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Open for Learning Bridging the Gap Between the PLE & the CMS Jon Mott Asst. to the Academic VP Brigham Young University OpenEd 2009 Vancouver, BC
Open for LearningBridging the Gap Between
the PLE & the CMS
Jon MottAsst. to the Academic VPBrigham Young University
OpenEd 2009Vancouver, BC
the allure of the CMS
EXTERNALAPPLICATIONS
SIS CMS
GRADEBOOK
CONTENT
ASSESSMENT
COMMUNICATION
COLLABORATION
APIs
CUSTOMINTEGRATION
REDUNDANT & NON-
INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
the case for & against the CMS
enter the PLE
radicalsimplicity
Blackboard is trying to keep up.
Michael L. Chasen, the company's chief executive, has told The Chronicle that the latest version of the software integrates some Web 2.0 tools and still offers plenty of features that blogging packages can't match, like online gradebooks.
CMS v PLE
CLOSED
INTEGRATED
PROPRIETARY
OPEN
MODULAR
INTEROPERABLE
COURSES
SEMESTERS
INSTITUTIONS
LEARNERS
OPEN-ENDED
COMMUNITIES
modularity
forces of inertia
administrivia
Feature Percentag
e
Course Materials / Documents 85.9%
Gradebook 78.0%
Announcements 68.9%
Email 68.1%
Assessments / Quizzes 30.7%
Discussion Board 13.5%
Other (e.g., Reserve, Dropbox) 12.2%
Virtual Classroom 2.0%
Lightweight Chat 0.4%
Bb Feature Usage @ BYU
forces of change
engaging“the former audience”
(Dan Gillmor)
Meaning only comes intoexistence when two ormore voices come into
contact.
Bakhtin
3,000,000 Tweets /
Day80,000,000 YouTube Videos
13,000,000 Wikipedia Articles200,000,000 Facebook Accounts
3,600,000,000 Photos on Flickr40,000,000,000 GB Data / Year
Higher mental functioningin the individual derives
from social life.
Vygostsky
this is facebook
this is facebookon blackboard
TIME
CMS v. PLE
End of the Semester
Learn
ing
Netw
ork
Siz
e
TIME
Learn
ing
Netw
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Siz
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SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 SEMESTER 3 SEMESTER 4 SEMESTER 5 SEMESTER 6
CMS
PLE
CMS v. PLE
99%
we’re reinventingthe past
permeable institutions
Yochai Benkler“
increasingly permeable boundaries
”
University
Support ServicesBookstore
IT InfrastructureLibraries
Academic Departments
Faculty Students
the new landscape
University
Support ServicesBookstoreLibraries
IT InfrastructureAcademic Departments
Faculty Students
Web 2.0 Apps
PLEs
Social Networks
Open Content
MassCollaboration
etc.
the new landscape
permeablelearning
networks?
learners
learners
schools
educational institutions.
2009 = the end of learning as usual?
the impetus
meaning = use
Wittgenstein
time to leverage“architecture ofparticipation”
Tim O’Reilly
passive consumption
sharing
cooperation(collaboration)
collective action
what’s going onin *their* brains?
“powering down”≠
engaged
"We can't go on
together with
suspicious minds.”
The King
authenticteachingbehaviors
authenticlearningactivity
authenticmeasurement
& accountability
THE CLOUD
STUDENTCONTENT
UNIVERSITY NETWORK
An Open (Institutional) Learning Network
LICENSED & PROPRIETARY
CONTENT
PORTFOLIO
STUDENTINFORMATION
SYSTEM
OPENCONTENT
SOCIAL NETWORKING
APPS
PERSONALPUBLISHING
TOOLS
LEARNINGOUTCOMES
COURSECONTENT
Web Pages
Web Pages
Web Pages
Web Pages
COLLABORATIONTOOLS
ASSESSMENTTOOLS
GRADEBOOK
malleability=
openmodular
interoperable
a radicallysimple idea
stand-alonegradebook
Gary BrownA “Harvesting” Gradebook
loosely-coupled
Authentic Student Learning Activities
ASSESSMENT(SCORES)
REPOSITORYREPORTINGINTERFACE
portfolioassessment
PORTFOLIO REGISTRY
PORTFOLIOASSESSMENTREPOSITORY
ARTIFACTREPOSITORY
REPORTINGINTERFACE
PROGRAM &UNIVERSITY
REPORTS
Loosely Coupled Portfolio Assessment
PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT INTERFACE
ASSESSMENT(SCORES)
REPOSITORY
STUDENT LEARNINGACTIVITY
ARTIFACTREPOSITORY
PROGRAM &UNIVERSITY
REPORTS
ProgramGradebooks
Program Assessment Interfaces
An Integrated Learning Portfolio & Assessment Strategy
PROGRAMEVALUATION
ACTIVITY
Cloud-Based Publishing & Organization
Art
ifact
/ P
ort
folio R
eg
istr
ati
on
Artifact Submissio
n
Program LO Definition
Jon Mott, Brigham Young University. (CC-By) Image Credits – VistaIcons.com.
REPORTINGINTERFACE
CONTENT STORESWEB BASED APPS
AIM - STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
GRADEBOOK
ROUTE Y TESTING CENTER
LEARNING OUTCOMES WIKI
COURSE SITES
LIBRARY
LOWEB
SERVICE
SISWEB
SERVICE
PORTALWEB
SERVICE
GBWEB
SERVICE
TESTINGWEB
SERVICE
LIBRARYWEB
SERVICE
COURSEWEB
SERVICE
3RD PARTYWEB
SERVICES
CONTENTWEB
SERVICES
GRADEBOOK
LearningSite
Blackboard Moodle UPortal Google Apps
1999
"The clue train stopped there four times a day for ten years and they never took delivery."
— Veteran of a firm now free-falling out of the Fortune 500
http://cluetrain.com
95 theses
If you don’t knowwhat you want yourstudents to become,
it doesn’t matterwhat you do.
Image Credits (by slide #)3. “Ulysses & the Sirens” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_Ulysses_and_the_Sirens_%281891%29.jpg4. “Prefab House” http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffe/389190497 5. “Model picture of suburbia” http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwardell/36924036 6. “Home for Sale” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaybowalkin/1000063019 7. “Data Center Build Out” http://www.flickr.com/photos/skreuzer/354316053/ 10. Jared Stein – PLE Mapping http://www.flickr.com/photos/5tein/2314107350 11. Stephen Downes – PLE http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/1092065/L.jpg 12. Martin Weller – PLE http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/06/pwe_3.jpg 13. D’Arcy Norman – PLE http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2314258583/sizes/o 14. Scott Leslei – PLE http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif 15. Alec Couros – PLE http://nwinton.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/the-networked-teacher.png?w=530&h=496 16. “Cloud Gate” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ancawonka/65927497 23. Holy Grail Screencap http://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/holygrail004.jpg 25. “That Huge Lecture Theatre” http://www.flickr.com/photos/teddy-rised/2814710002/ 26. Tombstone Generator http://www.activedayton.com/e/content/oh/media/entertainment/comics_games/tombstones/index.html 27. “Hard to Choose” http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/546056545 32. Obama in Germany http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2699346313/sizes/o 34. “information hydrant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/ 43. “ED+DS” http://www.flickr.com/photos/john/3374835896 44. “bridge to nowhere” http://www.flickr.com/photos/whalt/2042503265 45. Game Race cc-by-nc @jonmott 46. “Road Sign in Southern Utah” http://www.flickr.com/photos/mott/3638375571 47. “Japan: Osaka-jo outer moat, 1” http://www.flickr.com/photos/53537358@N00/3005861124 48. “The Secret Gardens at Tregwainton” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zawtowers/3758680364 50. & 51. Wikipedia Book http://www.rob-matthews.com/index.php?/project/wikipedia /56. “The Fall of the Berlin Wall” http://www.flickr.com/photos/antaldaniel/2912118873 57. “HSM.07.09.02.R1.02.B” http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomas-merton/1518786870 59. Michael Chasen en Matthew Pittinsky http://www.flickr.com/photos/pklaassen/68271156 59. Edupunk2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/2533948716 60. Pushmi-Pullyu http://www.flickr.com/photos/91772025@N00/444044158/sizes/l 61. Chimera http://www.flickr.com/photos/dynamosquito/2814125967 64. “conversation” http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/3812258149 65. Michael Bolton http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/2089141748 68. Student w/ Scantron Image From “A Vision of Students Today” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o) 69. “Scantron Triforce” http://www.flickr.com/photos/dooom2000/3044127020/ 70. “Success! Undergrad Graduation” http://www.flickr.com/photos/m00by/2539347606/ 72. “Fast Food Drive-Thru Attendant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pine_red/140919614 73. “I wish for a fulfilled life” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanchow/3517557789/ 76. “Sneaky Messages” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyhuynh/1219122548/ 77. “Typical” http://www.flickr.com/photos/22916851@N08/2213292811/ 78. “16/365: Chinese New Year” http://www.flickr.com/photos/nin3rszxd/3230241116/ 80. “Using the iPod Book” http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/117954644/in/photostream/ 81. “165.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoe-campbell/3714841958/ 82. Notes in Class cc-by-nc @dbiser83. Elvis http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_presley.jpg 84. “Candy Corn” http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunsotsu/1720203320 88. “ah” (stuck) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pikesville/131255519/in/photostream/ 97. 105. 107. Icon images courtesy of http://vistaicons.com 114. “Prince” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_%28musician%29.jpg 115. “Tube Train Approach” http://www.flickr.com/photos/skullyfm/3390155211 116. “Luther nails his 95 theses to the church door” http://archive.elca.org/archives/luther/Luther95Thesis.jpg
