<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-933x</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Educação, Formação e Tecnologias]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Educ. Form. Tecnol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-933x</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Educom - Associação Portuguesa de Telemática Educativa]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1646-933x2009000200002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Personal Learning Environments: contributos para uma discussão do conceito]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mota]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Aberta  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2009</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>02</volume>
<numero>02</numero>
<fpage>05</fpage>
<lpage>21</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-933x2009000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-933x2009000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-933x2009000200002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[A noção (ou noções) de Personal Learning Environment (Ambiente Pessoal de Aprendizagem) representa, de certa forma, o convergir de muitos dos aspectos que marcam as mudanças sociais e culturais provocadas pelo desenvolvimento tecnológico, nomeadamente com a Web 2.0, e que acabam por ter, inevitavelmente, um forte impacto na educação e na concepção da aprendizagem. Contudo, embora existam aspectos consensuais em torno da noção de PLE, registase uma diversidade de perspectivas e enfoques que tornam difícil chegar a uma única definição estável e que albergue toda essa diversidade. Procuramos, neste artigo, dar conta dessa variedade de abordagens, centrando-nos nas perspectivas mais relevantes nesta área. Começamos por referir as origens e fundamentos deste conceito; damos, em seguida, conta de algumas das definições avançadas e das características atribuídas aos PLEs; discutimos, depois, a sua relação com os ambientes virtuais institucionais, geralmente designados VLEs (Virtual Learning Environments); e, por fim, descrevemos algumas tentativas importantes de operacionalização prática de um personal learning environment.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The notion (or notions) of Personal Learning Environment represents, in a way, the convergence of many of the key aspects underlying the social and cultural changes brought about by technological development, namely the Web 2.0 phenomenon. These aspects have, inevitably, a strong impact on education and on the ways we understand learning. Despite some consensual ideas around the concept of PLE, there is a wide diversity of perspectives on what it may be, which makes it difficult to reach a unique, stable definition of this concept. In this article, we try to bring forward these varied approaches, focusing on the perspectives that, in our opinion, are the most relevant. We start by referring to the origins and foundations of the concept of Personal Learning Environment; then, we talk about some definitions that have been put forward and the characteristics attributed to PLEs; we further discuss its relationship with the Virtual Learning Environments used by institutions; and, finally, we describe some important initiatives to create a personal learning environment.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>Personal  Learning Environments: contributos para uma discuss&atilde;o do conceito.</h2>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Jos&eacute;  Mota</h4> </font>      ]]></body>
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