Linda’s Personal Learning Environment

Lately I’ve been taking a closer look at the way I learn, research, and manage my digital world. For a long time, my Personal Learning Environment was basically a giant collection of apps I liked… but not a real system. I had tools for everything: writing, planning, researching, communicating. However, they were all doing their own thing, living in separate little digital islands.

It worked, but only in the way that keeping all your notes in different bags “works.” You can make it happen, but should you?

So I decided to give the whole thing a proper upgrade.

The old setup was full of great resources: Scholar, Scopus, Google Docs, Teams, Canva, Mendeley, calendars everywhere… all useful, but not connected. With AI becoming such a big part of how we work and learn, I realized I wasn’t taking advantage of it in any meaningful, structured way.

That’s what I’m fixing now.

My new approach is all about using AI intentionally! Not just as a cool extra feature, but as a core part of how I organize information, make decisions, and produce work. That means smarter planning apps, AI-supported research tools that actually surface relevant studies, and creative platforms that help me produce things faster (and better) without drowning in options.

I’m not trying to add more tools. I’m trying to make the ones I use work together, so the whole system feels lighter, more focused, and a lot more “me.”

It’s a slow, slightly nerdy process… but honestly? Kind of exciting.
A cleaner, smarter PLE is definitely in the making.

More updates coming as this glow-up continues.