Post on 17-Jan-2015
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Beyond the LMS: Creating a Digital Learning Space
for your Course
Kevin Forgard
Instructional DesignerBristol Community College
Presentation information is
available at: http://goo.gl/2j47ij
Session Objectives• Understand why going beyond the
LMS is important • Learn about some of the tools
faculty can use to create a digital course space outside a traditional LMS
• Begin to conceptualize online tools as an viable external learning environment
Expect session to be highly interactive
Warning!
Next…a quiz
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AMS
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Learning Object
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Cloud Computi
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Aggregator
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Tag
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Embed
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PLE
Where does this all lead?
From Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
TOPersonal teaching environment (PTE)
OR External teaching environment
(ETE)http://set2013.wikispaces.com/home
Before beating up the LMS
How does an LMS serve us?
Convenient student management system
Grades, attendance, assessments, analytics
Course organization (online, hybrid, eLearning)Built-in tools: discussion forum, quizzes, blogs, games, etc.
User authentication
How does an LMS serve us?
Working in an LMS
How does the LMS challenge your teaching and learning activities?
What technologies are you using in your courses?
How well do they work with your institution’s LMS?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/IDDE.SU/
Building a model
LMS• Student grades• Authenticated login• Closed system• Supported by
eLearning team • FERPA compliant• Re-useable design
(LOR)
Non-LMS• Open (can be
controlled)• Flexible design• Cloud-based• Cross-collaborative
LMS
Student PLE
Course ETE
Authenticated Users Only
Any outside visitors(settings based on system)
EmployersFamilyClassmatesSimilar learners
ColleaguesFuture and past studentsOther interested learners and educators
Building a model
What is the course’s objective in using an
ETE?Communication – announcement, chat, information aggregation
Content presentation – videos, articles, presentations
Collaboration – student comments and participation activities
Compilation – links to PLE and other student digital work
Example Technologies• Edublogs – http://edublogs.org/• Google Sites – www.google.sites.com • Twitter – www.twitter.com • Facebook/Google+ - Create groups
private of publis• Diigo – www.diigo.com • Wikispaces – www.wikispaces.com • ePortfolio – various management
systems
Exampleshttps://sites.google.com/site/acc150bcc/home - Accounting Course
https://professoryokel101.wikispaces.com/Assignments - Writing CourseChris Yokel – Instructor of English
https://bcc.digication.com/deaf_studies_sample_capstone_portfolio/Welcome/published - ASL Capstone Course using ePortfolioSandy Lygren – Deaf Studies Program Director
http://writingaboutplace.edublogs.org/ - Blog as a course space for a writing course
https://sites.google.com/site/bcctemplates/flipping-the-blend - a professional development course space
http://www.visionsofstudents.org/
Thanks for attending my session!
Kevin Forgard | Instructional DesignerBristol Community College (BCC)kevin.forgard@bristolcc.edu @kforgardwww.linkedin.com/in/kevinforgard/