Beyond the LMS: Creating a Digital Learning Space

for your Course

Kevin Forgard

Instructional DesignerBristol Community College

Presentation information is

available at: http://goo.gl/2j47ij

Session Objectives• Understand why going beyond the

LMS is important • Learn about some of the tools

faculty can use to create a digital course space outside a traditional LMS

• Begin to conceptualize online tools as an viable external learning environment

Expect session to be highly interactive

Warning!

Next…a quiz

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LMS

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CMS

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AMS

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Flipped Classroo

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Learning Object

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Cloud Computi

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Aggregator

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Tag

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Embed

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Sync

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PLE

Where does this all lead?

From Personal Learning Environment (PLE)

TOPersonal teaching environment (PTE)

OR External teaching environment

(ETE)http://set2013.wikispaces.com/home

Before beating up the LMS

How does an LMS serve us?

Convenient student management system

Grades, attendance, assessments, analytics

Course organization (online, hybrid, eLearning)Built-in tools: discussion forum, quizzes, blogs, games, etc.

User authentication

How does an LMS serve us?

Working in an LMS

How does the LMS challenge your teaching and learning activities?

What technologies are you using in your courses?

How well do they work with your institution’s LMS?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/IDDE.SU/

Building a model

LMS• Student grades• Authenticated login• Closed system• Supported by

eLearning team • FERPA compliant• Re-useable design

(LOR)

Non-LMS• Open (can be

controlled)• Flexible design• Cloud-based• Cross-collaborative

LMS

Student PLE

Course ETE

Authenticated Users Only

Any outside visitors(settings based on system)

EmployersFamilyClassmatesSimilar learners

ColleaguesFuture and past studentsOther interested learners and educators

Building a model

What is the course’s objective in using an

ETE?Communication – announcement, chat, information aggregation

Content presentation – videos, articles, presentations

Collaboration – student comments and participation activities

Compilation – links to PLE and other student digital work

Example Technologies• Edublogs – http://edublogs.org/• Google Sites – www.google.sites.com • Twitter – www.twitter.com • Facebook/Google+ - Create groups

private of publis• Diigo – www.diigo.com • Wikispaces – www.wikispaces.com • ePortfolio – various management

systems

Exampleshttps://sites.google.com/site/acc150bcc/home - Accounting Course

https://professoryokel101.wikispaces.com/Assignments - Writing CourseChris Yokel – Instructor of English

https://bcc.digication.com/deaf_studies_sample_capstone_portfolio/Welcome/published - ASL Capstone Course using ePortfolioSandy Lygren – Deaf Studies Program Director

http://writingaboutplace.edublogs.org/ - Blog as a course space for a writing course

https://sites.google.com/site/bcctemplates/flipping-the-blend - a professional development course space

http://www.visionsofstudents.org/

Thanks for attending my session!

Kevin Forgard | Instructional DesignerBristol Community College (BCC)kevin.forgard@bristolcc.edu @kforgardwww.linkedin.com/in/kevinforgard/