Professional learning environments.

1. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS

2. Image Source: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/03/31/business/31short.600.jpg

3. THE FUTURE...?
www.abebooks.com
It is very difficult to
predict the future.
It’s difficult to even
predict what will
happen in the next
year.
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011

4. A Networked Student
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwM4ieFOotA
HOW DOES A 21ST CENTURY STUDENT
LEARN?

5. Here’s a problem
for teachers:
“For the first time
we are preparing
students for a
future we cannot
clearly describe.”
- David Warlick
http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/

6. www.newmediamusings.com
Is learning
simply about
gaining
knowledge...?

7. ... or about
making
connections?
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011

8. Ivan Illich
One size
does not
fit all
Participation
,
not passive
reception of
knowledge
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011

9. “It's not what
you know that
counts anymore.
It's what you can
learn.”
– Don Tapscott
Connections to
your community
of practice

10. Personalised Learning?
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
http://www3.ntu.edu.sg

11. Personalised Learning?
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011

12. PERSONAL
LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS
Personal
Learning
Environment
Personal
Learning
Network
Personal
Web Tools
Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html
PLEs are not only personal
web tools and personal
learning networks. PLEs
are much wider than
this, taking in experiences
and realia, as well as
learning through
TV, music, paper based
materials, radio & more
formal contexts.
Learning content is not as
important now as where (or
who) to connect to, to find
it.
PWTs are any web
tools, (usually Web 2.0)
chosen by learners to
support their lifelong
learning.
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011

13. http://www.eastone.co.uk/
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
Web 2.0

14. Web 2.0:
"A perceived second-generation of Web-
based services such as social networking
sites, wikis, communication tools, and
folksonomies that emphasize online
collaboration and sharing among users"
WEB 2.0 ?

15. © A J C 2 0 0 7 .

16. We don't.
By embracing a Web 2.0 approach to learning
objects, we can allow academic staff to
support learners on a much more individual
basis through new communication channels.
microbiologybytes.com/AJC
HOW DO WE MANAGE THE
LONG TAIL IN EDUCATION?

17. http://www.uksmallbusinesswebsites.co.uk
Social Media gives everyone
a voice in the community

18. Social Media use
Source: http://econsultancy.com
2 Billion views/day
24 hours/minute
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011

19. "Insanity: doing the same thing over and
over again and expecting different
results."
- Albert Einstein

20. Elgg empowers individuals, groups and institutions to create their
own fully-featured social learning environments.
SOCIAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS

21. Lecturer
Student
Students
Student
http://www.dimdim.com/http://www.wiziq.com/
Cost-Savings
Accessibility
Convenience
RecordFlexibility
Real-Time
Quality
Leverage
WEB CONFERENCING

22. I-LECTURES

23. Blog (short of Weblog):
Is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular
entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other
material such as graphics or video.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
"Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add
content to a blog.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
DEFINITION OF BLOG

24. 1. Post latest Industrial-related
trends and news
2. Post materials and resources
3. Host online discussions
4. Build a class newsletter
5. Group projects to co-produce
content
6. Reflect your teaching and
learning experiences
BLOGGING AS AN
EDUCATIONAL TOOL

25. A website created by a group; rather than by an individual.
In Hawaiian, Wiki means “quick”
What I Know Is… (descriptive of the process of collaborative
content development.)
WIKI
DEFINITION:

26. http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://www.wetpaint.com/
http://pbwiki.com/ http://sites.google.com/
WIKI TOOLS?

27. http://www.google.com/ig
http://www.netvibes.com/ http://www.pageflakes.com/
PERSONAL
LEARNING SPACES

28. Social bookmarking is a method for Internet
users to store, organize, search, and manage
bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the
help of metadata (tags).
Folksonomy (from folk + taxonomy) is the
practice and method of collaboratively creating
and managing tags to annotate and categorize
content.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking
SOCIAL
BOOKMARKING

29. PERSONAL
LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS - A
CONCEPT BASED ON
WEB 2 .0 AND
SOCIAL SOFTWARE

30. THE REFORM AND
RESHAPING OF SOCIAL
SYSTEMS AND
INSTITUTIONS HAS
TENDED TO LAG BEHIND
IN PERIODS OF RAPID
TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGE

31. PLES ARE NOT ANOTHER
SUBSTANTIATION OF
EDUCATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY BUT A NEW
APPROACH TO LEARNING

32. PLE ARE BASED ON THE IDEA
THAT LEARNING WILL TAKE
PLACE IN DIFFERENT
CONTEXTS AND SITUATIONS
AND WILL NOT BE PROVIDED
BY A SINGLE LEARNING
PROVIDER

33. THE ‘PEDAGOGY’ BEHIND THE PLE – IF IT COULD
BE STILL CALLED THAT – IS THAT IT OFFERS A
PORTAL TO THE WORLD, THROUGH WHICH
LEARNERS CAN EXPLORE AND
CREATE, ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN
INTERESTS AND DIRECTIONS, INTERACTING AT
ALL TIMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND
COMMUNITY

34. Aim
To analyze the experience
gained in using of Web 2.0
environment for competence
development and for
professional network
organizing

35. Social network sites can be defined as web-based
services that allow individuals to:
(1)construct a public or semi-public profile within a
bounded system
(2)articulate a list of other users with whom they
share a connection
(3)view and traverse their list of connections and
those made by others within the system.
Danah Boyd, School of Information, University of California-
Berkeley
Nicole Ellison, Department of Telecommunication, Information
Studies, and Media, Michigan State University
Social-oriented applications and
professional networks - new
opportunities for learners and
educators
Social Networks

36. PLEs building laid the foundations of
some main ideas:
(1)learning is an ongoing process
and tools to support this learning
are needed
(2)the role of the individual in self-
organizing learning is important
(3)learning can take place in
different contexts and situations
and cannot be provided by a
single learning provider.
Attwell Graham
Building PLE on start pages
Personal Learning Environment

37. PLEs 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.
Wikipedia
Building PLE on start pages
Personal Learning Environment

38. Web 2.0 applications called “start
pages” are designed to provide a
personalized place on the internet
where users can mashup
data, information and knowledge
available
anywhere, anytime, including
mobile login.
Wikipedia
Building PLE on start pages
Start pages

39. CONCLUSION
• The modified Rogers’ model for competence development lifecycle
in a learning network is used in order to be examined the main
phases in competence progress of each student
• Social networks contribute to the processes by which learners meet
and communicate, and pool, share, learn about and reuse their
resources, knowledge and competencies
• PLE building is found to be a core for PLN and PfLN deployment
• The transition from PLE to PfLN is an important step that supports
students to become self-organized and life-long learners

40. “Seek knowledge from
the cradle to the grave”
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
THE END!

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