1. Beyond the boundaries of CMS Personal learning environments (PLEs) as a creative space for teaching and learning Prof. Tim Pychyl Department of Psychology Flavia Renon MacOdrum Library Maire Goss Mary-Beth Haley Julie Lepine Students of PSYC 6104W, ALDS 5204W

2. CMS/LMS Pros  Structured  Perennial  Flexible  Asynchronous Cons  Teacher centered  Course based

3. PLEs v. LMS: is there a difference?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zS d5Gs6Mw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zS d5Gs6Mw&feature=related Both are valuable to the student learning experience

4. A bit about PLEs A Personal Learning Environment is a facility for an individual to access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital artifacts of their ongoing learning experiences (Ron Lubensky, 2006)

5. The Anatomy of personal learning environments (PLEs)

6. PLEs: another model

7. The nature of PLEs Personal Learning Environment (PLEs) are a concept and not a system There is still some work that needs to be done to operationalize this vision of a lifelong learning environment into a product (Anderson, 2006)

8. Recently I came across an interesting PLE tool….. Grade 7 student’s PLE: Welcome to my PLE  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3t q5wIY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3t q5wIY&feature=related Part of a thesis project (Wendy Drexler, 2010)

9. Where do PLEs fit into higher education?

10. Symbaloo PLEs A few samples from the Seminar in University Teaching

11. Symbaloo, a visual gathering tool http://www.symbalooedu.com/

12. What are PLEs and why should we care? http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=MqSH5TMYlz4&fe ature=related

13. University teaching PLEs: finding your own voice …in an organized way 1. Identify teaching/learning & professional development goals that best suits your needs (teaching philosophy, personality,…) 2. Select information sources that will help you meet your anticipated goals 3. Select e-tools that will help you find and organize this information most effectively and efficiently (preferably in one location)

14. Some pieces of the teaching puzzle

15. PLE software/tools The trends: Individual (mashups,webtops) Institutional

16. PLEs and Ubiquitous technology Developments in:  Cloud computing  Mashups  Widgets…

17. Other types of PLEs: Webtops or web portals What? Type of mashboard http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Webtop Examples : iGoogle, NetVibes, PageFlakes, Elgg… http://mashable.com/2007/06/29/personalized- homepages/

18. The PLEX project, an institutional PLE: an attempt at creating a personal learning environment integrated with a LMS A group at the University of Bolton created PLEX in an attempt to operationalize PLEs  PLEX (open source software/beta) http://www.reload.ac.uk/plex/ http://www.reload.ac.uk/plex/ Note: not much has been written about the use of this product (still in Beta version)

19. In conclusion

20. Some points to reflect on… The change from a traditional Learning Management system (LMS) to include Personal Learning environments involves both a technological as well as a major pedagogical paradigm shift.

21. Some points to reflect on… According to Schaffert & Hilzensauer (2008), seven crucial elements are involved: Role of the Learner Personalization Content Social involvement Ownership Educational & organization culture Technological aspects

22. For inspiration: sample roadmaps for PLEs Examples of PLE structures: http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Dia grams#tosh 1. Tim Hand (conceptual map) 2. Michelle Martin (educational developer) 3. Katherine Pisana (university student/tool oriented) 4. Alec Couros (networked teacher model)

23. Questions and comments… Thank you for your participation