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Anatomy of a PLE

Learning with e's

Originally a counterpoint to the institutional Managed Learning Environment (iMLE or 'VLE'), PLEs are becoming a much talked about concept, and were the prime focus of the recently held PLE Conference in Cornella, Barcelona. Now it's time to change direction a little and challenge the unhelpful binary of PLE versus VLE.

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LMS, PLE, VLE, ILS & SCORM – Navigate the Acronym Minefield

Adobe Captivate

eLearning #PLE #VLE #ILS #Virtual Worlds #SCORM #LMS. The inevitable explosion of web technologies has led to a mangled pile of nearly incomprehensible acronyms swimming around in many of today's trendiest headlines and articles. So what is all this stuff about, and why all the hype / excitement etc. around the latest wave of acronyms?

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Physiology of a PLE

Learning with e's

Yesterday I posted my views on what I think are the essential components of a Personal Learning Environment - the Anatomy of the PLE. Today, I want to examine some of the functionality of PLEs - the physiology if you will - what is it that learners need from their PLEs? Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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PLE bargaining

Learning with e's

The first conference on PLEs took place in the humid but tranquil Cornella area of Barcelona this week. Those attending the PLE Conference found themselves quickly immersed in discussion, dialogue and debate over the nature and ethos of the personal learning environment. The conclusion of this exercise? We couldn't agree.

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PLE vs VLE

Learning with e's

Here's the abstract: The Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a concept that describes how learners create and sustain their study through individualised tools and resources. Each PLE by its nature is unique, with each individual choosing their own preferred approaches. Tags: VLE PLE Web 2.0 Reference Johnson, M. and Liber, O.

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PWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning

Tony Karrer

Mohamed Amine Chatti (a fellow Eddie eLearning nominee) last two posts The LaaN Perspective , and Requirements of a PLE Framework are both interesting posts and worth reading. His requirements for a PLE Framework include: Personalization Social features Social filtering I ncorporate various Web 2.0 But that's the exception.

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Top 10 Tools in My Personal Learning Environment 2019

The eLearning Coach

These are the top ten learning tools I use to discover, understand, produce media, share and collaborate in my personal learning environment (PLE).

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The evolution of personal learning environments

Origin Learning

By and large, this constitutes John’s Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Corporate Learning Management Systems must be empowered with features that enable such social learning, and thus add another dimension to employees’ PLEs. Image Credit – Freepik.com. Forward to the year 2014.

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Most used EdTech acronym

Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

The #JuneEdTechChallenge continues, and today is the ‘most used EdTech acronym’ I think I’ll follow on from yesterday’s question (‘ the VLE in my life… ‘) and say the most used EdTech acronym is … VLE.

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LearnTrends: Personal Knowledge Management

Experiencing eLearning

Difference between PKM/PLE/PLN: PKM is more work-focused. Posted in Learning Communities, Lifelong Learning, PLE, Workplace Learning. Tags: Learning Communities Lifelong Learning PLE Workplace Learning Harold Jarche learntrends PKM. However, getting people to use the tools is a bigger challenge than IT lockdown.

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Daily Bookmarks 07/19/2009

Experiencing eLearning

edtechpost – PLE Diagrams. Collection of diagrams showing PLEs–lots of different ideas here. tags : visualization , ple , learning. Social Collider. Visualize connections in conversations on Twitter. Search for a user, tag, or trends. tags : socialmedia , visualization , twitter.

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4 Key Emerging Trends in LMS

Upside Learning

Personal Learning Environment (PLE). Over the years, Personal Learning Environment (PLE) in LMS has seen several additions of features – some which worked well with the end users and some irrelevant ones that have pulled out eventually. A semantic search function that understands and tracks user’s search intention and context.

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PLE - Personal Learning Environment - supporting learning as a lifestytle

Vignettes Learning

This is a slideshow of Graham Attwell which I thought covers some of the essentials what PLE (Personal Learning Environment) will continue to present opportunities for a new way of learning.

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6 Emerging Technologies in Education

LearnDash

Personal Learning Environments - A personal learning environment (PLE) is not just a technology, but also an approach/process that is designed with the individual in mind, and therefore different from one learning to another. Resources: Saint Xavier University. ed tech elearning'

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This time it's personal

Learning with e's

These tools, services and technologies become a part of your personal learning environment or PLE. The PLE is an approach rather than a technology. Much has been written on PLEs, including a wealth of peer reviewed journal articles that feature empirical research. Unported License.

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Open Learning Network vs Informal Learning Environment

E-Learning Provocateur

I was immediately interested because, like me, Mott is striving to bridge the gap between the organisation’s LMS and the learner’s PLE. While the ILE is designed to bridge the gap between the LMS and the PLE, it purposefully keeps them apart. The OLN compared. The OLN takes a different approach. Digging deeper.

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Models For Designing Your Personal Learning Environment

The eLearning Coach

A personal learning environment (PLE) is a solution for keeping up with the rapid pace of knowledge change. Some say it is a concept, while others say it is a technology. eLearning 2.0'

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What is in store for the LMS Space: My Forecasts for 2016

eLearning 24-7

Personalized Learning Experience (PLE). You may know more of it as personalization or localization, but if you take a real deep dive you will see more vendors going PLE. But for PLE, it is goes to the next tier. Think of it this way, to expand about a PLE. A PLE does that (in simpliest terms) and more. .

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THE EVOLUTION OF LEARNING

Origin Learning

The term personal learning environment (PLE) describes the tools, communities, and services that constitute the individual educational platforms learners use to direct their own learning and pursue educational goals. Information gathering has become cross-platform, and the realm of education is no exception.

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Daily Bookmarks 07/10/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags: lms , socialnetworking , ple , blog , wiki , web2.0 , learnercontrol. This article skims the surface of what might be possible if social networking tools, blogs, wikis, and more were used to construct courses and give students more control. What would that do to the pedagogy?

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Limitless learning

Learning with e's

The personal learning environment (PLE) is still a bone of contention. Over at the Open University of Catalonia, in Barcelona, Ismael Peña-López has been doing some stirling work on theories surrounding Vygotsky's learning model and PLEs. For me, the PLE is peculiar to the individual who makes it.

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TCC09 Keynote: Global Collaboration in the Web 2.0 World

Experiencing eLearning

Posted in Learning Communities, PLE, Read/Write Web. Tags: Learning Communities PLE Read/Write Web Flat Classroom Sue Waters TCC09. Many projects use multiple tools–use a combination. Image: ‘ Atlas, it’s time for your bath ‘ [link].

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Personal Learning Tools and Technologies

Tony Karrer

I just saw a post by George Siemens discussing evolution of PLE concept and pointed me to two posts by Chris Lott based on his initial question - "What does your PLE look like?" - Tired of PLE Flak and I'm not interested in the PLE which then pointed me to a bunch of other posts as well - on the PLE and An audit on where stand with PLEs.

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LearnTrends: Microlearning

Experiencing eLearning

Politics of institutions vs. individuals: LMS vs. PLE. PLE: Individual surrounded by tools, people. We are all in these communities so it’s easier for us–how do you help average knowledge workers? Architecture & politics: architecture determines what is possible to do.

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The Performance Environment

Clark Quinn

Now, personal learning environments (PLE) is not a completely new concept, and quite a number of folks contributed their PLEs here. In the process of writing up a proposal to do some social learning strategizing for an organization, I started thinking about it from the performer perspective.

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The PLE discussion grows larger

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Michele over at the Bamboo project created a fabulous post (a new post) gathering some of the best elements, discussions, etc, of the current PLE conversation. PLEs were a hot topic at the eLearning Guild Conference in Boston, and its no surprise to me that they continue to be a hot topic.

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The personal web

Learning with e's

With the Southampton PLE Conference #PLE_SOU at full throttle, I thought it would be a good time to reiterate my views on the personal web. Personal Web Tools (PWTs) are thought by some to be synonymous with PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) but the two should not be confused. Sound like a PLE? Almost, but not quite.

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Daily Bookmarks 10/21/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags : ple , instructionaldesign , addie. Learning Environment Design « Learning Journal. A model for instructional design built on ADDIE but with the goal of supporting learning environments rather than just developing courseware. Home Sweet Office: Telecommute Good for Business, Employees, and Planet.

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When worlds collide

Learning with e's

This is reminiscent of the discussions held at the recent PLE conference in Barcelona, where some theorists attempted to defuse the tensions between didactic institutional provision and individualised PLEs by proposing a compromise. An institutional PLE? Tags: PLE education blogs social media learning iPLE Web 2.0

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The ILE and the FLE in harmony

E-Learning Provocateur

Since then, Steve Wheeler’s thought-provoking article Anatomy of a PLE has prompted me to extend my argument a little further. In my previous article Online courses must die! I advocated the development of Informal Learning Environments (ILEs).

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My Personal Learning Network

Learning with e's

I was asked by Grainne Conole to record a short video on my views about Personal Learning Networks, VLEs vs PLEs and other related topics, as a contribution toward her unkeynote with Ricardo Torres Kompen for the PLE conference in Aviero, Portugal this week. Unported License.

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Selfie number 10

Learning with e's

I first met Joyce at the first Personal Learning Environment (PLE) conference in Barcelona in 2009 and we have been friends ever since. I also met George for the first time at the Barcelona PLE event. In the centre of the photo is Joyce Seitzinger. Far right is George Couros.

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Top 10 virtual classroom platforms

Ed App

This platform gives learners a lot of agency in their education, as they can construct their own personal learning environment (PLE). This platform aims to please all educational markets from K to corporate. It allows them to create ePortfolios and earn badges so they can take ownership of their learning.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Be the Node

Learning Visions

First off, I have to say that this entire PLE conversation hasnt really sparked much for me. Maybe it was even "personal learning" before the term PLE came along. I dont see a traditional corporation every truly embracing the theme of PLE -- at least in the pure sense of the term "personal". It just seems like a no-duh.

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Tool Set 2009

Tony Karrer

I'm hoping to address questions such as: How do you create a personal tool set or Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for yourself? For example, Personal Learning , PLE , PWLE , PKM are all pretty closely related. But when I go to PLE and then look at the related Tools, I'm not seeing clear winners.

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Informal Learning Technology

Tony Karrer

Downes, Theory of Learning Networks, 2004) PLE functions: aggregate remix repurpose feed forward It's interesting to see this perspective on the PLE where it is part of the Connectivism course and students are naturally motivated (or required) to share.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): and later Mark will try to figure out what is going on in the PLE debate.and fail.

Mark Oehlert

and later Mark will try to figure out what is going on in the PLE debate.and fail. You wanna know what a PLE is? June 13, 2007 in Learning/Web 2.0 | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference.and later Mark will try to figure out what is going on in the PLE debate.and fail.

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3 things you should know about Edupunk

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Personal Learning Environment MLE rhizomatic learning VLE PLE edubusiness education Edupunk learning autodidacticism bricolage' Photo by Steve Wheeler 3 things you should know about Edupunk by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Hanging in there

Learning with e's

For it is within the PLE that students can truly pursue their own interests, motivate themselves to learn and generally capitalise on their personal talents and skills. Social eLearning) There's no LMS in my PLE (Shelley Gibb @mollybob) Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Personal Learning Resources

Learning with e's

But as I have tried to articulate in earlier blogposts , my PLE is more than people and tools. They make up an important part of my PLE and have given me inspiration and provided clarity to my thinking. Tags: Information Society Personal Learning Resources PLE digital media Web 2.0 Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.