TY - GEN
T1 - Theoretical Framework of Personal Learning Environments
T2 - 6th International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2023
AU - Xu, Xiaoshu
AU - Sun, Yilin
AU - Weng, Jie
AU - Zhang, Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The lack of a compelling educational theory underlying the advancement of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) has an impact on PLE implementation in Higher Education (HE). The purpose of this article is to introduce the concepts and theoretical framework of PLEs in the context of higher education. Constructivism, Connectivism, and Cognitivism have all been used in previous studies to explain the principles and implementations of PLEs. However, in order to promote the development of PLEs in higher education, a comprehensive theoretical framework is required. We developed the Society, Policy, Education, and Technology (SPET) framework to explain the environmental factors involved in accelerating the promotion of PLEs, beginning with redefining the value of Higher Education. Furthermore, we created a PLE framework that incorporates four major perspectives in the educational field to explain the internal factors of PLEs. These are academic administrative, learner and learning, teacher and teaching, and information communication technology (ICT) perspectives. All stakeholders involved in promoting PLEs in higher education can benefit from the two PLE frameworks.
AB - The lack of a compelling educational theory underlying the advancement of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) has an impact on PLE implementation in Higher Education (HE). The purpose of this article is to introduce the concepts and theoretical framework of PLEs in the context of higher education. Constructivism, Connectivism, and Cognitivism have all been used in previous studies to explain the principles and implementations of PLEs. However, in order to promote the development of PLEs in higher education, a comprehensive theoretical framework is required. We developed the Society, Policy, Education, and Technology (SPET) framework to explain the environmental factors involved in accelerating the promotion of PLEs, beginning with redefining the value of Higher Education. Furthermore, we created a PLE framework that incorporates four major perspectives in the educational field to explain the internal factors of PLEs. These are academic administrative, learner and learning, teacher and teaching, and information communication technology (ICT) perspectives. All stakeholders involved in promoting PLEs in higher education can benefit from the two PLE frameworks.
KW - PLEs
KW - higher education
KW - personal learning environments
KW - theoretical framework
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85177239126&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-99-8255-4_13
DO - 10.1007/978-981-99-8255-4_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85177239126
SN - 9789819982547
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 139
EP - 156
BT - Technology in Education. Innovative Practices for the New Normal - 6th International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2023, Proceedings
A2 - Cheung, Simon K.S.
A2 - Wang, Fu Lee
A2 - Li, Kam Cheong
A2 - Paoprasert, Naraphorn
A2 - Charnsethikul, Peerayuth
A2 - Phusavat, Kongkiti
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 19 December 2023 through 21 December 2023
ER -