Professional learning networks 3 a

 PLE’sare not another substantiation of
educational technology but a new
approach to learning

 PLE are based on idea that learning will
take place in different contexts and
situations and will not be provided by a
single learning provider

 The idea of a personal learning
environment recognizes that learning is
continuing and seeks to provide tools to
support that learning using whichever tools
that the learners choose

 PLE recognises the role of an individual in
organising their own learning
 PLE’s can help in the recognition of
informal learning.
 It offers a portal through which learners
can explore and create according to their
own interests and directions and
interacting at all times with their friends
and communities.

 The PLE will challenge the existing
education systems and institutions.
 Encourage and support the development
of communities and of practice and
engagement in those communities

 The challenge is not the development of
technology which poses such a challenge,
but the changing ways people are using
technologies to communicate, to learn and
the accompanying social effects of such
use

 Learning is now seen as intermittent, with
individuals spending occasional periods of
formal education and training throughout their
working life.
 PLEs 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 the idea of a Personal Learning
Environment recognises that learning is
continuing and seeks to provide tools to
support that learning.

e Learning The explosive growth of
technology, internet and the world wide web
is transforming teaching and learning. This
is affecting most people at all levels of
learning and education.

Professional learning networks 3 a

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