Personal learning environment (PLE) in foreign language training for adults

- Співак, Світлана (orcid.org/0000-0002-2249-4473) and Лук’яненко, Ірина (orcid.org/0009-0001-3058-6829) (2025) Personal learning environment (PLE) in foreign language training for adults Information Technologies and Learning Tools, 6 (110). pp. 165-181. ISSN 2076-8184

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Abstract

The article investigates the adult learners’ educational needs in foreign language education and justifies the need to create a personal learning environment (PLE) as an effective tool for organizing foreign language education for adults in the context of the lifelong learning concept. It highlights the potential of PLE in improving the quality of foreign language training for adults by optimizing and systematizing the learning space, ensuring flexibility, autonomy and individualization of learning. The research outlines the possibilities of using cloud technologies, in particular OneNote, as a means of creating a mobile and integrated learning environment that contributes to the foreign language competence development of adults. The article presents the results of a survey among non-linguistic specialties students and teachers of foreign languages for special purposes, aimed at identifying difficulties during formal and informal learning, and assesses the level of satisfaction with available digital tools and the level of awareness of modern technological capabilities. The data obtained confirmed the relevance of implementing personal learning environments that ensure effective interaction between participants in the educational process and support the adult users’ independent learning activities. The scientific novelty of the study lies in determining the didactic potential of cloud technologies for the development of PLE in the system of foreign language training for adults. It has been proven that the integration of such technologies helps to increase motivation, provides convenient storage, structuring and exchange of educational materials, and also creates conditions for the continuous development of foreign language competence throughout professional life. The practical results can be used by teachers and students to design, implement and improve personal learning environments in formal and non-formal education for adults.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	personal learning environment (PLE); lifelong learning; foreign language education; distance learning; cloud technologies.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 00 Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics > 004 Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing > 004.9 Application-oriented computer-based techniques Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 374 Education and training out of school. Further education Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 8 Language. Linguistics. Literature > 81 Linguistics and languages
Divisions:	Institute for Digitalisation of Education > Generic resouse
Depositing User:	Алла 1 Алла Почтарьова
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2026 12:27
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2026 12:27
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/748480

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