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October 30th, 2007

I didn’t realise that this page was blank. But coming soon - a very fine set of photos taken  by Jenny Hughes in Afganistan. I think you’re going to like then. So please come back soon.

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What does a Personal Learning Environment look like?

October 7th, 2008 by Graham Attwell

I’m doing two presentations on Personal Learning Environments this week - one in Braga in Portugal and one on line at Bar Camp Berlin. Regular readers will know these are not my first presentations on PLEs. And lately I have been concerned that the debate has been stalling a little. We have been very good at saying what a PLE is not - it is not an instititional learning system etc. but rather hazy on just what it is. So that is the theme of the all brand new - new words, new pictures presentation. I will release the slides in Friday and try to get an audio version out in next two weeks. One of the points which I am at pains to make is that a PLE is not just a technical infrastruture - indeed it is possible to imanagine a PLE which involves not computers what so ever. Anyway here is a picture Jenny Hughes drew for me of her PLE>

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One Response to “What does a Personal Learning Environment look like?”

  1. John Pallister Says:

    Hi Graham - I get concerned when ever anyone talks about PLEs now, they do want to talk about the technology that is available in, or that provides some functionality in the environment.

    I keep getting drawn back to the idea of ‘learning space’ - what learners need to be able to benefit from/function in a learning environment - the thing that we will have the most difficulty providing learners with.

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Afganistan

March 23rd, 2008 by Graham Attwell

This beautiful and thought provoking set of photos were taken by Jenny Hughes in 2006 whilst working on an evaluation contract for the United Nations Development Programme.

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