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Is there a future for learning management systems ? Daniel K. Schneider TECFA FPSE - Universit de Genve daniel.schneider@tecfa.unige.ch http://tecfa.unige.ch/ Dokeos Users Day Geneva December 4 2008


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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 2. Scenario design

  • IMS LD,

IMS SS,

  • CSCL, ….

3. Learner control

  • Personal

learning environments,

  • E-portfolios,

…. 4. Teacher enablement

  • All-in-one

solutions ?

  • Portals, Wikis,

…. 5. Documents

  • Web 2.0

culture

  • Semantic

markup 6. Integration

  • Services
  • Plugin APIs
  • Campus

integration

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Pedagogies

Pedagogies Learning I “Know that” Learning II “Know how” Learning III “Learning- in-action” Combined

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1. Pedagogies

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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

What support for pedagogies ?

1.1 Pedagogies 1. Pedagogies

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Focus on processes Focus on new knowledge Focus on content Focus on exis- ting knowledge

choose share create

Learning III: production and collaboration ….

1.2 Pedagogies Particularly important in higher vocational training … (Andreas Ninck)

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Educational modeling languages and systems

Scenario modeling

IMS LD LAMS CSCL Scripts CLFPs IMS Simple sequencing …..

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2. Scenarios

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IMS Learning design

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2.1 Scenarios

Others ! e.g. IMS SS CLFPs, … Role Activity perform Environment

Resource Resource Service Service

Result

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Sequencing with the LAMS system

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2.2 Scenarios

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Learner

Learner control

Life-long e- portfolios PLEs Webtops ….

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Learner controlled

3. Learner control

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Personal environment: a MY Space

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My hobbies My calendar My social Life My school(s) My files My publications E-portfolios My profile My conversation(s) My work Learners do have an environment, and school is part of it But they organize it …

3.1 Learner control

(Anderson & Hutrum)

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Example: e-Portfolio / social software

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3.2 Learner control

Others: Eduportfolio, Cyberfolio, Mahara…. Example: Elgg (blog-centered social software) http://elgg.org/

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Personal learning environments

  • Examples: Epsilen and Plex

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3.3 Learner control

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

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Others: NetVibes, Zoho, Goggle apps, Yahoo widgets, Air apps, … Example: Pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/

3.4 Learner control

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Teacher

Teacher enablement Manage ideas Do research Teach

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4. Teacher enablement

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What is a university teacher ?

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Four scholarships

  • Boyer (1997)

Be a good researcher: + Publish quality articles Be useful as knowledge mediator: + Pull ideas together + Share knowledge with all + Be able to use technology + Teach well Split worlds (1) Discovery (2) Integration (3) Application (4) Teaching Or is there a way to find time (and tools) for both, i.e. some synergy ? 4.1 Teacher enablement

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Shared activities and products in different scholarly activities

Course planning & organization exercises Literature reviewing (note taking & synthesizing) Reflecting / expressing opinions Linking / mapping / categorizing Courseware writing and reading E-Tutoring / e-coaching

Researcher Teacher Students

Write / use manuals Introduction to concepts Tech.Tutorials How to References and links Syllabus & tasks Discussion / annotation Q/A (forums) Internal links Categories Menus

Text genres

….. (more)

4.2 Teacher enablement

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Wikis as knowledge building community

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External resources (living document system, including discussion)

The learning- by-writing cycle (Student)

4.3 Teacher enablement Wiki Read Write (1) Take notes Write (2) Pre-Publish Discuss Teach Discuss/ Coach Read Write

The knowledge management cycle (Professor, Graduate student)

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Teacher’s all-in-one portals (C3MS)

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Example: http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-education 4.4 Teacher enablement Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Activity .. Activity 1 Activity 3 Activity 2 Activity 4 Tool 1 Tool 2 Tool 3 + Coordination tools Project & intermediary Products Product 1 Product 2 Product 3

Other systems/services: Drupal, Zikula, Ning, …. (News engine, blog, wiki, file upload, links manager, albums, glossary tool, calendar, forum, IM, project mgmt, databases, …)

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Documents

Documents

Large Contents Co-write / Discuss Recombine

  • n demand

Web / text

  • utput

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5. Documents

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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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5.1 Documents

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Example: eLML

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5.2 Documents http://www.elml.ch/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/elml/

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Integration

Integration

Web services Campus system (e.g. grades) Extensions …

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6. Integration

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SOA – example: e-framework

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Service Usage Model CORE Service Usage Models

http://www.e-framework.org/

NETWORK

SERVICES Combine services to meet educational needs. No portal modules !

6. Integration

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Example: Integration with “campus stuff”

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  • Some other services that we use:
  • 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

6. Integration

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The challenges I (a shortlist for the ambitious)

Pedagogy

Learning I / II scenarios Project-

  • riented

learning …

Scenario design

IMS LD IMS SS CSCL Scripts …

Teacher

Manage ideas and refs. Write documents Manage documents and

  • ther artifacts

Teach (management & grading) ….

Student

Global “my” tool

The document

Single source modular technology Semantic markup …..

Integration

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The challenges II (what do normal teachers use ?)

Exercise engine Support Document repository

  • Assignment manager
  • Grading tool
  • Grade book
  • Forums
  • (instant messaging)
  • Word
  • PDF
  • PPT

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Do we really need an LMS just for that ?

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Conclusion

Other LMS

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Follow-up links

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