PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS Jari Laru 28.9.2012 University of Oulu.

PERSONAL LEARNING

ENVIRONMENTSJari Laru

28.9.2012University of Oulu

Mobiles Web 2.0

LMS (Optima, Blackboard)

Commercial Free

Propietary, homogeneous, and centrally administered LMS

Behind closed doors, used mainly for

distribution

Traditional approach (institutionalized environments)•Driven by the needs of the institution rather than

individual students•Represent a typical, application-centered

approach: pre-defined set of activities within closed and rather static systems (Arenas, 2008)

•Students have to act within the system under the constraints and limitation dictated by applications

PLE

Two approaches•Technology-centric approach: stress

importance of the development and implementationof social media (monolithic or combination of all different tools)

•Non technological approach: PLE as subjective, pedagogical approach: In this view PLE is a knowledge network or cognitive space that is in a constant state of flux

Non technological approach

•This perspective does not focus on exact technologies….more attention is paid to how people and resources are connected throught technology

•PLE is entirely controlled and/or construcred by student and is adapted to according students needs and current activities

Examples•Example 1: RSS syndication / Edufeedr•Example 2: Google Hangouts / Google

Docs / Google +•Example 3: Edufeed course (multiple

social media tools)

TASK•Design socio-technical instructional design

which includes appropriate tools for individual task(s) and collaborative task(s).

•Choose one individual activity and one collaborative activity and ”develop” personal learning environment (technological tools) that support this activity

•USE PLE tools to describe your PLE (instructional design and technological choices)

Technological options1.RSS Syndication:Edufeedr: bind

multiple wordpress blogs (course blog, student blogs etc) bound together with RSS

2.Google (or MS) approach. Use google docs, google +, google hangouts to create appropriate PLE

3.Multiple Apps & tools (most complex approach)