Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environments

Getting ready for the Friendster Generation.

What are PLEs?

Personal Learning Environments are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes providing support for learners to set their own learning goals manage their learning; managing both content

and process communicate with others in the process of

learning and thereby achieve learning goals.

PLE as a system

A PLE may be composed of one or more subsystems: As such it may be a desktop application, or composed of one or more web-based tools/services.

Important concepts in PLEs include the integration of both formal and informal learning episodes into a single experience, the use of social networks that can cross institutional boundaries, and the use of networking protocols (Peer-to-Peer, web services, syndication) to connect a range of resources and systems within a personally-managed space.

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Example: Canadian University

Example: Philippine Higher Ed

Example: Logged in Page

This is an informal environment

Formal Environment

One vision of e-learning

Individual

Space

Cooperative Space

Profiles

Group Ware

Wikis

Communities &

Group Profiles

BlogsPodCasts

Net Enhanced

Social learning

E- Portfolio’sSocial book-marking

Social Software Approach

Some Apparent Benefits of SCOs Persistent 24/7  Reusable Printout is optional Searchable Customizable Re-mixable

Some Subtle Benefits of SCOs Variable Visibility  Builds sense of ownership Promotes Collaboration Encourages meta-learning

Why support a PLE?

Multi-stakeholder effort to get ready for the “Friendster”* generation

Recognizes how 21st century learners learn Being in step with the global economy (Think:

IBM, Cisco, perhaps even McDonalds)

* or MySpace, YouTube, Multiply, Wordpress, Facebook

Is this done anywhere else?- PLEs for High Schools http://youthvoices.net/elgg/ - (broadly for all

sorts of HS) via Paul Allison Aldridge State High School Dearborne Schools De La Salle-Canlubang

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Perhaps a good place to start

Next Steps…

… we welcome your feedback.

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