Is there a future for learning management systems

Is there a future for learning management systems

Is there a future for learning
management systems ?
Daniel K. Schneider
TECFA – FPSE - Université de Genève
daniel.schneider@tecfa.unige.ch
http://tecfa.unige.ch/
Dokeos Users Day – Geneva – December 4 2008
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A short list of issues in education and technology
1.
Pedagogies
• Transmission
• Tutoring
• Coaching/
projects
• IMS LD,
IMS SS,
• CSCL, ….
2.
Scenario
design
3.
Learner
control
4.
Teacher
enablement
6.
Integration
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• Services
• Plugin APIs
• Campus
integration
5.
Documents
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• Personal
learning
environments,
• E-portfolios,
….
• All-in-one
solutions ?
• Portals, Wikis,
….
• Web 2.0
culture
• Semantic
markup
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Pedagogies
1.
Pedagogies
Learning I
“Know
that”
Combined
Pedagogies
Learning II
“Know
how”
Learning
III
“Learningin-action”
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What support for pedagogies ?
1.1
1.
Pedagogies
Learning I
Lecture
Learning II
Tutor
Learning III
Coach
knowing that
(facts, simple
concepts)
knowing how
(reasoning, procedures,
problem solving)
knowing in action
telling
explaining
consulting
facts
skills
competences
information
communication
collaboration
remind
practise
reflect
reproduce
correct answers
apply
correct methods
cope with
complex situations
PPT
Scorm 1.2 LOs, ...
LMS (CMC)
Learning design
engines, ...
Portals, (Real) wikis,
Web 2.0 services
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Learning III: production and collaboration ….
Particularly important in higher vocational training …
(Andreas Ninck)
Focus on new
knowledge
1.2
Pedagogies
create
share
Focus on existing knowledge
choose
Focus on
content
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Focus on
processes
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Educational modeling languages and systems
2.
Scenarios
IMS LD
…..
LAMS
Scenario
modeling
IMS
Simple
sequencing
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CSCL
Scripts
CLFPs
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IMS Learning design
Environment
Role
perform
Activity
2.1
Scenarios
Resource
Resource
Service
Service
Result
Others !
e.g. IMS SS
CLFPs, …
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Sequencing with the LAMS system
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2.2
Scenarios
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3.
Learner
Learner
controlled
control
Learner
Life-long
eportfolios
….
Learner
control
PLEs
Webtops
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3.1
Learner
control
Personal environment: a MY Space
(Anderson & Hutrum)
My work
My social Life
My school(s)
My calendar
My profile
My hobbies
My publications
E-portfolios
My files
My conversation(s)
Learners do have an environment, and school is part of it
But they organize it …
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Example: e-Portfolio / social software
Example: Elgg (blog-centered social software)
3.2
Learner
control
http://elgg.org/
Others: Eduportfolio, Cyberfolio, Mahara….
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3.3
Learner
control
Personal learning environments
• Examples: Epsilen and Plex
http://epsilen.com/ (Jafari)
http://zope.cetis.ac.uk/members/ple
(Wilson et al.)
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Webtops and web 2 widgets as PLEs
Example: Pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/
3.4
Learner
control
Others: NetVibes, Zoho, Goggle apps, Yahoo widgets, Air apps, …
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4.
Teacher
enablement
Teacher
Manage
ideas
Apply
Disseminate
Teacher
enablement
Do
research
Teach
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What is a university teacher ?
Be a good researcher:
4.1
Teacher
enablement
Four scholarships
- Boyer (1997)
+ Publish quality articles
(1) Discovery
Split
worlds
Be useful as knowledge
mediator:
+ Pull ideas together
+ Share knowledge with all
+ Be able to use technology
+ Teach well
(2) Integration
(3) Application
(4) Teaching
Or is there a way to find time (and tools) for both, i.e. some synergy ?
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Shared activities and products in different scholarly activities
Researcher
Teacher
Students
Literature reviewing (note taking & synthesizing)
Linking / mapping / categorizing
Reflecting / expressing opinions
4.2
Teacher
enablement
Text genres
Introduction
to concepts
References
and links
Internal links
Categories
Menus
Write / use manuals
Course planning & organization
Discussion /
annotation
How to
exercises
Courseware writing and reading
Syllabus & tasks
Tech.Tutorials
Q/A (forums)
E-Tutoring / e-coaching
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4.3
Teacher
enablement
Wikis as knowledge building community
Write (2)
Pre-Publish
External
resources
Read
The knowledge
management cycle
(Professor,
Graduate student)
Write (1)
Take notes
Discuss
Teach
Wiki
Discuss/
Coach
Read
The learningby-writing cycle
(Student)
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Write
(living document system,
including discussion)
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4.4
Teacher
enablement
Teacher’s all-in-one portals (C3MS)
Example: http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-education
Other systems/services: Drupal, Zikula, Ning, ….
+ Coordination tools
Scenario 1
Project &
intermediary
Products
Activity 1
Activity 2
Tool 1
Product 1
Activity 3
Tool 2
Product 2
Scenario 2
Activity 4
Tool 3
Product 3
Activity ..
(News engine, blog, wiki, file
upload, links manager, albums,
glossary tool, calendar, forum,
IM, project mgmt, databases, …)
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5.
Documents
Documents
Large
Contents
Web / text
output
Documents
Co-write /
Discuss
Recombine
on demand
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5.1
Documents
Other contenders
• XML Formats
• DITA (IBM)
• Docbook (O’Reilly)
• XHtml2 modules
• Weak Formats
• Wikis
• LateX
• Bad Formats
• Scorm 1.2
• Word
• Services
• E.g. safariU
• Mediawikis (+ OO)
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5.2
Documents
Example: eLML
http://www.elml.ch/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/elml/
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6.
Integration
Integration
Web
services
…
Integration
Campus
system
(e.g.
grades)
Extensions
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SOA – example: e-framework
http://www.e-framework.org/
6.
Integration
Combine services to meet
educational needs.
No portal modules !
SERVICES
Service Usage
Model
NETWORK
CORE Service
Usage Models
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Example: Integration with “campus stuff”
6.
Integration
• Some other services that we use:
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•
•
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•
Libraries
Calendars
Events
Course descriptions
Publications
Dept. and individual web sites
…..
• Student management (how could we integrate these ?)
•
•
•
•
Sign-up for classes
Grading tool and Gradebook
Final grade management
Registration
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The challenges I (a shortlist for the ambitious)
Pedagogy
Scenario
design
Learning I
/ II
scenarios
IMS LD
Projectoriented
learning
…
Teacher
Manage
ideas and
refs.
IMS SS
Write
documents
CSCL
Scripts
Manage
documents and
other artifacts
Student
Global
“my” tool
The
document
Single source
modular
technology
Semantic
markup
Integration
Expose
services
Interface
with
services
Stable
module
API
…..
…
Teach
(management
& grading)
…
….
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The challenges II (what do normal teachers use ?)
Do we really need an LMS just for that ?
Exercise engine
Support
Document
repository
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• Assignment manager
• Grading tool
• Grade book
• Forums
• (instant messaging)
• Word
• PDF
• PPT
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Conclusion
Other
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Follow-up links
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(includes download of these slides)
Homework 
http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Dokeos (almost empty entry for Dokeos)
http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/fr/Dokeos (entry that needs to be completed)
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