This PLE presentation was originally presented at the Elearning Consortium of Colorado. It's been slightly modified for our class.

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Personal Learning Environments
Alice Bedard-Voorhees, PhD

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“Learning IS the work.”
—Harold Jarche

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What is a PLE? Its Purpose?
Identify/Diagram/Map sources for effective
learning about a topic
Develop another metacognitive strategy

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A Map/Diagram of Identified Sources
 Documents: Books, Articles, Pictures, Maps, Diagrams
 People, Organizations
 Formal Learning: Training and Courses
 Social-Media Networks: LinkedIn Groups, Twitter
 Video/Audio
 Other Tech Resources: Search Engines, Webinars, MOOCs

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Many Examples
 http://www.edtechpost.ca/ple_diagrams/index.php/

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Example:
Joyce Selzinger’s PLE Diagram

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Example: Alec Couros’ PLE

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Example: Jordy Jubany I Vila’s PLE

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My PLE

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PLE’s in Course Learning
 Have students share his or her PLE’s for course or as part of a
project assignment.
 Questions for Student: How will you use a PLE in your learning
for this course? Or how would you use a PLE for a given
subject?
 Susan Waldenberger’s Rubric:
http://ychumanities.net/hum205/files/2011/12/Personal-
Learning-Environment-Rubric.pdf
 My Rubric:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4XL3HNdjig6d2loY2FfWkV4Y
mM/edit?usp=sharing

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Your Turn
 Sketch out a PLE for your learning in general
 Create one with a particular, named goal.

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Bookmarks for this session:
http://delicious.com/constantlearnin
gorg/ple
Email:
alicebedardvoorhees@gmail.com

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Thank You!
Image Source: Public Art, Carbondale, CO: Rik Sargent. “Free Mind.”