This launching of myself into digital space comes about because I am taking the Learning in a Digital Age course (LiDA) through OERu . First learning challenge: " Declare Yourself ". That means, set up a blog and start writing. So here I am. Setting up a blog is one step on the way to establishing a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) and Personal Learning Network (PLN). These two concepts, unfamiliar to me until starting the course, are core to LiDA. The premise is that learning no longer needs to be limited to a bi-lateral exchange between you and your tutor, with some optional interaction with classmates on the side. Likewise, resources for learning are not restricted to a real or virtual pile of costly books and articles that your tutor sets in front of you. Instead, once your mind is open to the possibility, the internet offers a totally new learning model, centred on you, the learner. You create your Learning Network - made up of all the experts and peers that yo...