From his posting , Stephen Downes sounds like he didn't really enjoy giving his talk on personal learning environments here in Boston yesterday, what with all that having to connect with "corporate e-learning industry types". I can understand that, but if I were Stephen I wouldn't give up, because his perspectives really are valuable in the context of work ... with what a personalised learning environment might be over and above what I already have now. Donald Clark makes the ... I need to define the term for myself. My personalised learning environment includes many aspects of my knowledge ...

Donald Clark left the following comment on my posting about personal learning environments: "The term PLE is, in ... - learning is at best a small part of it, a by product, not it's sole purpose. Environment - the PLE isn't the environment, the internet is." It seems that what Donald is describing is essentially a customised home page, an individualised ... . Unlike Donald, I can see a usefulness in the term 'personalised learning environment' but not if this is restricted to the digital domain. As I describe in my previous post on the topic: "My personalised learning environment is ...

Over the past two months I've been working extensively with the open source virtual learning environment (VLE) Moodle . I've been using it in three ways: To provide support for a predominantly classroom-based course (pre and post course activities, forums, wiki, etc.). To support a predominantly online course in the usual way. To build an online community for a potential audience of many thousands of course graduates. Starting as a complete beginner, I have found Moodle extremely easy to learn (in spite of pretty awful online help) and I have been able to create what I want ...

... between the LMS and the virtual learning environment (VLE). LMSs (Saba, SumTotal, SkillPort, etc.) are for corporates who ... all this. Firstly because, if Moodle is being used in all these different environments, then there's a good chance ...

Chris Brannigan of Caspian Learning alerted me to Cognitive Fitness , an article by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts in the Harvard Business Review, which you can download online for US$6.50. The byline to the article gives you the gist: "New research in neuroscience shows you how to stay sharp by exercising your brain." Now brain training is already in vogue, but Gilkey and Kilts (try saying that with false teeth) are aiming this at the executive, particularly one who is getting on a bit. In essence they're emphasising the importance of keeping your brain active and stimulated ...

As someone who uses Moodle as a tool to support blended learning projects for several of my corporate clients, I was interested to hear Mark Tointon's speak at the recent eLearning Network showcase about some new add-ons for Moodle which are specifically designed to support corporate use of the tool. As Mark explained, there are good reasons why Moodle has a hard job reaching out to corporate users: the mortorboard logo the naive font the friendly name its origins in academia the fact that it is free! These problems of perception can be overcome, but ...

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There's been quite a bit of discussion going on around Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony O'Driscoll , Brent Schelenker , and Steven Downes ... Environment (PLE) with capitals to mean a put together system that integrates and supports your personal learning and a personal learning environment (lower case letters, no acronym) as the set of tools you use to help yourself learn (likely not very integrated). I believe that we all have a personal learning environment ... we just are not ...

Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments : eLearning ... Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony ODriscoll ... using the term Personal Learning Environment (PLE) with capitals to mean a put together system that integrates and supports your personal learning and a personal learning environment (lower case letters, no acronym) as the set of tools you use to help yourself learn (likely not very integrated). I believe that we all have a personal learning environment ...

... traditional educational models: eportfolios and personal learning environments. Eportfolios have great potential, but little uptake. Personal learning environments have similar potential, but the concept is a bit difficult for educators to grasp.

What the heck is a PLE and why would I want one? What the heck is a PLE? Whats special about web 2.0?                         A PLE (personal learning environment) is: a system that helps learners take control of and manage their own learning. This includes ... environment (VLE) or learning management system (LMS) , such as Blackboard or Moodle, is: a ...

... top top ole s / vle s: ONLINE / VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS   ... ;) Learning Environments - James Farmer (2004) Blogging Across the Curriculum ("... a growing and ... Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration - Bob Godwin-Jones (LL&T, May 2003 ... in online learning environments (... the degree to which a successful community of inquiry can be ... theoretical basis for such a claim, initial ideas for specific learning environment designs on the basis of a ...

Environments Donald G. Perrin Introduction Educational institutions add online options to extend Certificate and Degree ... providing environments to facilitate learning. Web advantages compensate for lack of face-to-face contact: Anywhere ... distance coursework should be undertaken at all levels. Preparing the Online Learning Environment Organizations and ... Future Trends in Online Teaching and Learning (2002) by Curtis Bonk. The web interface as an interactive environment ... environments, learning strategies, delivery systems produce, test, revise, validate prototype lessons and ...

... top top ole s / vle s: ONLINE / VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS   ... ) Autonomy in Online (Teaching &) Learning Environments - James Farmer (2004 ... . In doing so it examines the different types of blog environments that are being used in terms of their ... and Teaching - Jill Walker Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration - Bob Godwin ... communitites of inquiry in online learning environments (...the degree to which a successful ...

How are workplace learning professionals going to react to online learning environments, are we going to be on the cutting edge or play catch up. See my post: New Environments, New Challenges at the TrainingDay Blog . __ Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content ...

I've been reading a lot over the past few months around Personal Learning Environments and a lot of related material ... knowledge workers (including myself), there should be no separation between my Personal Learning Environment (PLE), my ... environments that provide support for these need to operate together. If you make these independent and distinct, it will be really annoying for us knowledge workers. So, any suggestion on what the name for this system (or environment) should be? Certainly PLE and PKM would seem to be too limited, right? And, if there's really only one environment, ...

Ray Sims has a great post on Personal Learning Environment and personal learning environments . His diagram and description that states that we not only each have our own personal learning environment, but that we are interconnected in ... , etc.) very much aligns with my mental model. Ray tells us... What I am reaching for is an optimized environment for Learning AND a loosely-couple optimized environment for Doing. I agree with his overall goal, but I'm not sure I separate ... don't agree on two environments - Doing and Learning should be the same. Am I doing or learning right now? Ray goes ...

... environment learning_environment_design learning_suite LED Miscellany Objectives performance Pixar reflection ... Learning Environment Design Learning Environment Design Model is my vision of how ... learning environment design - which focuses on a broader range of tools for learning.  I’m actively working on ... tonight, assessment models that focus on the performance environment do analyze networks and supervisor/company support ... (I think) in the Learning Environment Design model is that I suggest we should look at the degree to which these parts ...

I was able to sit in on a session this year and I so listened to Stephen Downes talk about PLEs. I've been following Stephen for a couple years and so it was a pleasure and honor to not only hear him speak, but to sit on a panel discussion with him (I'll cover more on the panel discussion in another post). But reading The Bamboo Project blog reminded of how our digital lives are spread all over, and the idea of a PLE is quite compelling. Michele's post My Personal Learning Environment is GREAT! If you are new to the whole idea of PLEs then you should check out a PLE in action. I ...

One challenge for many large companies is ... how does one encourage innovation and creativity in corporate environments which often push employees to make "safe" decisions?  After all, isn't product feature creep the easiest way to enhance what one already knows? Our customers always want more enhancements to existing products, or so we think! This kind of engineering design often leads to "bloatware". In the software arena, take a look at the Yahoo portal or the MS Office suite of products. Compare and contrast these examples to the Google user interface. I ...

... learning environment. (Again, bolding added.) Again, all very focused on creating and delivery from an instructor point ... : Communities of living organisms that interact dynamically with their environment.  And one very, very key ... ecosystem is a combination of the organisms and the environment.” KEY: Living organisms; environment; balance.  They all play together.  Translate this into learning.  Unlike a traditional blended learning environment ... environment (organization, culture, tools).  When we think of it this way we suddenly realize that we all rely upon ...

Personal Learning and Personal Learning Environments As part of the recent discussion on personal learning and personal learning environments, I went back to find my posts on these topics and on personal knowledge management and related. Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments The future of learning is personal learning PKM and Personal Learning Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Learning Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning ... Do Learning Professionals Make ...

... yesterday a new scope seminar started on personal learning environments . and an online conference on the future of education started at the University of Manitoba. all this accessable knowledge... viva Web.

... from the start. This is the converse of how we often use games and simulations: instead of creating an environment to evoke a specific response, it's creating an environment and documenting participants' emergent behaviors.

There's some great discussion happening around the issues of control and resulting ownership of work product as we create personal work learning environments. Enterprises that love PLE's Cross battles Downes: is corporate learning ... Blogging Inside or Outside the Corporate Firewall Stephen Downes Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion Jay Cross - Semantics & the first place Personal Work and Learning Environments PLEs are power tools Be the Node The Psychology and Skills of Personal Learning Environments Stephen Downes PLEase ...

Today I am presenting on the topic of Designing Problem-Based Learning Environments in a 3D On Line Virtual World at the 19th International Conference on Teaching and Learning . And I am receiving an Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching,Learning and Technology (I was nominated by Bloomsburg University for the award, I am honored.) More impotantly, here is the MSIT Second Life Wiki which ontains the paper for the conference and a ton of useful resources. Here are some resources I mentioned concerning other Second Life presentations I've done. Here are the slides from an ...

Lately, I've been working with Tony O'Driscoll and the folks at the eLearning Guild on some research and thought leadership around the idea of using 3D environments to teach in a synchronous environment. You'll want to read the 360 Report when it becomes available and listen to a webcast on July 10th about the findings of the report. Simultaneously my oldest son has become interested in Second Life and now is on the Teen Grid, he was using my character but he is ... for work. Talk about a Personal Learning Environment...all the business courses in the world couldn't give him ...

... robustly - Weakness (Internal) + Training groups still very siloed + Roles in new environment not well ...

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Massively Multi-learner Online Learning Environment: MMOLE is a genre of computer generated learning environments in ... computer keyboard and/or mouse. The avatars are able to move independently through the virtual environment. As the learner moves through the environment the computer generates new graphics in real-time to give the learner feedback on their position in the environment and the actions taken by themselves and others within the environment. The learning can occur formally through a class-like environment or a scripted simulation or the learning can occur informally through ...