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-- 22 April 2010. E-Learning Environments. Personalized Service-Oriented E-Learning Environments. Is E-Learning Really Working? The Trillion-Dollar Question. Mario Munoz-Organero, Pedro J. Munoz-Merino, Carlos Delgado Kloos · Carlos III University of Madrid. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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E-Learning Environments
Stephen Ruth · George Mason University
Anton [email protected]. Cole [email protected]
-- 22 April 2010
Is E-Learning Really Working?
The Trillion-Dollar Question
Personalized Service-Oriented
E-Learning EnvironmentsMario Munoz-Organero, Pedro J.
Munoz-Merino, Carlos Delgado Kloos· Carlos III University of Madrid
Outline• America’s Education• Quality of E-Learning• Cost Benefits• Dem Playa’s (Online Learning
Providers)• Learning Management Systems (LMS)• Personal Learning Environment (PLE)• Implementation
America’s Education• 1 trillion dollars annually• 27% of High School Students Fail to
Graduate• 75% are unable to serve in the Military– due to academic ineligibility
• U.S. has lowest percentage of graduates– among industrialized nations
• College tuition increases inflation rates• Technology is part of the solution
• Roughly 1 in 20 are taking online courses• Georgia has 440 high schools, only 88
qualified physics teachers
K-12 E-Learning
Post-Secondary Education• 1 in 4 college students are taking an
online course
Quality of E-Learning• “Students learn better in classrooms”• Researchers have conducted
thousands of studies– no significant difference– on average students in online learning
conditions perform better than those in classrooms
Cost Benefits• IT Interventions produce significant
reductions in unit costs
Dem Playa’s• University of Maryland's University College (UMUC)
– world’s largest provider of online education– forty bachelor’s and master’s programs available
• University of Massachusetts• University of Phoenix
– largest private university in North America– four billion dollars in annual revenue
• twice the budget of the entire University of Virginia• Kaplan, Laureate, Strayer among top e-learning
providers
Learning Management System (Monolithic LMS)
• Instructor-provided knowledge• Modular design• Uses self-service and self-guided services• Assembles and delivers learning content
rapidly• A scalable web-based platform • Personalizes content• Such as Blackboard
Learning Management Systems
• MOODLE• Sakai• ATutor• Proprietary Models–Web CT, Blackboard, GradePoint
• Blackboard and MOODLE most widely used
Where Its Going…• Two families– Service oriented LMS or Personalized
learning environment– Difference is central management
system• Mash-up of the two makes third
option
Future LMS• Separation of LMS and LCMS– Provides greater interoperability– Standards currently being defined
• New services can be added and used dynamically
• Code can be reused across system by developers
Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
• Set your own learning goals• Integrated LMS-type service• Uses available internet services
Mash-up• Peer-to-peer systems• More flexible than LMS
Implementation• Learning
Scenario:– Anytime– Anywhere
Problems Presented• Requires devices to have web service
server capabilities
• Several middleware solutions have been designed
• However…
Solution Proposed• Web Service Development
Middleware
• J2ME MIDP Profile based on simple servlet API implementation
Conclusion• Two Architectural Possibilities
• E-Learning Continuing to Evolve
• KBC Anyone?
Questions?