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PLE VLE LMS Educational Systems

started by Eric Ebbs on 03 Sep 10
  • Eric Ebbs
    #1 Eric Ebbs on 03 Sep 10
  • glorihinck
    #3 glorihinck on 04 Sep 10
     
    Hi Eric, what VLE/LMS do you use? What kind of issues did you run into? As your university explores blogs and wkis are they considering external sources?
  • Eric Ebbs
    #4 Eric Ebbs on 06 Sep 10
     
    - We are currently using ANGEL version 7.4 as our VLE/LMS. Our issues with the Wiki and Blogs involved disappearing posts. When a user would post a comment or correct their posting, all entries within the forum would disappear. The would reappear at random intervals and only to certain users. Some users were lucky and able to see the posts when they logged in, which others were never able to see anything.
    - We contacted the parent company Blackboard about the issue, and they worked with us on the issue for about a week before they escalated the matter to a higher tier of technical support. We never heard any more on the matter except that the higher tier was going to look into the matter at their earliest convenience, and it ended there. We tried to learn more about the matter, but never were able to acquire any information. With that, the faculty member discontinued the project.
    - We have looked into external sources, but have yet to find any brave instructors to try them. Most of the instructors only want to utilize items within the VLE/LMS, and refuse to look at external sources. We did have a few discuss the matter, but none of them were willing to pursue the matter further at this time. Hopefully we can continue our chat with the faculty in the near future and continue to garner their interest.
  • Kae Novak
    #5 Kae Novak on 06 Sep 10
     
    This article was useful to me because it compares and contrasts the design of a personal learning network with what we would normally see in an learning management system (lms).The key points are that a PLE is goal focused, symmetrical system that allows for the learner to use and create content. If I was explaining the difference between a PLE and LMS to an administrator or instructor that's how I would frame it. It also made me think unlike a static LMS, a PLE has soft boundaries for length of time and number of participants. A PLE does require more planning on the part of learner as there are numerous different learning strategies that can be implemented. So my questions are, what type of strategies could be developed for the new to PLE instructors. Also how do we help adult students who may have always learned from textbooks develop PLE strategies? This really requires further thought and development. Also, while this isn't part of the article, this video seems to do a humorous take on the article premise. YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zSd5Gs6Mw Chat between a PLE and a LMS.
  • Eric Ebbs
    #6 Eric Ebbs on 07 Sep 10
     
    Kae, thank you for the video link. I found it entertaining and informative as the LMS professor mentioned many of the arguments that my faculty use when bringing up the topic.

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