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Personal Learning Environments (PLE) in a distance learning course on mathematics applied to business

dc.contributor.authorBidarra, José
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, João
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-07T12:16:32Z
dc.date.available2014-01-07T12:16:32Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that the dominant form of distance learning that is common in most e-learning systems rests on a set of learning devices and environments that may be outdated from the student’s perspective, namely because it is not supportive of learner empowerment and does not facilitate the efforts of self-directed learners. For this study we gathered and examined data on student’s use of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) within a course on Mathematics Applied to Business offered by the Portuguese Open University (Universidade Aberta). We base the discussion on aspects that characterize student’s conceptions of PLEs, the emergence of connectivism as a new account of how learning occurs in a networked global environment, and conclude that an important goal of online course design should be to let students explore what the emergent Web 2.0 tools have to offer in distance learning. The widespread adoption of PLEs, bringing together learning from different contexts and sources of learning, shows that students are capable of expression in different forms, generating an added-value to distance learning environments.por
dc.identifier.citationBidarra, José; Araújo, João - Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) in a distance learning course on mathematics applied to business. "European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning" [Em linha]. ISSN 1027‐5207. Vol. 16, nº 1 (2013), p. 141-152por
dc.identifier.issn1027‐5207
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/2748
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherEURODLpor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.eurodl.org/materials/contrib/2013/Bidarra_Araujo.pdfpor
dc.subjectPersonal learning environmentspor
dc.subjectOpen and distance learningpor
dc.subjectVirtual learning environmentspor
dc.subjectMOOCpor
dc.subjectCourse designpor
dc.titlePersonal Learning Environments (PLE) in a distance learning course on mathematics applied to businesspor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage152por
oaire.citation.startPage141por
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning – EURODLpor
person.familyNameBidarra
person.familyNameRibeiro Soares Gonçalves de Araújo
person.givenNameJosé
person.givenNameJoão Jorge
person.identifierM-9115-2013
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