Open integrated personal learning environment: Towards a new conception of the ICT-based learning processes

Abstract

Learning processes are changing related to technological and sociological evolution, taking this in to account, a new learning strategy must be considered. Specifically what is needed is to give an effective step towards the eLearning 2.0 environments consolidation. This must imply the fusion of the advantages of the traditional LMS (Learning Management System) - more formative program control and planning oriented - with the social learning and the flexibility of the web 2.0 educative applications. For this goal, it is compulsory the evolution of the actual LMS to contexts where the new technological trends are integrated with them, introducing the social characteristics and putting the student in the centre of the educative process. These new systems are the Personal Learning Environments (PLE). Thus, we propose a learning personalization system construction that boosts student-centered educative actions. Two aspects are going to be considered, student learning personalization with information from the LMS and student learning personalization inside of an institution context. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.