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Interesting discussion, started by Emma Stodel of "competencies" in building and managing a PLE. Still not sure that I've seen a good description of just what is a PLE and why you need to be competent.

Some more Three Letter Acronyms to guide us into week 2. Here we have ILE (Informal Learning Environment) and FLE (Formal Learning Environment). The ILE uses a wiki for knowledge aggregation, a forum (or microblogging tool like Yammer) for discussions and a set of profiles for documenting expertise or (human) points of contact for informal learning. (A commenter added Google custom search). The FLE includes a Learning Management System (LMS) for managing formal learning, assessment, etc. and a reports database for recording formally assessed competencies, compliance etc. The idea is that learning would take place in the ILE and formal assessment of competencies be recorded in the FLE. The model is aimed at corporate training but could be adapted for higher education. From "Learning in the Corporate Sector" by Ryan Tracey.

Readings and activities for week 2. What jumped out at me was the assumption that I would want to learn Concept Mapping, a new tool CMAP to go with it, and the expectation that I would become sufficiently competent within a week to use it to detail the tools that I use in my own learning. Tall order? Probably!

"A UAL graduate should be digitally mature learner, equipped with the critical faculties to create their own Personal Learning Environment (PLE) that will assist them to take advantage of the affordances of technology in their professional, personal and creative lives after UAL. The best way to develop this is through a culture of collaborative inquiry that explores the potential of digital scholarship through a range of authentic situated learning experiences that are relevant to the individuals' area of practice. They should be able to engage in 5 core competencies of curation, critique, creation, collaboration, and communication"

The good old 'Skills Versus Knowledge' debate. How can they be measured ? Michael refers to 'serious gaps between elite educational credentials and actual individual competence'.What makes for great reading are the comments.