The document discusses the concept of a personal learning environment (PLE). A PLE is centered around the interests of the learner and focuses on immersive, hands-on learning connected to the wider world through digital technologies. A PLE leverages new multimedia tools, mobile devices, and the 3D web to create a learning network for the individual. It emphasizes open educational resources that can be easily shared and reused through licenses that protect open access.
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
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4. We are at present undergoing a deep
and prolonged industrial revolution
based on digital technologies
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5. The reform and reshaping of social
systems and institutions has tended to
lag behind in periods of rapid
technological change.
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6. NEW ENVIRONMENTS
• Multimedia explosion
podcasts, vodcasts, YouTube, ݺߣ
share, more
• Mobile computing
mobile phones, PDAs, etc.
• The 3D web
Second Life is a start, we will see
more of this
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7. Profound innovations in technology
tend to be reflected in older
paradigms
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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
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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…
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11. THE IDEA OF THE PLE
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12. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Content licenses
similar to open source - to protect the
openness using existing law
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13. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
http://blogs.cron.com
The idea is to create a mid-range of
licenses between
Copyright and public domain - “some
rights reserved” http://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons
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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
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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/
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16. THREE VIEWS OF LEARNING RESOURCES
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17. 1. LEARNING RESOURCES AS A THING
–BOOK, CONTENT OBJECT, ETC.
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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)