photo credit pnrphoto@stockexpert.comNew, decentralized forms of learning such as personal learning environments, non-traditional and more flexible approaches like just-in-time and informal learning, are bound to shape differently not just the way you learn but more than anything the way you think and conceptualize learning as an activity.
How much the ability to share, to connect to other people and networks and to leverage collaboration technologies will directly affect your ability to learn?
Personal Learning Environments
by George Siemens
Learning happens constantly. The formal education component receives more respect than informal learning.
As content and conversations fragment, I doubt existing systems of education will retain their shape. The real opportunity lies in how institutions think about “tying together” the multiple learnings across our daily lives.
Canadian Council on Learning introduces the multiple learning domains as “limitless dimensions of learning”.
Two approaches are possible to serve as the glue to pull learning together in a manner that can be accredited or evaluated by traditional educational models:
eportfolios
and personal learning environments.
Eportfolios have great potential, but little uptake.
Personal learning environments have similar potential, but the concept is a bit difficult for educators to grasp.
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