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EmpoweringPersonal LearningEnvironments
Zaid Ali Alsagoff
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/

Hi!
Learning can be FUN!

Contents
5 Future Trends
PLE
LMS Vs PLE
Essential PLE Tools
Challenges
Conclusion

5
5 Future Trends
Future
Trends
We Cannot Ignore!

Social Media & Web 2.0
1
Connect
Interact
Collaborate
Share
Learn
create

Facebook Stats (27/05/2011)
1
16. Malaysia
Source: http://www.facebakers.com/countries-with-facebook/

Facebook Users in Malaysia?(11/05/2011)
1
Facebook Users: + 10.85 Million
Penetration: 41.47 %
Source: http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/saudi-arabia

Demographics– Malaysia (11/05/2011)
1
Male/Female User Ratio
User Age Distribution
Source: http://www.facebakers.com/countries-with-facebook/MY/

Social Media Revolution?

Openness in Education
2
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Assessment
Online Facilitation
Credits
Teaching
Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOC)
Open Source Software
Accreditation
Open Textbooks
OER/OCW list:
http://tiny.cc/r6xb0
Open Courseware (OCW)
MOOC: http://tiny.cc/2eger

Examples
Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Khan Academy: http://www.khanacademy.org/
Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/
YouTube EDU: http://www.youtube.com/edu
Einztein: http://www.einztein.com/
TED Talks: http://www.ted.com/

Khan Academy

Wolfram Alpha

Quora

Social Curation
3
“…Today there is a new wave of social bookmarking tools in the name of 'Social Curation', which are empowered with some really innovative collaborative sharing tools to make sense of the overloaded web by organizing discoveries and resources into mind-stimulating topics, stories, collections, etc..”
– Zaid Ali Alsagoff
Article: http://tiny.cc/5245h

http://www.delicious.com/zaidlearn/PLE

Scoop.it!
Create your topic-centric media by collecting gems among relevant streams.
Publish it to your favorite social media or to your blog.

OER Glue

Mobile Learning
4
Source: http://tiny.cc/6wu04

Connectivism
5
“…knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks...”
George Siemens &
Stephen Downes
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism

Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2011
Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html

But, what about the LMS?
PLE
LMS
“Rather than integrating different tools into a centralized system, the idea is to provide the learner with a myriad of tools and hand over control to her to select, combine and use the tools the way she deems fit.”. - Mohamed Amine Chatti
Adapted from: http://tiny.cc/ozffg

Alternatives?
ELGG: http://www.elgg.org/Mahara: http://mahara.org/Schoology: http://www.schoology.com/

PLE
Where to Start?
Source: http://www.pamorama.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/artoflistening.jpg

Example of PLEs
A collection of PLEs: http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams

EssentialPLE Tools?

My Essential PLE Tools?

With RSS You Can Create Your Own Online Newspaper

Ways RSS is being used:
RSS
Newsfeeds
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts

Google Reader

Twitter for Learning?
Don’t just follow… ENGAGE!
#edchat - Education##edutech - Educational Technology#web20chat - Web 2.0#DistEd – Distance education and e-learning#innochat – Innovation in education#Lrnchat – Learning issues for educators#ellchat – English Language Learners
http://twitter.com/zaidlearn
Article: http://tiny.cc/lp0b0

Looking for Learning Professionals?
Here: http://tiny.cc/llihj

Useful Twitter Tools
http://monitter.com/
http://paper.li/
http://twitpic.com/
http://www.tweetdeck.com/
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
More Twitter Tools: http://tiny.cc/jqaqa

Facebook?
Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, families and coworkers.

Facebook for Learning?
Formal Learning (LMS)

Course Notes
Assignments
Quizzes
Grades

Social Learning (Facebook)
Informal
Easy-to-Use
Sharing
Communication
Collaboration
Communities
Mobile Learning
Always Connected!
Facebook Legalized for teaching & learning only!

Facebook Groups or Pages
Source: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/publicaffairs/webcomm/vu-resources/social-media-handbook/appendix-b/
Slidecast: http://tiny.cc/3p5ye

Blogging
is an amazing tool for…
Lifelong Learning!

Blog is the perfect _______ tool!
Web
Tools
E-Portfolio

Integrating your PLE?

iGoogle: http://www.google.com/ig
Netvibes:http://www.netvibes.com/
Pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/

URL: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html

Challenges
Technical
Social
Pedagogical
References:

Learning 2.0 - VLE to PLEhttp://www.slideshare.net/mmetcalfe/learning-20-vle-to-ple
Barriers to Personal Learning Environments (Graham Atwell): http://www.pontydysgu.org/2009/01/barriers-to-personal-learning-environments/
PLE Overview:http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Ple

Technical Challenges
Tools overload
Firewall blocking
Accessibility
Usability & ease-of-use
“The Standalone LMS is Dead”
- Dan Pontefract

Social Challenges
Content ownership
Not all use social media
Digital literacy skills
Child safety
“…Many learners may not have the confidence and competence to develop and configure their own tools for learning“
- Graham Attwell

Pedagogical Challenges
Out of the comfort zone
Plagiarism &authenticity
Instructional design
Testing &assessment

Explore PLE further? The Experts…
Steve Wheeler
George Siemens
Mohamed
Amine Chatti

Mohamed Amine Chattihttp://mohamedaminechatti.blogspot.com/
Graham Attwellhttp://www.slideshare.net/GrahamAttwell
Steve Wheeler http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/
Stephen Downeshttp://www.downes.ca/
George Siemenshttp://www.elearnspace.org/blog/

Stephen Downes
Graham Attwell

Conclusion
NO centralized system today that meets all our learning needs.
A necessity to use a variety of tools to support our learning needs.
There is NO perfect PLE model.
Perfecting our PLE is a lifelong process.
Building PLE will become increasingly important in the future.
Empower yourself and students to build PLE!

Have a ZaidLearn!
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/
Finally, You Might Want To…

Q&A

Zaid Ali Alsagoff
E-Learning Manager
E-mail : zaid.alsagoff@gmail.com
Blog : http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/zaidlearn
IMU : http://imu.edu.my
DID : +603-2731 7327
Ext. : 3115