Personal Learning Environments and Social Networks in the Traditional School System

2014 ◽  
pp. 417-440
Author(s):  
Christos Manolis ◽  
Eleni Kalaitzidou
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Electronic Format ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Life ◽  
Constructive Learning ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment

An effort to integrate new technologies in learning and school life in general has been put forward by the ministry of education in Greece with an action known as “Digital School.” One of the components of “Digital School” is the digital platform that includes all schoolbooks converted to an electronic format (e-books), enhanced with additional interactive educational material. This research focuses on how the enhanced 10th grade mathematics books could comprise a constructive learning environment beyond the classroom, facilitating pupils studying on their own and at their own pace. The results of the research show that social networks, digital tools, and the resources that pupils use on a daily basis can pave the way in this direction on condition and that they are utilized for the configuration of a PLE (Personal Learning Environment) by each pupil, which ensures the required communication and feedback between the community of pupils and teachers.

Personal Learning Environments and Social Networks in the Traditional School System

2018 ◽  
pp. 132-156
Author(s):  
Christos Manolis ◽  
Eleni Kalaitzidou
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Electronic Format ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Life ◽  
Constructive Learning ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment

An effort to integrate new technologies in learning and school life in general has been put forward by the ministry of education in Greece with an action known as “Digital School.” One of the components of “Digital School” is the digital platform that includes all schoolbooks converted to an electronic format (e-books), enhanced with additional interactive educational material. This research focuses on how the enhanced 10th grade mathematics books could comprise a constructive learning environment beyond the classroom, facilitating pupils studying on their own and at their own pace. The results of the research show that social networks, digital tools, and the resources that pupils use on a daily basis can pave the way in this direction on condition and that they are utilized for the configuration of a PLE (Personal Learning Environment) by each pupil, which ensures the required communication and feedback between the community of pupils and teachers.

Publishing with Friends

2010 ◽  
pp. 1120-1138
Author(s):  
Paula Roush ◽  
Ruth Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
Hands On

Publishing with friends is the account of an action research cycle in which a print-on-demand Web site, Lulu.com, became a classroom for second and third year digital photography students to publish their photobooks. Building on the earlier use of a blogging platform as a personal learning environment, this narrative explores the pedagogical prospects of the read/write Web, and illustrates the way in which students use social networks for creative produsage (Bruns, 2008). Students were positive about the pedagogical approach, and the opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience in their chosen field of study.

scholarly journals Mason students’ ideal personal learning environment (PLE): What we know and don’t know about how students learn in the digital age

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nada Dabbagh ◽  
Helen Fake
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Perceptual Cues ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment

A Personal Learning Environment or PLE is described as a process that helps students organize the influx of information and resources that they are faced with on a daily basis into a personalized digital learning space or experience. A PLE is primarily facilitated by cloud-based Web 2.0 technologies and services designed to help students create, organize, and share content, participate in collective knowledge generation, and manage their own meaning making. Hence, a PLE is student-designed around each student’s goals or learning approach. In a PLE, the student develops an individualized digital identity through the perceptual cues and cognitive affordances that the personalized learning environment provides such as what information to share and when, who to share it with, and how to effectively merge formal and informal learning experiences. To gather data on PLEs, Mason students were asked what do they like to learn about; what hardware (devices) and software do they use to learn; what digital tools they wish they had access to for learning; and what their ideal PLE might look like. In this presentation, we will share student responses to these questions and provide recommendations for supporting the development PLEs in teaching and learning contexts.

scholarly journals Use of scenario development and personal learning environment and networks (PLE&N) to support curriculum co-creation

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 848-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Tsui ◽  
Nikolina Dragicevic
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Scenario Development ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Constant Change

AbstractIn much of the current discussions on business environments, a recurring theme both for academics and practitioners is that it is marked by inherent uncertainty (unknown unknowns). Hence, knowledge workers must have skills and understanding of the possible ways to navigate through and adapt to constant change. However, the tendency of prevailing approaches to curriculum development to focus on (static) learning outcomes, we argue, is not appropriate to train young people to adapt to the unpredictable working environment. Instead, more dynamic approaches to curriculum are required, which would instead focus on learning as a continuous relearning and emergent process of adaptation and stimulate students' inquiry and intellectual and creative skills. This paper approaches the issue by discussing the opportunities of using scenario thinking and development together with a personal learning environment and network (PLE&N) for co-creating a curriculum with students, teachers, and practitioners in higher education. In short, the methodology underpinning scenario development recognizes that uncertainty can be best dealt with and understood from the perspective of a range of possibilities and multiple futures through a facilitated, coherently structured process. PLE&N, on the other hand, serves as a learning space which stimulates self-regulated and network-based learning. The paper contends that curriculum informed by such a design methodology would lead to more frequent and appropriate updates as well as equip students with skills to work in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.

scholarly journals Los entornos personales de aprendizaje en el marco de la educación permanente

EDMETIC ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Elvira E. Navas
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment ◽  
Siglo Xx

<p>En este trabajo se presenta un estudio documental sobre el surgimiento, evolución y estado actual de la utilización y desarrollo de los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje (Personal Learning Environment, PLE) en el marco de la Educación Permanente o Aprendizaje para Toda la vida (Lifelong Learning). En primer lugar, se hace una revisión del concepto de Educación Permanente desde la literatura de inicios de siglo XX. A continuación, se procede a estudiar el término PLE, desde sus orígenes hasta la interpretación actual. Se presentan experiencias tanto nacionales como internacionales donde se ejemplifica de forma práctica la utilización de PLE en la educación universitaria. Finalmente, se hace una reflexión de cierre sobre las proyecciones de futuro del uso de los PLE en el marco de la educación permanente.</p>

scholarly journals Los entornos personales de aprendizaje en el marco de la educación permanente

EDMETIC ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Elvira E. Navas
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environment ◽  
Siglo Xx

<p>En este trabajo se presenta un estudio documental sobre el surgimiento, evolución y estado actual de la utilización y desarrollo de los Entornos Personales de Aprendizaje (Personal Learning Environment, PLE) en el marco de la Educación Permanente o Aprendizaje para Toda la vida (Lifelong Learning). En primer lugar, se hace una revisión del concepto de Educación Permanente desde la literatura de inicios de siglo XX. A continuación, se procede a estudiar el término PLE, desde sus orígenes hasta la interpretación actual. Se presentan experiencias tanto nacionales como internacionales donde se ejemplifica de forma práctica la utilización de PLE en la educación universitaria. Finalmente, se hace una reflexión de cierre sobre las proyecciones de futuro del uso de los PLE en el marco de la educación permanente.</p>

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