6. Offering learners a richer and more personalized experience, by implementing a transition from the traditional Learning Management System (LMS) towards the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) paradigm.
11. Implementing a more active and interactive teaching style and enabling learners to train their speaking and writing competencies by solving real-life tasks and enacting real-life situations.
15. For the life-long learner, learning activities are less formal and organized than for LMS users or higher education students. This means that you cannot rely on there being a course plan, a dedicated teacher, or a well defined list of fellow students.
24. Ann studies this material first, and then decides to explore more. Her tutor has suggested a set of widgets in the form of a pre-configured PLE. Ann starts off with the ObjectSpot search gadget to discover more OER on sustainable energy, coming from OpenLearn, iTunesU, Wikipedia, SlideShare, and YouTube. She takes notes on the Etherpad gadget, which she shares with her group members. She then has a videoconference with them, through the FlashMeeting gadget, revising their joint notes on the Etherpad gadget at the same time. Finally, she is off to Google docs to collaboratively create the final document, by expanding and formatting the group's Etherpad notes.
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