Stop searching: Start Connecting LEARNING 2.0: A COLORADO CONVERSATION
Why we felt compelled to start this conversation? Both experienced power of Personal Learning
Communities / Environments Both educators who want to get others to engage and expand learning and innovation Both want to connect learning and innovation to our organizations We want to see more people innovating through connected learning
Objectives: Discuss the key attributes that determine rate of
adoption of Personal Learning Communities / Environments (PLC/E) Discuss strategies for increasing the rate of adoption / participation of PLC/Es Discuss ways to connect dispersed PLC/E-learning into the traditional workplace
PLC/E Defined: ď‚— "A Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is a
collection of free, distributed, web-based tools, usually centered around a blog, linked together and aggregating content using RSS feeds and simple HTML scripts."
Sean Fitzgerald http://tinyurl.com/25g7zn
PLC/E Defined: ď‚— "PLE are very personal both in the sense of being
independent of the university or employer and in the sense of being hand-crafted. Even with a more ideal integrative application, PLE will still be highly customized to the needs and preferences of the learner."
Ray Sims- http://tinyurl.com/26jn5g
PLC/E Defined: “A definition for the term Personal Learning
Environment (PLE), remains elusive. Conception about what should constitute a PLE depends on the perspective of the creator” "a Personal Learning Environment is a facility for an individual to access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital artifacts of their ongoing learning experiences."
Ron Lubensky_ http://tinyurl.com/2khh6b
Questions: ď‚— How many have developed a Personal Learning
Community? ď‚— Would someone like to describe their PLE / C?
Perceived Attributes of Innovation: ď‚— Attributes of innovation that determine the rate of
adoption of an innovation.
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
Relative Advantage: ď‚— is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as
being better than the idea it supersedes. The relative advantage of an innovation, as perceived by members of a social system, is positively related to its rate of adoption.
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
Compatibility: ď‚— is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as
consistent with the existing values, past experiences, and needs of potential adopters. The compatibility of an innovation, as perceived by members of a social system, is positively related to its rate of adoption.
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
Complexity: ď‚— is the degree to which an innovation is perceived as
relatively difficult to understand and use. The complexity of an innovation, as perceived by members of a social system, is negatively related to its rate of adoption.
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
Trialability: ď‚— is the degree to which an innovation may be
experimented with on a limited basis. New ideas that can be tried on the installment plan are generally adopted more rapidly than innovations that are not divisible. The trialability of an innovation, as perceived by members of a social system, is positively related to its rate of adoption.
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
Observability: ď‚— is the degree to which the results of an innovation
are visible to others. The observability of an innovation, as perceived by members of a social system, is positively related to its rate of adoption.
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
Key attributes model: as perceived by members of a social system– not expert
Compatibility (high)
Observability (high)
Trialability (high) Complexity (low) Relative Advantage (high)
Rate of adoption of innovations
Everett Rogers: Diffusion of Innovation
ď‚— Which attribute is holding adoption of PLEs back?
ď‚— Which attribute is most problematic (perception of
individual adopting)?
Discussion:
What are you doing to accelerate adoption? What can we do to accelerate adoption? What can we do to connect PLE activity to traditional organization
(compatibility)?