Learning Management Systems & Personal Learning Environments

Learning Management Systems & Personal Learning Environments

Personal Learning Environment  (PLE) are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning. It provides learners to set their own learning goals,manage their learning; managing both content and process,communicate with others in the process of learning and thereby achieve learning goals. PLE is not piece of software. It is an environment where people, communities, tools and resources are in a flexible way. This is a new technological tool which can be used in learning. The PLE provides students their own space to develop and share their personal ideas through learning environments that connect resources and context together.

Learning Management System (LMS) is usually set by an institution, e.g. it can be a university. LMS gives the learners the chance to access and obtain the content, perform different kinds of activities, receive feedback, etc. It can be characterized as a centralized tool, where the center of learning and performing activities is the same tool for all the community members. Due to LMS the learners access to the collaborative environment, but with the condition of having their own accounts, otherwise communication is impossible.LMS products and software allow any organization to develop electronic coursework, deliver it with unprecedented reach and flexibility, and manage its continued use over time.

PLE manages data, while LMS is not managed by you but LMS. The main function is that the center is you and you have an access from different content.