It’s Personal: Learning Spaces, Learning Webs

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Agenda

concept of personalised learningpersonal learning environmentspersonal learning networks personal websmash-ups and aggregators in creation

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Everything is relative

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Knowledge or wisdom?

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http://slated.org

PLE as a counterpoint to the VLE

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http://open.salon.com

Personalised Learning?

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http://www.delasallewaterford.com

Personalised Learning?

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http://www.hseb.utah.edu

We are family

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http://pro.corbis.com

Wii are family!

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http://wiifitnessdepot.com

Funnels vs. webs

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http://zumu.com

Learning Webs

From this .... ..... To this

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http://sm.irsd.k12.de.us http://blogs.silverlight.net

The VLE

“Institutions that useVLEs are in

danger of turning the Web back into a funnel”

(Wheeler, 2009)

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http://www.chemistryland.com

The one and only...

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Making connections

In connectivism, learning involves creating connections and developing a network. It is a theory for the digital age drawing upon chaos, emergent

properties, and self organised learning.

(It’s not what you know but who you know)

Source: Wikipedia

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RhizomesDeleuze & Guattari

Anarchy of the Web

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“...multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and

interpretation.”

Rhizomatic learning

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http://archbold-station.org

Rhizomatic learning “A rhizomatic plant has no centre

and no defined boundary; rather, it is made up of a number of

semi-independent nodes, each of which is capable of growing and spreading on its own, bounded

only by the limits of its habitat.”

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Source: Cormier, D. (2008) http://davecormier.com/edblog/

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Rhizomatic learning

“In the rhizomatic view, knowledge can only be negotiated, [and is] a personal knowledge-creation process with mutable goals and constantly negotiated premises.”

Source: Cormier, D. (2008) http://davecormier.com/edblog/

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We cannot ‘manage’ self-organised learning for our students.

We can only create conducive environments within which students will organise their own learning.

Self organised learning

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Formal and Informal learning

Formal Learning Informal Learning

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Self organised learning

Formal Learning Informal Learning

Self Organised Learning

In SOL students take responsibility for their

own learning and put this into successful action.

Source: http://www.equal-works.com

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Assessment?

Normativevs

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You are your own ‘VLE’

Services Tools

Formats Content

Channels Networks

Aggregation

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PLEs, PLNs and PWs

Personal Learning Network

Personal Web

PersonalLearning

Environment

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Functions of PLEs

Managing

informationGenerating

content

Connecting

with others

Adapted from Duke (2009)

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Functions of PLEs

Managing

informationGenerating

content

Connecting

with othersCommunication

with others (dialogue)

Sharing with others

(exchange)

Recording and sharing

achievement (e-portfolio)

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Functions of PLEs

Managing

informationGenerating

content

Connecting

with othersCommunication

with others (dialogue)

Sharing with others

(exchange)

Learning

Recording and sharing

achievement (e-portfolio)

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Personal Learning

Environment

Blog

LMS

Social Network

Social Network

External Services Web 2.0

E-Portfolio

Aggregator

Aggregator

Adapted from David Delgado, 2007

Personal Learning Environment Model

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External Services Web 2.0

Self organised

Institutionallymanaged

Adapted from David Delgado, 2007

E-Portfolio

Aggregator

Aggregator

Social Network

Social Network

Personal Learning Environment Model

Blog

LMS

Personal Learning

Environment

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Personal Web Tools

n = 56 Teachers

Microblogging 46 Twitter, Plurk, TumblrBlogging 26 Wordpress, BloggerCollaborative writing 12 Wikispaces, Etherpad, Google Docs, PBTask Management tool 10 RTM, Ubiquity, EvernoteSearch engine 13 Google, YahooSocial network 12 Facebook, LinkedIn, NingSocial tagging/bookmark 24 Delicious, Diigo, Xmarks, StumbleuponSocial presence 14 Skype, Adobe ConnectImage/Video sharing 12 Flickr, Picassa, YouTubeE-mail 16 Gmail, other e-mail web servicesE-Portfolio 2 MaharaOther organisational tool 3 Dropbox, Coda, ZoteroAggregators (incl. RSS) 7 Feedly, Friendfeed, Netvibes, iGoogle

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Top 5 teacher web tools (n=56)

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Generating Content

Sharing Content Organising Content

Personal Web Tools

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Generating Content

Sharing Content Organising Content

Personal Web Tools

Communication

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Generating Content

Sharing Content Organising Content

Blog Mashup

Wiki

Tagging

Personal Web Tools

E-portfolio

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Thank you

Steve WheelerFaculty of EducationUniversity of Plymouth

W: www2.plymouth.ac.uk/distancelearningE: swheeler@plymouth.ac.ukB: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com

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