Thembinkosi David Dyantyies Assignment 3A

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SURNAME DYANTYIES
STUDENT NO 201121851
MODULE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
ASSIGNMENT 2
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2. * Empowering Personal
Learning Environments
Zaid Ali Alsagoff
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3. PLE is ...

4. What we see when we look at a computer:
words and textual content
• images and graphics
• perhaps some video
In other words – traditional
paper-based media…
But what does someone
immersed in net culture
see?

5. Social Networking
A website is not a
person’s
description of
themselves…
It is a presentation
of themselves
through their
network

6. ...
Leslie, PLE Diagram)

7. For example…

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1. Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/license
2. Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
3. Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/
4. YouTube EDU: http://www.youtube.com/edu
5. Einztein: http://www.einztein.com/
6. TED Talks: http://www.ted.com/
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11. *Personal
Learning
Environments
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urce: http://www.pamorama.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/artoflistening.jpg

13. http://www.delicious.com/zaidlearn/PLE
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14. * Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2011
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15. Regarding the notion on PLES many researchers seem to pose their philosophies,
As argued that Rather than integrating different tools into a centralized system,
the idea is to provide the learner with a myriad of tools and hand over control
to pupil to select, combine and use the tools the way they deems fit.
( Mohamed A. C, 2012)
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16. * PLE: Definition
*Personal Learning Environments (PLE) are
systems that help learners take control of and
manage their own learning.
*This includes providing support for learners to
set their own learning goals, manage their
learning; managing both content and process
*communicate with others in the process of
learning
*and thereby achieve learning goals.

17. * PLE: Definition
A PLE is :
* A concept (based on Web 2.0 and social network) rather
than specific software
* A group of techniques and a variety of tools:
*to gather information
*explore/develop relationships between
pieces of information
*browser-based (potentially)

18. * PLE: Definition
A PLE is :
*An environment where you access learning from
a variety of sources.
* A place where you do your own work. It’s not
dependent on the university/school.
*A collection of tools and systems, not a single
monolithic system.
*A collection of tools and systems chosen by each
individual learner, rather than the university. More
often than not these tools and systems will not be
owned or maintained by the university.

19. * PLE: Definition
A PLE helps :
*View the subject as a landscape as well as individual pieces
of information
*Create a personal repository of materials and relationships
clustered around a unifying topic or concept
*Document, reflect, communicate, collaborate

20. Source: William F Perry *PLE Diagram (1)

21. Source: Mohamed Amine Chatti *PLE Diagram (2)

22. Source: David Delgado *PLE Diagram (3)

23. *PLE: Definition
In contrast to traditional LMS-driven e-learning solutions, a Personal
Learning Environment (PLE) takes a more natural and learner-centric
approach and is characterized by the freeform use of a set of
lightweight services and tools that belong to and are controlled by
individual learners. (Mohamed A, C, 2009)
The development and support for Personal Learning Environments
would entail a radical shift, not only in how we use educational
technology, but in the organisation and ethos of education.
.

24. *PLE: Definition
Rather than integrating different services into a
centralized system, the idea is to provide the learner with a
plethora of different services and hand over control to her
to select, use, and mashup the services the way she
deems fit.
A PLE driven approach does not only provide personal
spaces, which belong to and are controlled by the user,
but also requires a social context by offering means to
connect with other personal spaces for effective
knowledge sharing and collaborative knowledge
creation.(Mohamed A, c, 2009)

25. From Personal Learning Environment Building
to Professional Learning Network Forming
Professional
network
Aim organizing
The meaning Forming
of social and learning
professional network for
networks for Building PLE competence
education on start pages development

26. Aim
To analyze the experience gained in using of Web 2.0
environment for competence development and for
professional network organizing

27. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
W3C “Social Networks Interoperability Roadmap”
Incubator Group (XG)
Federated Interoperable Framework

28. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Social Networks
Social network sites can be defined as web-based
services that allow individuals to:
(1)construct a public or semi-public profile within a
bounded system
(2)articulate a list of other users with whom they share
a connection
(3)view and traverse their list of connections and those
made by others within the system.

29. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Social Networks

30. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Professional
Networks
Professional network generally refers to a professional
network service, a virtual community that it is focused
on professional interactions instead of social
interactions.

31. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Professional
Networks

32. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Special-formed learning
networks for life-long learners
A learning network is a group of persons
who create, share, support and study
learning resources (“units of learning”)
in a specific knowledge domain.

33. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Special-formed learning
networks for life-long learners

34. Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new opportunities
for learners and educators
Because of their possibilities for:
 data, information and “knowledge
fusion”
 enhancing accessibility, productivity
and
innovative solutions
 research tools providing
 forming groups of personal and
professional interests
To be successful at knowledge creation,
analysis and dissemination, learners need
from network inter-personal and inter-
group interactions

35. Building PLE on start pages
Personal Learning Environment
PLEs building laid the foundations of some
main ideas:
(1)learning is an ongoing process and tools to
support this learning are needed
(2)the role of the individual in self-organizing
learning is important
(3)learning can take place in different contexts
and situations and cannot be provided by a
single learning provider.
(Attwell, G .2007)

36. Building PLE on start pages
Personal Learning Environment
PLEs are systems that help learners take control of and
manage their own learning.
This includes providing support for learners to set their own
learning goals, manage their learning;
managing both content and process;
communicate with others in the process of learning and
thereby achieve learning goals.

37. Building PLE on start pages
Start pages
Web 2.0 applications called “start pages” are
designed to provide a personalized place on the
internet where users can mashup data, information
and knowledge available anywhere, anytime,
including mobile login. Which is also undertook from
(Wheeler, S. (2009)), philosophy in Cyber cultures in
online learning.

38. *How to Create a PLE
A PLE can be implemented by using some free
Web 2.0 services available online.
*Web Aggregators:
* Netvibes
* PageFlakes
* iGoogle

39. *How to Create a PLE
You can also use a platform to create your own social network:
Ning: www.ning.com
Elgg: www.elgg.org

40. *
PLE
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41. * PLE
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42. * PLE
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43. Don’t just follow…
ENGAGE!
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#edchat - Education
##edutech - Educational Technology
#web20chat - Web 2.0
#DistEd – Distance education and e-learning
#innochat – Innovation in education
#Lrnchat – Learning issues for educators
#ellchat – English Language Learners
http://twitter.com/zaidlearn
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44. Facebook is a social
utility that helps
people communicate
more efficiently with
their friends,
families and
coworkers.
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45. Social Learning (Facebook) Formal Learning (LMS)
Informal • Course Notes
Easy-to-Use • Assignments
Sharing • Quizzes
Communication • Grades
Collaboration
Communities
Mobile Learning*
Always Connected!
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46. is an amazing tool for…
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47. *Technical Challenges
* Tools overload
* Firewall blocking
* Accessibility
* Usability & ease-of-use
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48. *Social Challenges
* Content ownership
* Not all use social media
* Digital literacy skills
* Child safety
Graham Attwell make a valuable statement that
about social challenges, for one he argues that :
* Many learners may not have the confidence
and competence to develop and configure their
own tools for learning
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49. *Pedagogical
Challenges
* Out of the comfort zone
* Plagiarism &
authenticity
* Instructional design
* Testing & assessment
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50. * NO centralized system today that meets all
our learning needs.
* A necessity to use a variety of tools to
support our learning needs.
* There is NO perfect PLE model.
*Perfecting our PLE is a lifelong process.
* Building PLE will become increasingly
important in the future.
* Empower yourself and students to build
PLE!
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51. George Siemens Steve Wheeler
Mohamed
Amine Chatti
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Stephen Downes Graham Attwell
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52. RERENCING LIST
Attwell, G (2007). The Personal Learning Environments - the future of eLearning?
eLearning Papers, vol. 2 no. 1.
Mohamed A. C. (2012) Knowledge Management: A Personal Knowledge
Network Perspective Journal of Knowledge Management, 16(5)
Mohamed, A .C. (2009) Discussion of a Web 2.0 Integrated E-Learning and
Knowledge Management Concepts in Proceedings IADIS International
Conference e-Learning 2009, vol. II, (pp. 26–30).
Wheeler, S. (2009) imagine worlds, Emerging Cultures: Cyber cultures in
online learning. Charlotte, NC Information Age.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/w00kie/7350188/in/set-
180637, Accessed on the 12th of march 2013
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