CNIE 2025, Canadian Network for Innovation in Education, Toronto, Seminar, Jun 02, 2025.

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The presentation outlines the technological and business model considerations addressing the challenges faced in the early years of PLEs, the elements of the system, and broader learning ecosystem requirements that will support PLEs in general. The is contrasted with the existing LMS infrastructure in order to highlight the pedagogical and economic advantages of an open and decentralized learning infrastructure, and advice will be provided to enable institutional support for a PLE ecosystem.