Personal Learning Environments - should we wait for academic endorsement?

02-July-2006

[ ICT and learning , e-Portfolios , e-learning in Small and Medium Enterprises ]
Will academic s embrace Personal Learning Environments and does it matter?

Carole quotes Step[hen Downes whos ays "LMSs as perpetuating old ways of learning" (she is kind enough to also trackback to an entry on this site.

Carole goes on to questions if all academics are ready to create personal learning environments. Big question. I would say they most certainly are not. Lets face it, most academics are not ready to embrace e-learning.

But this is not an issue of going at the speed at which academics are happy (or for that matter, institutional managers). the reality is that young people (and not just young people) are themselves creating and shaping their own learning environments, regardless of the wishes and prejudices of academics.

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Graham Attwell; 02-July-2006 16:56:47;