20. Learner empowerment want learners who are enthusiastic about learning who will take responsibility for their learning, now and life-long who will play a positive role in society
31. … communication / participation with Google Groups 168 messages 68 topics guess 75% me but significant effect feedback from one class member: felt involved in a course for the first time
32. EBL/PBL/participatory courses Create independent learners? Learners are generally institutionalised Produce team-workers? Definitely (but with self-improving groups) Benefit from Web 2.0 tools / PLE? Yes, leveraging social constructivist and constructionist approaches Create new socio-technical organisation? Yes, temporarily
41. PLEs: Systems Personal Learning Environments 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. A PLE may be composed of one or more subsystems