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Personal Learning Environments ComETS Emerging Trends Feb. 19, 2009 Jeff Bohrer DoIT Academic Technology

Intro to Personal Learning Environments

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This was a quick 15 minute overview of the concept of personal learning environments. The audience was comprised of learning technologists from across the University of Wisconsin. Feb 2009

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Personal Learning Environments

ComETS Emerging TrendsFeb. 19, 2009

Jeff BohrerDoIT Academic Technology

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What’s the Problem?

EmailNewsletters

Magazines

Headlines

Meetings

Conversations

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Learning is not exclusively formalExperiencesProfessional developmentConversation/Process

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What is a Personal Learning Environment?Part applicationPart philosophy

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What is a Personal Learning Environment?

“PLE is a tool that allows a learner to engage in a network of people, services, and resources.”

- Stephen Downes

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Key Components of a PLE

Content aggregationCustomizableRSSMini-appsProduction tools*Links to our community networks*

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UW System eLearning task force, 2008

Today’s LMS

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PLE

UW System eLearning task force, 2008

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What is today’s PLE?

RSS reader?Personal portal?Web browser?Laptop?

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“...enabling you to scan, organise, remix, and republish entries from your feeds to everything from Twitter to bibliographic databases”

getfeedforward.org

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elgg.org

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Challenges for Campus ITEnsure flexible learning systemsAdvance web servicesPromote community networksModel engaged participation

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Learn@UW and Moodle

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Participate!

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For further exploration“Web 2.0, Personal Learning Environments, and the Future of Learning Management Systems” ECAR Bulletin June 2008

Stephen Downesdowns.ca (search “PLE”)

Google: Personal Learning Environments