PLE

I was reading Curt’s new book the World is Open this morning and read about PLE – personalized learning environment – how in the world of web2.0, each person can personalize how we like our learning environment to be. To me, it is all about options, choices, and flexibility. I can see that the initial orientation week daily email did not provide flexibility nor choice. I felt forced to take this step today and that step the day after. Or maybe it is just me, who likes to be in control of my learning – when, where, how, etc.

While reading this book, I also remember that I used to like the CoP framework. Maybe I can use that framework again for this research

Another observation is that the initial icebreaker activity about our best-worst experience talking Buddhism to non-Buddhist disappeared from the forum. I personally like things to be open and shared. It seems quite controlled to make them unavailable. I understand the need to un-cluster the forum. But I think the way to do it is not to make some discussion invisible. I may add that I think those are some of the best interactions I have seen so far