martin weller lams

VLE 2.0: 

VLE 2.0 Martin Weller

Outline: 

Outline Current VLE situation Succession Examples VLE 2.0 Some questions

What’s wrong with VLEs: 

What’s wrong with VLEs They are content focused They have no strong pedagogy They are based around a teacher-classroom model They combine a number of average tools, but not the best ones They do not feature a particular tool They operate on a lowest common denominator approach They do not meet the needs of different subject areas It is difficult to exchange content between them, despite claims to interoperability

Current state of play: 

Current state of play OECD/OBHE 2004 survey in 13 countries All had VLE 37% have institution-wide VLE 90% expect to have single VLE in next 5 years 52% use commercial system Rest use combination of in-house and open source No institution had just OS 31% had portal 6.6% had CMS

What is changing: 

What is changing Open standards –a dilemma for commercial VLEs? Convergence of functionality – little to choose between commercial and open source options. Reliability of open source solutions The battle over patents

Why have VLEs been adopted?: 

Why have VLEs been adopted? Because they do not require big changes in practice A content management system requires: Most content is available digitally Content is in appropriately sized chunks Reuse of material is encouraged E-learning plays a significant role in the overall educational strategy

Plant succession: 

Plant succession

Technology succession: 

Technology succession 'technological environments are not merely passive containers of people but are active processes that reshape people and other technologies alike' (McLuhan 1962)

Some examples: 

Some examples UKOU – SOA, with Moodle SUNY – SOA with LAMS + Portal NZ Open source - Moodle

Web 2.0: 

Web 2.0 Both an approach and a set of technologies Web as platform Harnessing collective intelligence Evolutionary development Lightweight programming models

VLE 2.0: 

VLE 2.0 How would a VLE 2.0 be constructed? Service oriented Tools tested and released Standards based Unique/local configurations Incorporate external tools Pedagogy aware Personalised What does web 2.0 education feel like? Students as co-creators Reuse Less rigid boundaries Social

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Some questions: 

Some questions Is a VLE 2.0 a VLE at all? What are the implications for support? What are the implications for teaching? What are the technical issues? How does it fit with portals, CMSs, etc?

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Known unknowns