The Personal Learning Environment

I just finished watching a video on what is called the Personal Learning Environment (PLE). What I took away from the video is that personal learning environments are websites created by a person for a specific purpose. For example, a person may be an expert in one field of study and will set up a personal learning environment for their peers to access information from. The person who sets up the website can manage what is posted on there and who they send information to. People can take information from their facebook, twitter, secondlife, and blog accounts and post it to their PLE. This allows the reader to access a mountain of information which they may find to be useful. The PLE is a network where people can access information and interact with each other. It allows the learning process to go from being a straight line (where all you do is absorb information) to expanding and covering a much more in- depth understanding of the material and how the material can be used.