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VLE 2.0. Martin Weller. Outline. Current VLE situation Succession Examples VLE 2.0 Some questions. 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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VLE 2.0
Martin Weller
Outline• Current VLE situation• Succession• Examples• VLE 2.0• Some questions
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• 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• 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?
• 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
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• UKOU – SOA, with Moodle• SUNY – SOA with LAMS + Portal• NZ Open source - Moodle
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• 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
VLE 2.0
Lightweight programming
Continual updating
Students as co-creators
Harnessing collective intelligence
Social software
Open architecture
Reusable content and components
Personalised
Based around services
Scott Wilson
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?
Known unknowns
Known knowns Creating content based courses
Use of forums
Pedagogy
Newer technologies
Known unknowns Impact of web 2.0
Impact of digital natives
Impact of open content
Creating affordances
Impact of patents
Unknown unknowns Technology