1. The future of online learning
and personal learning
networks/environment
Name: S.L Mbongwa
Stu nu: 201144405
Topic: personal
learning network
2. Online Learning
• Has been around since 1995 or so
• Really grew with the World Wide Web
• Has advanced tremendously
Many positive developments in the
last few years worth sharing…
3. Open Source Applications
• Learning Management Systems
such as Moodle, Sakai, Bodington, ATutor
• Development and CommunityTools
such as LAMS, Connexions, ELGG, Drupal,
WordPress
• Supporting Software
such as Firefox, Thunderbird,
OpenOffice, Audacity
4. New Environments
• Multimedia explosion
podcasts, vodcasts, YouTube, Slideshare, more
• Mobile computing
mobile phones, PDAs, etc.
• The 3D web
Second Life is a start, we will see more of this
5. It looks like nothing before…
Like open source
Like Social Networks
Like blogs and blogging
Like wikis and collaborative
writing
Like tagging and Digg and…
It looks like Web 2.0
The Internet of 2007
6. Online Learning at the Crossroads
• On the one hand – we have developed
tools and systems intended to support
traditional classroom based learning
• On the other hand – we could (should?)
be developing tools and systems to
support immersive learning
• We should be developing for
dynamic, immersive, living systems…
7. Web 2.0: The Learning Network
• The e-Portfolio lives in the intersection
between the worlds for
education, work, and home
• A model for e-Portfolio as a learner-
managed construct
• Key requirement is easy-to-use tools and
hosting services*
• *E.g. the “e-Portfolio-as-blog” approach
Scott Wilson:
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/entries/20050523083528
9. The Challenge…
How to find the right resource…
• at the right time
• for the right person
10. Finding Resources is like Finding
Patterns in the Mesh
the knowledge is in the network
the knowledge is the network
Old: universals
– rules
– categories
New: patterns
– patterns
– similarities
http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/OldArchive/bbs.tenenbaum.html
19. Agenda
concept of personalised learning
personal learning environments
personal learning networks
personal webs
mash-ups and aggregators in creation
and management of personal webs
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
24. Learning Webs
From this .... ..... To this
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
http://sm.irsd.k12.de.us http://blogs.silverlight.net
25. The VLE
“Institutions that
useVLEs are in
danger of turning
the Web back
into a funnel”
(Wheeler, 2009)
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
http://www.chemistryland.com
26. The one and only...
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
http://chrissaad.wordpress.com
27. Making connectionsIn 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
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
http://www.pestproducts.com
29. “...multiple, non-hierarchical entry and
exit points in data representation and
interpretation.”
Rhizomatic learning
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
http://archbold-station.org
33. Self organised learningWe cannot
„manage‟ self-
organised learning
for our students.
We can only create
conducive
environments within
which students will
organise their own
learning.
ccSteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2009
45. Knowing is .... located in
relations among
practitioners, their
practice, the artefacts of
that practice, and the social
organization…of
communities of practice
Lave and Wenger, 1991
47. PLEs are not another
substantiation of
educational
technology but a new
approach to learning
48. and recognise the needs of life-long learners for a
system that provides a standard interface to
different institutions‟ e-learning systems, and that
allows portfolio information to be maintained across
institutions.
49. the idea of a Personal
Learning Environment
recognises that learning is
continuing and seeks to
provide tools to support that
learning
53. Access…
• One-to-one computing
such as the Maine laptop project,
now spreading rapidly
• One Laptop per Child
has launched –
computers in Nigeria
• Wireless access
3G networks, WLAN…
54. Demonstrate
- reference examples
- code library
- image samples
- thought processes
- show experts at work (Chaos Manor)
- application
- case studies
- stories
The question is, how
can we connect the
learner with the
community at work?
55. Practice
- scaffolded practice
- game interfaces
- sandboxes
- job aids
- flash cards
- cheat sheets
- games and simulations
- mod kits
- mmorpgs
The question is, how can
we enable access to
multiple environments
that support various
activities?
56. Reflection
- guided reflection
- forms-based input
- presentations and seminars
- journaling
- blogs, wikis
- communities
- discussion, sharing
The question is, how can we
assist people to see
themselves, their practice, in
a mirror?
57. Choice – Identity - Creativity
- simulated or actual environments that
present tasks or problems
- OpenID, authentication, feature or profile
development
- Portfolios & creative libraries
People talk about „motivation‟
– but the real issue here is
ownership
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