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Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Office of Instructional Development
Dawson College
*Personal Learning Environments
* Index
*Course Management Systems (CMS)
*Web 2.0 and Changes in Learning
*Connectivism
*Introduction to PLEs
*Creating your PLE
*Conclusions
*References
*Questions
*Learning has changed!
• Old way = linear, classroom based
• New way = networks of people and online resources
• The way we find, store, create, critique, and share information has also changed:
Information R/evolution
*Learning has changed!
Web 2.0
*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 Amine Chatti , 2009)
OAESD, May 2012
Mike Carroll, Superintendent, NCESD
Robert Waltenburg, Superintendent, Grant and NCESD
Rinda Montgomery Conwell, Assistant Superintendent, NCESD
Westley Field, Director of Learning Innovation, Waverley College
*Going Global With a Collaborative Learning Network
*Objectives
*Participants will know:*The history of the Frontier Learning Network
*The goals of Enhancing Learning Options.
*The purpose of gaining member schools.
*Participants will be able to:*Identify three of the changes they’d like to pursue
*Learn more about how these changes are being implemented.
*Interact with iOS devices
*Share take away’s
*Relationships
Teachers
Administrators
Students Technology
EdTech
*On Questioning Strategies
http://bit.ly/SteveOnQuestioning
Mike Carroll, [email protected]
Robert Waltenburg, [email protected]
Rinda Montgomery Conwell, [email protected]
* The Frontier Learning Network
Liberate your potential!
(c) C4LPT, 2009 11
Putting the social media
pieces together
Jane HartSocial Media & Learning ConsultantCentre for Learning & Performance
Technologieswww.C4LPT.co.uk
(c) C4LPT, 2009 12
Social networks
(c) C4LPT, 2009 13
(c) C4LPT, 2009 14
Social networks
Communication
File sharing sites
Social bookmarkin
g
Blogs and RSS
Collaboration
(c) C4LPT, 2009 15
(c) C4LPT, 2009 16
*Personal Learning
Environment
Advantages
self-organising, informal learners
address own needsbest-of-breed tools
social-media aware users
bottom-up approach
Disadvantages
formal learners?competence/confidence
overwhelming toolshosted services
personal than group learning
organisational fear of loss of control
Connect, Collaborate, Collect, Contribute
*Personal Learning Networks
Steven KnightED554 – A2
Marymount UniversityJuly 2011
* I am part of all that I have met. Tennyson (1842)
http://vimeo.com/10398759
http://youtu.be/MqSH5TMYlz4
* http://www.slideshare.net/corinnew/creating-a-personal-learning-network-5016387
* Step 1 – Join a Professional Learning Network
Connect
* Step 1 – Join a Professional Learning Network
Connect
* Activities:1 - Join the conversation on Twitter
2 - Create a Diigo account3 - Create a RSS reader page
Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Internet Project3.26.12 Monterey InstituteEmail: [email protected]: @Lrainie
*The Shifting Education Landscape: Networked Learning
*Internet users – 80%
Broadband facilitates networked information
Links and multimedia
Self-paced learning
Analytics
Pervasivemedia
56% of adults own laptops – up from 30% in 2006
44% of adults own MP3 players – up from 11% in 2005
52% of adults own DVRs – up from 3% in 2002
42% of adults own game consoles
19% of adults own e-book readers - Kindle
19% of adults own tablet computer - iPad
*Cell phones as connecting tools% of cell owners
*64% send photo or video*Post video 25%
*55% access social net. site
*30% watch a video
*11% have purchased a product
*11% charitable donation by text
*60% (of Twitter users) access Twitter
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* What is the future of learning/knowledge?-- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”
New: Learning as a process
Knowledge is objective and
certain
Old: Learning as transaction
Knowledge is subjective and
provisional
New: Learning as a process
Our “intelligence” is based on our
individual abilities
Old: Learning as transaction
Our “intelligence” is based on our
learning communities
* What is the future of learning/knowledge?-- Shana Ratner (1997) “Emerging Issues in Learning Communities”
•Stanford CS221 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
•Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig •Google X, a lab created to incubate the company’s most ambitious and secretive projects. He was also free to pursue outside ventures.
• In a few slides, he’d spelled out the nine essential components of a university education: admissions, lectures, peer interaction, professor interaction, problem-solving, assignments, exams, deadlines, and certification.
Thank you!
*Reference
Hurt, J. (n.d.). Putting the social media pieces together.
Knight, S. (2011). personal alearning networks . Marymount University.
Mike carrol, Robert Waltenburg and Rinda Montgomery. (2012). going global with a collaborative learning network. Westley Field.
Rafeal Scapin, P. (n.d.). personal learning environment. Dawson College.
Rainie, L. (n.d.). The Shifting Education landscape: Networked Learning. In L. Rainie, networked Learning (p. 3.26.12). monterey institute: pew internet.
