The discussion on PLE

Derek Wenmoth, from New Zealand, has a great post on MLE's (Managed Learning Environment) and PLE's (Personal Learning Environment). MLE's should still be made available by the institution, he argues: "(..) I think a school's priority should be on the development of a MLE, and the components within it. As long as what they do conforms to open standards, and the principles of a services oriented architecture (soa) then it should be possible for links to be made with external systems as is appropriate - including the student's PLE." Source: Derek's Blog: PLEs - the discussion develops