PLN

PLN represent an integration of the two styles or platforms of learning. They have the potential to integrate the best of formal learning with the social elements of informal learning and non- formal approaches. The value for hearers is they get to be at the centre of the learning experience, as active collaborators not only in the artifacts they create but they way in which they create the artifacts. While most PLN are described as being social in nature, they still can include elements of formal structure (asynchronous learning objects) integrated with a social network, usually socio-professional in nature where they can 'bounc ideas and thoughts' to a group fo like m index others.