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04 AUGUST 2012
PERMALINK

What is a PLE?

"For students and lifelong adult learners, we can think of such a permanent home domain as a personal learning environment (PLE). It is not one particular cloud app, rather it is the 'pure web' with a toolset enabling the person/owner of that domain to constantly adapt it to new developments. It grows with the person over time and constantly reflects new 'interior designs' and 'remodeling' as needed. A PLE allows the owner of it to be a true author, contributor, and social interactor with the wider web ecology while still maintaining the stability of a personal home base on the web which is not dependent on the evolving marketing strategies of free portal services...

Unlike the 'exhibition model' digital portfolios, a PLE is much more naturally attuned to the authentic personal and professional needs of the owner. Of course, as in a digital portfolio, we all like to naturally exhibit/display new features. However the passive role of an 'exhibit' is only one of many features of a fluid PLE site. Along with exhibiting this or that project, a PLE might just as likely be hosting a discussion on a particular topic, asking visitors to complete a quick survey, providing a quick 'breaking news' report about storm damage in one neighborhood, contributing a 'how to' screencast video on a recently learned technique…the possibilities are endless!"

(W3PLE, 2011)

TAGS

2011 • a fluid PLE site • active role • authentic needs • authorship • cloud app • cloud computing • constant remodeling • constantly adapting • content creation services • content node • contributors • course project • creating opportunities • digital portfolio • digital portfolios • discussion and exchange • e-learning • engagement • evidence of experimentation • evolving content • evolving form • evolving marketing strategies • exhibition model • free portal services • learning community • learning design support environment • learning trajectory • needs of the owner • online portfolio • open learning • permanent home domain • personal and professional needs • Personal Learning Environment • personal needs • platform independent • PLE • professional needs • pure web • real-world • Responsive Open Learning Environments • ROLE (acronym) • social construction of meaning • social interactor • social media • student • toolset • W3PLE • Web 3.0 • web ecology

CONTRIBUTOR

Simon Perkins
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