UK) Graz University of Technology (Austria) Athabasca University (Canada)
VLE + PLE at Universidade Aberta
secondlife
voicethread
blogs wikis
youtube
delicious
diigo
google reader
scribd slideshare
Moodle coupled with
flickr
Project Socializing Online Learning (SOL)
Active, learner-centered learning
Groups formed around common interests/goals
Public Portfolio More visibility Employability
Personalization of the online learning environment
Development of a social academic network
Openness, transparency
ELGG –open source social network
Dashboard
Rich profiles Blogs
Pages (wiki)
Social bookmarking
Files
Micro-blogging
RSS
Groups
Member list
Fine-grained sharing permissions
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Athabasca University - https://landing.athabascau.ca/
Activity stream
Videos
Photos
Moodle + Elgg
Moodle
Information
Learning contract
Some content and resources
Assessment
Forums
Elgg
Rich profiles
Blogs
Groups (formal and informal)
Files
Social bookmarking
E-portfolio
RSS
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Class Formal Learning
Uab Community / World Formal and informal learning
SOL – Some questions
How to enable anf foster active participation in an ecology of sharing and collaboration geared towards knowledge creation, that contributes to reinforce the identity of the academic community?
What elements could be decisive to aggregate good quality information, relevant for academic performance and for social visibility/employability?
How to develop good mechanisms that articulate efficiently and productively formal and informal learning?
