1. A Reference Model for Personal Learning Environments Scott Wilson Colin Milligan

2. PLE Existing Models (no existing systems) Our initial vision Non-learning specific models Responses to our vision

3. PLE Future VLE: Scott Wilson

4. PLE Web 2.0 Meme Map - Tim O'Reilly

5. PLE Digital Lifestyle Aggregator - Marc Canter

6. PLE Dave Tosh: Personal Learning Landscape

7. PLE Weblog and Aggregation Organisational Online Communication Model - James Farmer

8. PLE

9. EduGluEduGlu - D'arcy Norman

10. PLE 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

11. PLE Over lunch, Think about: Do these models fit with your notion of a PLE Do you have a PLE? If so, what is it?

12. PLE

13. Learner University VLE But …

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

17. PLE

24. 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

25. PLE 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)

26. PLE 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)

28. PLE Using the patterns For a developer of an application, the pattern language provides a reference point for solutions to problems in the PLE space, assisting the design and development process The pattern language may be used as the basis of an evaluation framework for comparing the capabilities of different personal learning toolkits The pattern language can assist in understanding the scope of the PLE space The patterns can be used to identify the service needed to be offered within the environment

29. PLE 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

30. PLE 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

31. PLE 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?

32. PLE 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