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The European Union Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 has recognized the potential for PLNs by funding the aPLaNet project (Autonomous Personal Learning Networks for Language Teachers). The project explains the value of PLNs for the professional development of language educators.
The phrase professional learning community began to be used in the 1990s after Peter Senge's book The Fifth Discipline (1990) had popularized the idea of learning organizations, [1] [2]: 2 related to the idea of reflective practice espoused by Donald Schön in books such as The Reflective Turn: Case Studies in and on Educational Practice (1991).
Professional development for elementary mathematics educators uses social media in the form of online courses, discussion forums, webinars, and web conferences. This supports teachers in forming PLNs (Personal Learning Networks). Some communities include both students and teachers, such as Art of Problem Solving. [10]
Practice-based professional learning (PBPL) is understood in contrast to classroom- or theory-based learning. It is kindred to terms such as work-based learning , workplace or work-centred learning. Distinctive, though, are a concern for professional learning, and the preference for practice rather than work.
Their work has focussed on the architecture of learning networks - aiming to identify arrangements of tasks, tools and people that contribute to successful learning networks. Some conclusions from this work have been published in The architecture of productive learning networks , which also includes a chapter on the history of networked learning.
The Online Learning Consortium, Inc. is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization. OLC hosts conferences, workshops, and programs to help implement and improve online programs; publishes the Online Learning journal [ 1 ] (formerly the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, JALN), and conducts research, annual surveys on online and digital learning ...
The European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN), originally named the European Distance Education Network, was established in 1991. EDEN is an international educational association open to institutions and individuals dealing with e-learning , open education , and distance education . [ 1 ]
Professional development, also known as professional education, is learning that leads to or emphasizes education in a specific professional career field or builds practical job applicable skills emphasizing praxis in addition to the transferable skills and theoretical academic knowledge found in traditional liberal arts and pure sciences education.