Due to technological innovations it is possible to manage your learning in a very organized, effective, interesting and accurate way. Among those technological tools are LMS and PLE which are different from each other, but both contribute to community learning.
LMS is usually set by an institution, e.g. it can be a university. LMS gives the learners the chance to access and obtain the content, perform different kinds of activities, receive feedback, etc. It can be characterized as a centralized tool, where the center of learning and performing activities is the same tool for all the community members. Due to LMS the learners access to the collaborative environment, but with the condition of having their own accounts, otherwise communication is impossible. When performing different activities, a lot of data is accumulated there. The thing is that when you decide to leave LMS, the data remains in the system, and it is not managed by you, but by the LMS. While in PLE you manage your own data, as it is already decentralized as compared with LMS. It means that the center of the system is you and you can access to your content from different places of the web.
Both types may have their limitations and advantages, but, anyway, these are good means of community learning, sharing ideas, etc.
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