{"id":1836,"date":"2016-05-19T08:23:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T08:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/welove.netexlearning.com\/en\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2016-05-19T08:23:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T08:23:24","slug":"ple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/welove.netexlearning.com\/en\/blog\/ple\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does a PLE make us feel warm and gooey?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some concepts in learning just seem to irritate people. Others meet universal approval. Walk into any L & D conference mutter \u2018LMS\u2019 and chances are you\u2019ll get short shrift from the assembled audience. On the other hand, shove the words \u2018personalised learning environment\u2019 into the conversation and you\u2019ll soon have people crowding round, probably volunteering to charge your glass if you hang around long enough for the after-drinks (note I haven\u2019t actually tried this yet and may have overstated its power but it\u2019s definitely worth a go).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never quite grasped the loathing of the LMS. But I think I see why people feel so warm and gooey towards the PLE concept. There seems to be little way that, in the age of the \u2018me\u2019, the concept of personalisation could in any way be judged to be a bad thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But after the initial fuss and back-slapping dies down, it\u2019 s worth saying what we actually mean by a \u2018PLE\u2019. This is not as straight forward as may first appear. You can find more than a dozen definitions here alone<\/a> \u2013 some of them even contrary. I\u2019ve no wish to add yet more definitions to the pot. But even at the most basic level I am aware that personalisation of learning means different things to different people. All the following must qualify for a start:<\/p>\n