Current Issues in Technology Enhanced Learning LEARNING PLATFORMS

1
Current Issues in Technology Enhanced
LearningLEARNING PLATFORMS
Monika Pilgerstorfer 16 November 2005
2
The concept of learning platforms

• Mainly web-based integrated information systems
• to support online activities of a group of
  persons implicated in a teaching and learning
  task.

3
Features

• Presentation of learning content
• Tools for creating exercises
• Support for assessment
• Administration
• Communication

4
Terms

• Learning platform
• Learning portal
• Learning management systems

5
LMS CMS - LCMS

• Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Administration and control of the learning
  process
• Tracking
• Communication

6
LMS CMS - LCMS

• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Creation and administration of content
• Presentation and publication
• Content-syndication (exchange)

7
LMS CMS - LCMS

• Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS)
• Integration of LMS CMS
• E-Learning-Standards (IMS, SCORM)
• e.g. ILIAS 3

8
C3MS

• Schneider (2003)
• Content, community and collaboration management
  systems (C3MS)
• C3MSs are efficient learning tools to support
  socio-constructivist approaches such as
  project-based learning in a virtual environment.
• The teacher is manager, orchestrator and
  facilitator.

9
Products
10
Products
11
Commercial Learning Platforms

• Microsoft Learning Gateway
• WebCT

12
Microsoft Learning Gateway

• is a secure framework for combining e-Learning
  solutions in a secure online environment.
• Strengthens communication between parents,
  teachers and students
• Reduces administration
• Lets students collaborate and express themselves
  in new ways

13
Microsoft Learning Gateway
14
Microsoft Learning Gateway

• Free registration www.LiveProduct.info
• ? currently upgrading

15
Microsoft Learning Gateway

• Features
• My school
• My Email (Microsoft Web Access)
• Events
• News
• Learning Resources

16
Microsoft Learning Gateway
17
WebCT

• WebCT Campus Edition
• Course Management System
• Course preparation
• Delivery
• Management
• WebCT Vista
• Academic Enterprise System
• Virtual course environment
• Community Manager
• LO Manager
• PowerLinks Kit (software development)

18
WebCT Campus Edition

• is a market-leading course management system
  used by institutions around the world, in all
  stages of e-learning deployment.
• strong technical foundation
• includes a Virtual Course Environment with a
  complete set of tools for course preparation,
  delivery, and management
• resulting in an e-learning system that is easy to
  use, innovative, and reliable

19
WebCT
20
WebCT

• Course-setup
• Personalized learning path
• WebCT Exemplary Course Project http//www.webct.co
  m/software/viewpage?namesoftware_demo_webinars

21
Open Source Learning Platforms

• Claroline
• Moodle
• ILIAS

22
Claroline

• Claroline is a free application allowing
  teachers or education organizations to create and
  administrate courses through the web.
• built over pedagogical principles
• allowing a large variety of pedagogical setup
  including widening of traditional classroom and
  online collaborative learning
• 30 languages

23
Claroline
Five poles model (Lebrun, 1999)
24
Claroline

• Tools to promote learning
• Information
• Motivation
• Activities
• Interaction
• Productions

25
Claroline

• A synthetic model for eLearning
• with Claroline

26
Claroline

• Creating a course
• Try out
• http//www.claroline.net/demo/claroline170/
• Create a User account
• Go to CITEL
• Read the announcement
• Try out!

27
Moodle

• Moodle is a free course management system,
  designed using pedagogical principles.
• to help educators create effective online
  learning communities
• it can scale from a single-teacher site to a
  40000-student University

28
Moodle

• Philosophy
• Constructivism
• Constructionism
• Social Constructivism
• Connected and Seperate

29
Moodle

• Course Management Features
• Assignment
• Chat
• Choice
• Dialogue

30
Moodle

• Course Management Features
• Forums
• Quiz

31
Moodle

• Course Management Features
• Resource
• Survey
• Workshop

32
Moodle

• Learner Management Features
• Access to information about learners
• Ability to segment participants into groups
• Site, course and user calendar event scheduling
• Etc.

33
ILIAS

• is an Open Source Learning Management System for
  developing and realising web-based eLearning.
• to reduce the costs of using new media in
  education
• to offer the maximum level of customer influence
  in the implementation of a LMS
• allows efficient creation of courses and course
  materials
• offers standardized tools and templates for the
  learning and working process including integrated
  navigation and administration

34
ILIAS

• Features
• Personal Desktop
• Repository
• Communication
• Group System

35
(No Transcript)
36
(No Transcript)
37
(No Transcript)
38
(No Transcript)
39
ILIAS

• Try out
• http//143.50.63.94/ilias3
• administrator
• usern citel
• pw tel123
• user
• usern test
• pw test123

40
Evaluation

• Minimum Requirements
• Usability
• Possible extensions
• Adaptability of layout
• Good performance
• Languages
• E-Learning Standards
• Low costs

41
Evaluation Results

• Reil (2004)
• WebCT droped out
• Baumgarnter, Häfele (2003,2005)

42
Personal Remarks

• Mainly used for repository
• Disregard of available features
• Learning path only one possible way

43
Questions

• What do you think about the presented platforms /
  learning platforms in general?
• How can they be used efficiently?

44
Thank you for your attention
45
Resources

• Claroline http//www.claroline.net/
• ILIAS http//achill.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/
• Microsoft Learning Gateway http//www.microsoft.c
  om/emea/education/microsoftLearningGateway.mspx
• Moodle http//moodle.org/
• WebCT http//www.webct.com/
• Baumgartner, P., Häfele, H., Maier-Häfele, K.
  (2003) Evaluation von Learning Management
  Systemen. Österreichisches Bundesministerium für
  Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur.
• http//virtual-learning.qualifizierung.com/publik
  ationen/Evaluation-LMS-Schulen.pdf(15.11.2005)
• Baumgartner, P., Häfele, H., Maier-Häfele, K.
  (2005) Evaluation von Lernplattformen
  Verfahren, Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen.
  Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Bildung,
  Wissenschaft und Kultur.
• http//www.bildung.at/statisch/bmbwk/lernplattfor
  men_evaluation_und_ergebnisse_1_bis_3.pdf(15.11.20
  05)
• Reil, D. (2004). Einsatz von Lernmanagementsysteme
  n in traditionellen Lehrveranstaltungen am
  Beispiel der Universitäten Oldenburg und
  Osnabrück ein Erfahrungsbericht.
• http//www.iwi-iuk.org/iuk2003/program/reil/
  (15.11.2005)