... social networks relate to personal learning?How do social networks relate to formal learning?I think we likely did okay on ... experience. The personal learning aspect was maybe not as strongly experienced, but some of the discussion and tools brought ... The first week of our Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals is wrapping up. This week we looked at Social Networks ... classroom with too much noise and side conversations. As a teacher, we learn how to manage that. As a student we learn how to ... learning professionals to know at a base level around social networks and their relationship to learning:What's a ...

... a better description, especially as we move to more learner control, personal learning environments, and Web 2.0 tools ... people build their personal learning environments, it’s not quite the traditional course. I’ve had some great ... Via a post I found through Workplace Learning Today, Rob Wilkins asked whether “instructional designer” is ... , instructor-led learning. Wilkins focuses on the “designer” part of the title in his post. He says that designer ... learning: a teacher or trainer in front of a classroom or a self-paced tutorial where learners must follow the ...

... learning traded technology for human interaction. Now, the personal element is being added<sep/> 19. eLearn: In ... 24. Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge 25. The Bamboo Project Blog: My Personal Learning Environment An example of a PLE 26. Project Management and E-Learning: MORE is Worse 27. Horizon Report 2008 The annual Horizon ... (Techlearning blog) 63. Personal Learning Environments Wiki - JITT 64. The Wales-Wide Web | Personal Learning Environments ... Learning Gadget | Open Culture 71. Critical Thinking in an Online World 72. The Bazaar - Bazaar project " Personal ...

Systems Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion Personal Work and Learning EnvironmentsPWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from LearningLearning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article)Personal Learning ... : Creating Personal Learning Networks: Part 2 growing changing learning creating: If this is your first PLE Personal ... Design and TechnologyThe Inevitable Personal Learning Environment PostDerek's Blog: More on MLEs and PLEsPersonal Learning Environments WikiThe present and future of Personal Learning EnvironmentsWikipedia: History of personal learning ...

... out at me:The concept of a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) exists, but actual PLEs only exist as theoretical combinations of skills, methods and tools. The concept of a Personal Learning Environment Framework gets it even farther from ... Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion and Personal Work and Learning Environments) that:Knowledge work is not ... . To me, it does not make sense to look at using one environment (an LMS or PLE) as part of learning and another environment as part of knowledge work.That's the reason I call these:Personal Work and Learning Environment (PWLE - pronounce ...

... personal learning environments (PLE's). The other person I mention is Michele Martin at The Bamboo Project. Her posts about PLE's have transformed how I use and think about the web for my own professional development. ... It was interesting to listen to beginning portion of the podcast Straight Talk with Bob Phillips where they discuss my article in T&D Learning and Networking with a Blog. From their post:In the opening segment, Aaron and I talk about Tony Karrer's article in T&D magazine, Learning and Networking with a blog. Here is a post on Tony's site that ...

... for your personal learning?â¬ý. Surprise. No hands.Quite true.Social technologies are different. Blogs and wikis are already being implemented by learners themselves. Call them Personal Learning Environments (PLE) if you want but the key ... Interesting post ... Horizontal technologies for learning ...In the eLearning sector many vendors have created eLearning solutions primarily for educational institutions. These technologies are supposedly designed for learning but that is not true. These technologies are institution-centric and vertical by nature. The concept of Learning Management ...

I have been thinking about ways to merge many of the functions of corporate learning systems with social networks in organizations.It appears that Dave Pollard is pondering the same question and in my opinion he has made some very valid points about why social media and web 2.0 has not yet translated into personal learning environments or enterprise 2.0 ... challenges of making a personal learning environment work in an enterprise setting. He also states that changes need to be made to functionality within social networks to improve their use for all learners.I tend to believe that learning ...

I have been thinking about ways to merge many of the functions of corporate learning systems with social networks in organizations.It appears that Dave Pollard is pondering the same question and in my opinion he has made some very valid points about why social media and web 2.0 has not yet translated into personal learning environments or enterprise 2.0 ... challenges of making a personal learning environment work in an enterprise setting. He also states that changes need to be made to functionality within social networks to improve their use for all learners.I tend to believe that learning ...

Just discovered another online tool in its preview release phase called SecondBrain. I'm waiting for an invitation to test it out. The introduction movie shows quite a few features that look promising. It looks like social networking meets PLE (Personal Learning Enviroment). This app and other new tools such as MyLifeBrand drive home the reality for me that we really are developing a sense of "self" online that is both directly and indirectly shaping our FirstBrain and FirstLife "self".So who are you? Are you different online than you are off? Do you feel new and improved in your ...

This continues the discussion being had around PLE/PWLEs - see More Discussion on Personal Work Learning Environments ... for learning from everything of personal interest.And they are not, therefore, PLEs.A PLE that is 'inside the enterprise ... learning in a substantial way. Even if this isn't ideal (to you and Stephen), it still doesn't turn it into "not a PLE."In PLEs are power tools Tom tells us ... I'm on the same page as Cammy Bean about Personal Learning Environments:So all the ... Michelle's wonderful - My Personal Learning Environment or even my Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools ...

It seems to take a lot to get me blogging these days. Between Tony's not too subtle encouragement and the PLE (personal learning environment) debate I just have to get my thoughts on record.The debate seems to centering around two ... PLE would be that of encouraging lifelong learning while the company benefits from the competitive advantage derived from ... environments.I totally get the fact that many people see the PLE as a PERSONAL tool/method/lifestyle and I agree that for ... the learning field to use PLE's ourselves to fully understand and appreciate their attributes and value. I agree ...

It seems to take a lot to get me blogging these days. Between Tony's not too subtle encouragement and the PLE (personal learning environment) debate I just have to get my thoughts on record.The debate seems to centering around two ... PLE would be that of encouraging lifelong learning while the company benefits from the competitive advantage derived from ... environments.I totally get the fact that many people see the PLE as a PERSONAL tool/method/lifestyle and I agree that for ... the learning field to use PLE's ourselves to fully understand and appreciate their attributes and value. I agree ...

Stephen Downes commented on my recent post - Personal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion and said -I am opposed to the trend coming from the corporate learning side of the house to treat PLEs as work tools. What is it about people in corporate learning that they feel the need to perpetuate the attitude of servitude it seems all learners ... personal learning environments is that they are indended to serve our needs, not someone else's. It was interesting to ... environments.Stephen's very much correct about a PLE being for the person. It is going to be a challenge for corporations to ...

... personal learning and how we use them. There's a great deal of discussion about whether or not a PLE should be a single tool ... I've run across a few different posts talking about Personal Work and Learning Environments which I have tentatively ... basically what is your PWLE (p-whale) is that it's helpful for us to figure out how to support our own personal work and learning. This is much like all the discussion around personal productivity tools, but in this case it is more focused on ... Psychology and Skills of Personal Learning Environments and it's definitely worth looking at some of her earlier ...

... knowledge workers (including myself), there should be no separation between my Personal Learning Environment (PLE), my Personal Knowledge Management system, and my day-to-day set of tools that enhance my knowledge worker productivity. Learning ... I've been reading a lot over the past few months around Personal Learning Environments and a lot of related material ... doing? All.Maybe there are some distinctions between personal knowledge management, personal learning and knowledge ... . Take a look at a few of the following for examples:My Personal Learning EnvironmentRay's Personal Learning ...

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 all ... -to-get-started-with PLE that easily integrates with others in the same learning community, while also are connected to others outside the community.This is a great point. We definitely need easier, starter versions of personal learning ... .) very much aligns with my mental model.Ray tells us...What I am reaching for is an optimized environment for Learning ...

Donald Clark left the following comment on my posting about personal learning environments:"The term PLE is, in itself, suspect. Personalised - OK but stating the obvious. Learning - well no, it's more about a two-way, working window - learning is at best a small part of it, a by product, not it's sole purpose. Environment - the PLE isn't the environment ... onto the web, for all sorts of interesting purposes, only one of which is learning. I really can't conceive of anyone wanting a tool like this just for learning, except perhaps a full-time student, and even then it seems ...

... are agreeing on something ...Note: Stephen and I don't agree on 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 ... There's been quite a bit of discussion going on around Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and personal learning ... - Personal LearningI can talk about webs and networks and personal learnings and PLEs but there's a disconnect unless people ... ). I believe that we all have a personal learning environment ... we just are not necessarily conscious of ...

... 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 know Stephen mentioned that a PLE doesn't actually exist yet, and I would only agree in that a single PLE tool does not exist ...

... remember that's us also.See also:The future of learning is DIYThe future of learning is DIY DIY not ISD DIY vs. Formal Learning Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) PKM and Personal Learning PKM and Informal Learning Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools for Personal Learning Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning ... More Prior Work on PKM and PLE, now think Use Cases ... going on within learning where SME generated content and eventually Do-It-Yourself (DIY) will become more and ...