1. Kai Pata
TALLINN UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

2. filling
Restricted
autonomy personal
Guided learners unchangeable

3. challenges
Anxiety
Boredom
Csíkszentmihályi (1977)
Competences

4. flowing
shared
mixed
changing
G. Siemens: The pipe is more important than the content of the pipe

5. Autonomous
Self‐directed

6. Challenges
Anxiety
Boredom
Following Csíkszentmihályi (1977)
Competences

7. Technology,
people,
artifacts
Open
Dynamic
Interconnected

8. Personal network
Learner’s personal
learning environment
Community
Niche Community of communities

9. Accumulating experience:
How?
With what?
What?
Why?

10. Learner decides
Community niche1 Community niche2

13. PERSONAL NETWORK
FACILITATOR
CONNECTS PERSONAL NETWORKS
LEARNER
AUTONOMOUSLY CREATING AND SHARING
KNOWLEDGE‐ACCUMULATING ENVIRONMENT
MONITORING COMMUNITY AND ADAPTING
TO NICHE
INITIATING SWARMING ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY EVALUATES, NICHE DETERMINES
EFFECTIVENESS