Personal Learning Environments as socio-technical systems: does decentralised data finally give us the right balance?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/red.526851
Keywords: decentralised web, personal learning environment, sociotechnical systems theory, entanglement, educational ecology, design

Abstract

This article looks at the potential of the Solid Project for supporting Personal Learning Environments (PLE). Using the lens of socio-technical systems theory, this article analyses the PLE in the current technical infrastructure situation and a potential future situation based on Solid, to unravel how the new infrastructure could identify a balance between the social and technical system that enhances productivity (i.e. learning outcome) in the system

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Published
01-01-2023
How to Cite
Rajagopal, K. (2023). Personal Learning Environments as socio-technical systems: does decentralised data finally give us the right balance?. Distance Education Journal, 23(71). https://doi.org/10.6018/red.526851