Personal learning environment

1. What is the PLE? http://tinyurl.com/2zj2xl

2. Personal Learning Environments - a concept based on Web 2 .0 and social software http ://tinyurl.com/5cemav

3. The Concept… Learning is centered around the interests of the learner This learning is immersive – learning by doing The computer connects the student to the rest of the world http ://tinyurl.com/2zj2xl

4. We are at present undergoing a deep and prolonged industrial revolution based on digital technologies http ://tinyurl.com/5cemav

5. The reform and reshaping of social systems and institutions has tended to lag behind in periods of rapid technological change. http ://tinyurl.com/5cemav

6. New Environments Multimedia explosion podcasts, vodcasts, YouTube, Slide share, more Mobile computing mobile phones, PDAs, etc. The 3D web Second Life is a start, we will see more of this http://tinyurl.com/2zj2xl

7. Profound innovations in technology tend to be reflected in older paradigms http://tinyurl.com/5cemav

8. Web 2.0: The Learning Network The e-Portfolio lives in the intersection between the worlds for education, work, and home A model for e-Portfolio as a learner-managed construct Key requirement is easy-to-use tools and hosting services* *E.g. the “e-Portfolio-as-blog” approach Scott Wilson: http:// www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/entries/20050523083528 http ://tinyurl.com/2zj2xl

9. Access … One-to-one computing such as the Maine laptop project, now spreading rapidly One Laptop per Child has launched – computers in Nigeria Wireless access 3G networks, WLAN … http ://tinyurl.com/2zj2xl

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11. The Idea of the PLE http://tinyurl.com/dy4789t

12. Open Educational Resources Content licenses similar to open source - to protect the openness using existing law http ://tinyurl.com/dy4789t

13. Open Educational Resources Creative Commons http ://tinyurl.com/dy4789t The idea is to create a mid-range of licenses between Copyright and public domain - “ some rights reserved ” http://blogs.cron.com http://creativecommons.org/

14. Open Educational Resources Conditions: attributions of authors changes must be logged share-alike unmodified sections no proprietary formats or DRM GNU Free Documentation License http ://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html http ://tinyurl.com/dy4789t

15. Open Educational Resources Open Publication License http://opencontent.org/openpub / Attribution Notification of modifications No-derivatives clause allowed David Wiley http://opencontent.org/blog / http://tinyurl.com/dy4789t

16. Three Views of Learning Resources http://tinyurl.com/3enyu2

17. 1 . Learning Resources as a thing –Book, content object, etc. http://tinyurl.com/3enyu2

18. 2 . Learning Resources as events –Class, lecture, seminar, meeting http://tinyurl.com/3enyu2

19. • The first two models are information-theoretic and medium-based models –They stress content –They stress rules http://tinyurl.com/3enyu2

20. 3 . Learning Resources as flow – Stresses experience – Stresses pattern recognition http://tinyurl.com/3enyu2

21. Using the patterns For a developer of an application, the pattern language provides a reference point for solutions to problems in the PLE space, assisting the design and development process The pattern language may be used as the basis of an evaluation framework for comparing the capabilities of different personal learning toolkits The pattern language can assist in understanding the scope of the PLE space The patterns can be used to identify the service needed to be offered within the environment http://tinyurl.com/crwlzst

22. Services A number of key services recur in the patterns: Activity Management Workflow Syndication and Posting Group Rating, Annotating, and Recommending Presence Personal Profile Exploration and Trails … and ones which are generic http ://tinyurl.com/crwlzst

23. Activity Management Service Service allows a PLE user to publish activities, join activities others have created, contribute resources for activities access resources for activities. Broker for Workflow service http ://tinyurl.com/crwlzst

24. Questions What systems have you experienced that might count as a PLE ? Can a PLE be an institutional tool ? What can’t you do with an eLearning 2.0 approach that you can with a VLE? http ://tinyurl.com/crwlzst

25. Further Information http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/ple / Phil Beauvoir: [email protected] Oleg Liver: [email protected] Mark Johnson: [email protected] Colin Milligan: [email protected] Paul Sharples : [email protected] Scott Wilson: [email protected] http ://tinyurl.com/crwlzst

26. Reference list Downes , S. (2007). The Future of Online Learning and Personal Learning Environments Available at: http://tinyurl.com/2zj2xl (Accessed on March 15, 2013 ) Attwel , G. (2007). Personal Learning Environment Available at: http://tinyurl.com/5cemav (Accessed on March 19, 2013 ) Zhang, J. 2009 .A Reference Model For Personal Learning Environment. Available at: http://tinyurl.com/crwlzst (Accessed on March 11, 2013 ) Ivanova , M. (2009). From Personal Learning Environment Building to Professional Learning Network Forming Available at: http://tinyurl.com/c5ap5x (Accessed on March 16, 2013 )   Keller, C. (2008). Creating Your Own Personal Learning Network Available at: http://tinyurl.com/5ca6bz (Accessed on March 15, 2013)