A Collection of PLE diagrams
As preparation for a workshop I am giving this fall I thought it would be interesting to collect together all the diagrams of PLEs I could find, as a compare and contrast sort of exercise. If you have others, I'd love to know
contestable assumptions that are worth discussing. The first is that of a
standard courseware development template based on one or a limited number of
pedagogical approaches. The second is that knowledge provision equates to
learning. The final issue relates to the first two (indeed all three are
inter-related) and is his apparent oversight of the current Personal Learning
Environment (PLE) discussions and literature.
When a learner learns to construct their own PLE, they themselves construct the
learning modules to suit their own requirements.
His ideas on "Learning Camps" and 24 hour access to school learning centres are
excellent as is what he calls 'Confidence-Based Learning" where testing is
an integral part of student learning diagnostics and formative feedback.
“The More Knowledgeable Other. is anyone who has a better understanding or a
higher ability level than the leaner particularly in regards to a specific task,
concept or process. Traditionally the MKO is thought of as a teacher, an older
adult or a peer” (Dahms et al, 2007),
Technology will play a key role in mediating both the other relationships and
mediating learning itself.
A further and critical aspect of context is what is judged as legitimate in
terms of process and content. How are outcomes defined, what constitutes success
and how is it measured?
"The More Knowledgeable Other. is anyone who has a better understanding or a higher ability level than the leaner particularly in regards to a specific task, concept or process. Traditionally the MKO is thought of as a teacher, an older adult or a peer" (Dahms et al, 2007),
discussion of open learning, connectivism, and personal learning environments, including the sharing of some of what we experienced in massive open online courses