WEAVING A PERSONAL WEB: USING ONLINE TECHNOLOGIES TO

CREATE CUSTOMIZED, CONNECTED, AND DYNAMIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

BY JESSICA MCELVANEY & ZANE BERGE

Presented by:Harmeet Kaur

Student id: 2117534

“… we find ourselves awash in petabytes of information of widely

varying quality.” How can this flood of information be managed and used to

the learner’s advantage? (p. 2)

PERSONAL WEB TEHNOLOGIES

“……Customized, personal web- based environments… that explicitly support one’s social, professional, and learning…. Activities via highly personalised windows to the networked world” (p 1)

1. Social bookmarking and research tools2. Personal publishing tools3. Aggregators and Metagators4. widgets

Visualisation of a web based personal learning environment

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING AND RESEARCH TOOLS

Online storage of web pages, articles and other media

Allow users to organise and share information easily and in meaningful way

Includes bibliographic feature (zotero and connote)

Personal publishing tools

Free and user- friendly to publish oneself on the internet

Ranges from content- focused, formal blog posts to socially- focused, informal messages

Blogging used to create an individualised content management system that publishes, organises, and archives an on- going activity feed of a student’s learning

aggregators metagatoresFilter online information and collect articles, media, and conversations customized to the user’s needs; saving time and effort (p 4)

Allows to manage the tools, networks, content, and websites, without visiting and logging in to multiple sites

WIDGETS

Widgets are small, adaptable, programmable, web- based gadgets that an be embedded into a variety of sites or used on mobile phones and desktops.

USE OF PWT’S SUPPORTS CONNECTIVISM THEORY OF LEARNING

Knowledge rests in networksKnowledge may reside in non- human appliances

and learning is enabled/ facilitated by technologyAccurate and up to date knowledge is the intent

of all connectivist learning activities

Using personal web technologies to create PLEs and PLNs

Personal learning environments (PLEs) is the sum of websites and technologies that an individual makes use of to learn.

Personal learning network is a network of colleagues and friends from around the world by joining social networking sites.

now majority of PWTs have mobile friendly version available, they can be accessed anywhere and anytime.

Learning applications of PWTs

content

Teacher

Student B

Student A

Student C

Linear learning: teacher selects and delivers content to the students

student

Personal

learning

network

Personal

learning tools

teacher

Personal learning environ

ment

classmates experience

textbooks Class content

Non-linear learning: the student receives information from large variety of sources

Disadvantages of using PWTs

1.Connection addiction2.Work interrupted3.Popularity contests4.Echo chambers5.Privacy and security concerns

Questions and concerns

1. Which learning method is the better way to use PWTs: Linear learning or non- linear learning

Group A: think about it as a teacher Group B: think about it as a learner2. “It is possible for some well- known individuals ( such as internet celebrities)

to dominate the online discussion, by gathering large number of followers, who amplify their ideas and opinions by supporting and spreading them around the internet. Valuable or innovative ideas put forth by lesser- known individuals can easily become lost in the noise”

Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Share your opinion and experience.

Conclusion

Learners need to discard their role as passive consumers of information and to take on new roles

Learner must become active learner and editor to effectively use the PWTs.

Teachers and trainers can encourage the use of PWTs, but true quality and effectiveness of a PLE or PLN depends on the learners him/herself.

Thankyou for your valuable time