Use of Personal Learning Environment Management to Support Lifelong Learning

• In Event: 46.086 - Roundtable Session 16
  In Roundtable Session: 46.086-18 - Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning SIG Roundtable 3: Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Leadership

Abstract

Personal learning environment (PLE) is a potentially promising pedagogical approach to integrate formal and informal learning via social media so that student self-regulated learning can be supported. Using PLE to support lifelong learning can be expanded to all formal, nonformal, or informal learning environments. This study empirically examined how PLE management predicts the use of PLE to support three types of lifelong learning (i.e., formal, nonformal, & informal). This study concluded each aspect of PLE management is predictive of each type of learning respectively. PLE is not only a technical platform but also a conceptual space, pedagogical process, and social networks that enable and support learners to achieve their lifelong learning goals.

Authors

• Cherng-Jyh Yen, Old Dominion University

• Chih-Hsiung Tu, Northern Arizona University

• Bodi Anderson, Indian RIver State College

• Laura Esthela Sujo-Montes, Northern Arizona University

• Gayle A. Roberts