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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