Comments on: Implementing PLEs like we are supposed to. http://jocene.edublogs.org/2009/01/29/implementing-ples-like-we-are-supposed-to/ Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:05:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Mark van Harmelen http://jocene.edublogs.org/2009/01/29/implementing-ples-like-we-are-supposed-to/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Mark van Harmelen Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:52:49 +0000 http://jocene.edublogs.org/?p=71#comment-30 I think that there are two answers: It's entirely possible to give students a PLE for themselves with a 'here's something to start with', and particulary with some training on how to choose/configure thier own PLE facilities. Think of it as scaffolding, getting the students going. But on the other hand, there is an theme of getting students to direct their own education as peer-assisted learners that runs through the PLE movement. So its (regretably) gratifying to read that the approach seems intractable in formal educational settings. But ultimately, I feel the former approach is the way to go, a step towards helping students along the path to self-determnation in their own education. I think that there are two answers:

It’s entirely possible to give students a PLE for themselves with a ‘here’s something to start with’, and particulary with some training on how to choose/configure thier own PLE facilities. Think of it as scaffolding, getting the students going.

But on the other hand, there is an theme of getting students to direct their own education as peer-assisted learners that runs through the PLE movement. So its (regretably) gratifying to read that the approach seems intractable in formal educational settings.

But ultimately, I feel the former approach is the way to go, a step towards helping students along the path to self-determnation in their own education.

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