Terms


 * PLE** personal learning environment. N. The platform, aggregation tools, or virtual space through which a learner accesses, contributes to, follows and builds nodes in her personal learning network. It's characteristics include that it is personal, expandable, flexible and owned by the learner.


 * PLN** personal learning network. N. A collection of related nodes which comprise the learning resources and relationips that a learner accesses and contributes to for particular areas of personal, professional, or interest specific development. A node may be a person, a group, a learning object, a device, or anothe network.


 * Connectivism** a theory of learning (or arguably a pedagogy or set of learning principles) that describe learning in the context of digital communication tools that enable connections world wide, fast pace, intensive and ever changing state of knowledge and the opportunities afforded by mobile devices and the Internet to access and contribute to knwledge communities.


 * LMS** learning management systems. Commercial and open source software packages that enable institutions and educative to deliver to and manage learning content for their students. Commercial examples include Blackboard, Angel. Moodle is an open source LMS.