The PLE is a unique interface into the owners digital environment. It integrates their personal and professional interests (including their formal and informal learning), connecting these via a series of syndicated and distributed feeds. The PLE is also a portfolio system allowing the user to maintain their repository of content and selectively share that content as needed. It is also a profile system, exposing the users interests in a variety of ways allowing automated, but selective search of the individual and their digital contributions. Of course, the PLE is a social as well as an information environment, connecting the user to individuals and cooperative events and activities throughout the Net.
Doug Symington on 23 Jan 09As a member of the "blue group" in evo2009pdi I was looking for a visual search tool for Flickr and came across tiltomo.com -- like the fact that it provides for searching by colour and texture. Of course an important consideration in the use of any image is the licensing of same. What rights have been reserved by the photographer? Have to check regarding licensing of content linked. Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org provides a series of licenses for "producers" to clearly outline the "if, how, when, and where" the "art" they have produced may be used on the web.
