3. Aim
To study the organization of Personal
Learning Networks (PLN) and to support
the optimization of teachers’ efficacy and
productivity
4. A personal or professional
learning network (PLN) involves
an individual’s topic-oriented
goal, a set of practices &
techniques aimed at attracting
and organizing a variety of
relevant content sources,
selected for their value, to help
the owner accomplish a
professional goal or personal
interest.
5. “the heart of the concept of the PLE is
that it is a tool that allows a learner (or
anyone) to engage in a distributed
environment consisting of a network of
people, services and resources. It is not
just Web 2.0, but it is certainly Web 2.0 in
the sense that it is (in the broadest sense
possible) a read-write application.”
Stephen Downes, 2006
6. The promise of Personal
Learning Environments could
be to extend access to
educational technology to
everyone who wishes to
organise their own learning.
10. Web 3.0
Semantic Web
Web 1.0
The Web
Web x.0
Meta Web
Web 2.0
Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
DegreeofInformationConnectivity
Connects information Connects people
Connects knowledge Connects intelligence
The eXtended Web
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
13. Here’s a problem
for teachers:
“For the first time
we are preparing
students for a
future we cannot
clearly describe.”
- David Warlick
http://communications.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
17. Formal and Informal learning
Formal Learning Informal Learning
20%
80%
Source: Cofer, D. (2000). Informal Workplace Learning.
Shouldn’t we now start to blend formal
and informal learning?
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
19. Social Media use
>500 Million
>100 Million >50 Million
>125 Million
>14 million
articles
>4 Billion images
Source: http://econsultancy.com
2 Billion views/day
24 hours/minute
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
30. Source: George Siemens www.connectivism.ca/
http://www.sciencedaily.com
Connectivism
We live in a techno-social world
Learning occurs inside and outside of
people – we store our knowledge in
computers and in other people –
George Siemens
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2010
33. It also recognizes the role of the individual in
organizing their own learning
34. We can use
computers to extend
the capabilities of
our own minds. They
can become the
repositories of our
knowledge.
http://www.phillwebb.net
Social Learning
Computers as mind tools
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
36. Learning is now
seen as multi
episodic, with
individuals
spending occasional
periods of formal
education and
training throughout
their working life.
37. Personal Learning Environments
Personal
Learning
Environment
Personal
Learning
Network
Personal
Web Tools
Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html
PLEs are not only personal
web tools and personal
learning networks. PLEs
are much wider than this,
taking in experiences and
realia, as well as learning
through TV, music, paper
based materials, radio &
more formal contexts.
Learning content is not as
important now as where
(or who) to connect to, to
find it.
PWTs are any web tools,
(usually Web 2.0) chosen
by learners to support
their lifelong learning.
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
38. TEACHER’S ROLE
TEACHERS SHOULD INTRODUCE THIS
CONTEPT OF PLN AS THEIR TEACHING
STRATEGY IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THEIR
STUDENTS IN DEEP LEARNING AND CREATE
MORE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN TERMS OF
USING WEB 2.0 TOOLS
40. Learners will need new ‘literacies’
Social networking
Privacy maintenance
Identity management
Creating content
Organising content
Reusing and repurposing
Filtering and selecting
Self broadcasting
http://www.mopocket.com/
SteveWheeler,UniversityofPlymouth,2011
The new web environments are game
changers. learners now need new
(digital) literacies
44. the PLE will challenge the existing
education systems and institution
45. It is not the development
of technology per se
which poses such a
challenge to education
systems and educational
institutions
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51. PLNs can develop on the potential of
services oriented architectures for dispersed
and networked forms of learning and
knowledge development.
52. Personal learning networks can transform
ones life and assist one in terms of
acquiring knowledge from a deeper level of
learning furthermore using different tools
in the classroom with an aim of engaging
pupils in the content.
53. References
Abbey, E. (2009), Personal Learning Networks,
United States
Graham, A. (2007), Lifelong Competence
Development, United Kingdom
IVANOVA, M. (2012), Analysis of Personal Learning
Networks, United states
Lang horst, E. (2010), MSTA 2010 Building a Personal
Learning Network, United States
Wheeler, S. (2011), the Future of Learning, United
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