Learning Management System versus Personal Learning Environment

PLE is a unique interface into digital environment. It integrates personal and professional interests of the owners, including formal and informal learning. Users of PLE can select the content they need and it is a social and informative environment that connects the users through the Net. The responsibility of learning in PLE is on the user, as users of PLE we can manage our own data and access resources of our interests. PLE has many advantages and one of the most important features of it, is that it enables learners be in a lifelong learning  process. PLE could be anywhere, learners don't need a school or educational institution to get the information from. Users can simply get the information they are interested in through searching on line.Examples of PLE are iBook, youtube, google, etc.

While LMS is a tool designed purposely to facilitate a net enabled class to be understood by both teachers and learners. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for educators to manage learning resources, administrative functions, assessments, and grading. Users of LMS connect to each other by the school or college to share information, so it can be done in educational institutes only. And this is the drawback of the Learning Management System. The data stays there when learners leave that educational environment or the institution. Examples of LMS are moodle, dasaran.am,etc. www.educause.edu.
As an ESL/EFL teacher I think both systems are important in educating individuals. Nowadays teaching learning processes demand modern tools and systems to engage the learners and help them be creative and active learners. Twenty first century learners need technology and media inside the educational institutes and out of them. As Dr. Madyarov mentioned in our class discussion  today, many Armenian high school students prefer to drop schools and have private tutors which is something the ministry of education should worry about, because as I said before learners need both tools. PLE and LMS should be equally used by the learners to develop their skills  throughout their life.

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