iPLE Network: An Integrated eLearning 2.0 Architecture from a University's Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Casquero, Oskar; Portillo, Javier; Ovelar, Ramon; Benito, Manuel; Romo, Jesus
Titel	iPLE Network: An Integrated eLearning 2.0 Architecture from a University's Perspective
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 18 (2010) 3, S.293-308 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
Schlagwörter	Web Sites; Learning Processes; Internet; Client Server Architecture; Electronic Learning; Network Analysis; Social Networks; Computer Networks; Learning Modules; Case Studies; Computer System Design; Courseware; Technology Uses in Education; Foreign Countries; Integrated Learning Systems; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Web-Design; Learning process; Lernprozess; Netzplantechnik; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Computernetz; Computernetze; Kommunikationsnetz; Learning module; Lernmodul; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lernsoftware; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	Universities can offer eLearning 2.0 tools and services to learners while obtaining clear benefits from releasing the control over some learning content. This means a shift from the institution centred and monolithic model of traditional virtual learning environments (VLEs) to a more heterogeneous and open model. This article tries to plot an architecture to be put in practice by universities to give learners the control of their learning processes by using eLearning 2.0. We propose an institutionally powered personal learning environment (iPLE) that constitutes our vision of how Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, starting pages), services ("del.icio.us, Flickr, YouTube") and people arrangement and data sharing (social networking, learn-streaming) could be applied in an integrated manner to learning processes. First, this article justifies the suitability for a PLE in the context of eLearning 2.0 and European Higher Education Area. Second, an overview of the evolution from VLEs to PLEs is given, and different PLE approaches are reviewed. Third, the concept of an iPLE is presented, and a conceptual architecture for it is detailed. Finally, this article also describes the technological aspects of a prototype of iPLE Network designed for the University of the Basque Country, which will be used as a test-bed for a case study in the Faculty of Medicine. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10