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Anatomy of a PLE

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Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) do exactly what they say on the can - they are personal to each individual, created by them, owned by them, used by them within their lifelong learning. Essentially, we argue that students require structure and scaffolding when they first venture into digital learning environments.

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The future of learning

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The Future of Learning View more presentations from Steve Wheeler. 80 per cent or so of the learning that most of us engage in is of an informal nature. Students will use Facebook when they want to, and their institutional managed learning environment when they have to. What is the future of education?