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Today's lab session has been an eye-opener for me and has widened my understanding of Web 2.0 tools in facilitating learning. 'Personal Learning Environment' ( PLE ) is one of them.
PLE offers the learner opportunities to engage in learning activities at a pace which is comfortable and customised to individual needs. The learning platform is distributed enabling the learner to construct knowledge gradually. As it is much bottom-up initiated, it offers flexibility to the learner.
On the contrary, 'Learning Management System' (LMS) has a centralised learning platform. It is initiated by the corporation with a top-down approach, learners and facilitators are not given a choice but to use it resulting in rigidity in implementation.
Let me end by sharing an apt summary on the concept of PLE by Ron Lubensky :-
' ... a Personal Learning Environment is a facility for an individual to access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital artifacts of their on-going learning experiences '.
Therefore a PLE is a mix of the formal and informal tools and processes that a learner uses to gather information, reflect on it and process it which, in a nutshell , what we mean by learning.
( See C-Map below for a visual integration of learning tools in PLE )
1 comment:
An excellent contribution Chris!
I'm really proud of your achievements in this class for your courage & boldness in pushing your boundaries of learning. Such virtues, I believe, will carry over to your students & thereby will impact the way they learn, because you are a good model for them in pushing boundaries!
Keep up with your good work!
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