Learning Environments - The Generation After Next

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Learning Environments - The Generation After Next

• Tom FranklinFranklin Consultingtom_at_franklin-cons
  ulting.co.uk
• Jill ArmstrongLiverpool Hope Universityarmstrj_at_h
  ope.ac.uk

ALT-C - September 2006
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Evolution of VLEs

• Motivation for VLEs
• Invented by tutors
• Bring together tools for educational purposes
• Make tools easier for teachers and students
• Understand the technologies' capabilities
• Provide management tools
• Integration with management systems
• Security
• Move to commercial systems
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_virtual_le
  arning_environments

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Pressures on VLEs - people

• Teacher
• Management
• Control
• Integration
• Pedagogic

• Student
• Management
• Control
• Integration
• Ownership
• Life-long learning
• Informal learning

• Management
• Management
• Control
• Integration
• IPR

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Pressures on VLEs - Technology

• Portals / SOA
• Tools eg. Social web
• Patents?
• E-portfolios

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The Four Ps

• Portals
• Portfolios
• Personal Learning Environments
• Personal Environments

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Next Generation?
Middleware
Portals
Portals
VLE
Portfolios
Portfolios
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Middleware
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Next Generation?
Middleware
Portals
Portals
VLE
Portfolios
Portfolios
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The Generation After Next?

• Part-time students
• Life-long learning
• Work-based learning
• Fees

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The Generation After Next?

• External Provision
• Pedagogic tools
• Social web tools
• Email
• Resources
• portfolio

• Institutional provision
• Portal
• Pedagogic tools
• Resources
• Assessment tools

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