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Learning Management with Web 2.0ISTC 605/705
+ LMS/CMS vs. (?) Web 2.0
+Learning Management Systems
“The traditional LMS has played a central rolein expanding the reach of online education and integrating online support tools into traditional face-to-face education” (Jones & Gelb, 2009, p. 180)
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“Solutions for Higher Ed” overview
In one corner…
Market share (2010):57.1%
+…in the other corner…
Market share (2010):16.4%
About Moodle
+…other notables…
+Web 2.0 Tools
+Many tools, many features
Blogs Wikis Virtual environments (Second Life) Social network sites (Ning) Twitter RSS
“the problem of integration vs. separation” (Dalsgaard, para 12)
+Goals for today
Explore the concept of learning management within the context of Web 2.0
Take the LMS challenge! Propose a new, Web 2.0-inspired LMS Class will vote, fabulous prize to the winning team
+Compare and contrast
LMS (features, values) Web 2.0 (features, values)
+Some questions… Why are some educators exploring Web 2.0
tools as an alternative to traditional LMSs? Can Web 2.0 technologies, theories, and models
help us to re-think learning management? What would a “good” LMS look like? “Is the next step to integrate social software
tools in LMS?” (Dalsgaard, para. 5) Is a blog in Blackboard actually a blog? “…the strengths of social software in relation to
students’ self-governed activities concern students’ active use of and participation on the web”
+The LMS Challenge1. List the features you, as a teacher and student,
want in a LMS2. Evaluate existing learning management
technologies Bb, Moodle, Edline, Sakai
3. Design your own LMS Use Dalsgaard approach as a jumping off point (p.
8) Consider…
Web 2.0 ID model (user-centered/generated design) Social learning TPACK
4. Present idea to your classmates Use images to give a sense of what it might
include Explain your thinking and ties to supporting
theories/research
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