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Content Aggregation and Knowledge Sharing in a Personal Learning Environment: Serendipity in Open Online Networks

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dc.creator Mohsen Saadatmand
dc.creator Kristiina Kumpulainen
dc.date 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:47:35Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:47:35Z
dc.identifier 10.3991/ijet.v8iS1.2362
dc.identifier 1863-0383
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/a5735ec6984e49e5b2db6ac588f13e38
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23650
dc.description Web 2.0 tools and emerging technologies offer learners an abundance of information and resources. This brings more flexibility and choices for learners to better control their learning and benefit from the various available learning materials in different forms. This has resulted in new learning practices and environments in higher education which are more open, flexible, and student-centered. Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is such a technology-mediated and learner-controlled learning environment. This paper describes PLE as a set of learner-defined tools and services in the ecology of Web 2.0 used by participants in three open online courses. The aim of the study was to find out how participants create and utilize their PLEs for searching, aggregating, creating and sharing content and learning resources, and being engaged in online learning networks and communities. A particular interest was to explore how serendipity, as a by-product of these open online encounters, can occur. Data were gathered through an online survey, semi-structured interviews, and online artifacts. The findings suggest the serendipitous nature of content aggregation in a PLE and provide evidence of serendipity as a valuable and unexpected source for learning.
dc.language English
dc.publisher kassel university press GmbH
dc.relation http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/2362
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1863-0383
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 8, Iss S1, Pp 70-78 (2013)
dc.subject Content aggregation
dc.subject MOOC
dc.subject open courses
dc.subject personal learning environment (PLE)
dc.subject serendipity
dc.subject Technology (General)
dc.subject T1-995
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Technology (General)
dc.subject T1-995
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Technology (General)
dc.subject T1-995
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Technology (General)
dc.subject T1-995
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Technology (General)
dc.subject T1-995
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject T
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Content Aggregation and Knowledge Sharing in a Personal Learning Environment: Serendipity in Open Online Networks
dc.type article


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