A Reference Model for Personal Learning EnvironmentsScott Wilson

Colin Milligan

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Existing Models (no existing systems)

Our initial vision Non-learning specific models Responses to our vision

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Future VLE: Scott Wilson

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Web 2.0 Meme Map - Tim O'Reilly

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Digital Lifestyle Aggregator - Marc Canter

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Dave Tosh: Personal Learning Landscape

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Weblog and Aggregation Organisational Online Communication Model - James Farmer

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EduGlu - D'arcy Norman

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Common Features

Feeds for collecting resources and other data Conduits for sharing and publishing Services for interacting with organisations Personal information management Ambiguity of teacher - learner role

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Think about: Do these models fit with your notion of a

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LearnerUniversity

VLE

But …

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Also,

chat, browse, participate in collab activity (e.g. simulation)

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Patterns

Wide choice of systems examined that have characteristics of interest

From the systems we emerge common patterns into a pattern language

The pattern language is applied to the development of prototypes

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Tools and Software analysed

Email and PIM (Outlook, Chandler)

Chat and Messaging (iChat, msn)

Calendaring and Scheduling (iCal, BaseCamp)

News Aggregation (NetNewsWire, Shrook)

Weblogging, Pers. Publishing (Flock, WordPress)

Social Software (Flickr, 43Things, del.icio.us)

Authoring and Collab. Working tools (Writely) Integration Tools (Netvibes, SuprGlu)

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Pattern Categories

Context Patterns (8) Conversation Patterns (13) Network Patterns (4) Resource Patterns (26) Social Patterns (8) Team Patterns (10) Temporal Patterns (4) Workflow Patterns (2)

Activity Patterns (2) Other Patterns (3)

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Services

A number of key services recur in the patterns: Activity Management Workflow Syndication and Posting Group Rating, Annotating, and Recommending Presence Personal Profile Exploration and Trails … and ones which are generic

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Activity Management Service

Service allows a PLE user to

publish activities, join activities others have

created, contribute resources for

activities access resources for

activities. Broker for Workflow

service

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Questions

What systems have you experienced that might count as a PLE?

Can a PLE be an institutional tool? What can’t you do with an eLearning 2.0

approach that you can with a VLE?

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Further Information

http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/ple/

Phil Beauvoir: p.beauvoir@bolton.ac.uk Oleg Liver: o.liber@bolton.ac.uk Mark Johnson: mwj1@bolton.ac.uk Colin Milligan: colin.milligan@strath.ac.uk Paul Sharples: ps7@bolton.ac.uk Scott Wilson: s.wlson@bangor.ac.uk