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My diagram is an attempt to describe the development and potential intersection of these two systems, ie

1. Personal Learning Environment that is "owned", managed and maintained by the individual learner, and
2. Managed Learning Environmentthat is "owned, managed and maintained by a school or insitution.

Both of these systems have legitimacy - it isn't simply a matter of choosing between one or the other. Schools/insitutions must develop systems that help them to successfully manage the provision of teaching and learning services to their students, while students on the other hand are increasingly choosing to "live their lives online", and want to be able to integrate all aspects of their learning lives within a personalised interface/environment. In my view, this sort of environment will essentially be an aggregator of the various services and applications that an individual learner chooses to have in their PLE.