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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

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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

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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

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• 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

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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

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Cost Benefits• IT Interventions produce significant

reductions in unit costs

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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

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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

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Learning Management Systems

• MOODLE• Sakai• ATutor• Proprietary Models–Web CT, Blackboard, GradePoint

• Blackboard and MOODLE most widely used

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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

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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

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Personal Learning Environment (PLE)

• Set your own learning goals• Integrated LMS-type service• Uses available internet services

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Mash-up• Peer-to-peer systems• More flexible than LMS

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Implementation• Learning

Scenario:– Anytime– Anywhere

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Problems Presented• Requires devices to have web service

server capabilities

• Several middleware solutions have been designed

• However…

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Solution Proposed• Web Service Development

Middleware

• J2ME MIDP Profile based on simple servlet API implementation

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Conclusion• Two Architectural Possibilities

• E-Learning Continuing to Evolve

• KBC Anyone?

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Questions?


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