The advent of Personal Learning Environments raises many challenges to higher education institutions: How to introduce more student centric and self-regulated learning models? How to promote and encourage digital literacy? What kind of support should be proposed to students to help them efficiently exploit the available learning material and resources from their institutions, their peers and the Web 2.0 ecosystem? The PLE project is addressing some of these issues between the University of Geneva, the University of Fribourg and the EPFL. The objective of this event is to share the experience of the partners and freely exchange about these issues in other places.

1. Eduhub days
Learning Café Espresso II
Monday, April 2, 2012, 16 - 17h
Room B102
LMS Alternatives: Yes, we can
Omar Benkacem (UNIGE), Hervé Platteaux (UNIFR),
Laurent Moccozet (UNIGE), Denis Gillet (EPFL)

2. Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
Any Web 2.0 platform and the associated
online spaces created and shared by a user for
learning purposes can be considered as a PLE
PLE main features:
● Aggregation of resources from the cloud
● Search, filtering and recommendation
● Extensions through Web apps (widgets, gadgets)
● Control of privacy settings, roles and rights
● Repurposing features (CRUD)
● SALT features (share, assess, link, tag)
● … and a link with institutional platforms

3. Personnel Learning Environment (PLE)
Graasp, the PLE enabler from EPFL deployed
in the framework of the AAA/SWITCH PLE
http://graasp.epfl.ch

4. Personal Learning Environment
Enabling PLE in the institutions

5. Pilot classes
Various scenarios using Graasp have been
introduced to stimulate learners in pre-existing
courses and learning activities
The target audience: BA, MA, PhD students
Size : 10-120 students / all fields
http://graasp.unige.ch

6. Collection of self learning resources
Structured on students important learning tasks
● looking for information, writing, collaborating,
thinking about my PLE, etc.
Scenarios, comparative tables of tools, Graasp,
etc.
A systemic logic to organise and share the
resources

7. Discussion
Setup Community SIG PLE ?
● Collect case studies and resources ?
● Workshop Early Adopters ?
● Webinars soft-skills ?
● ....
site of project : http://ple.unige.ch