merging lms and ple

Merging Learning Management Systems and Personal Learning Environments

Miguel Ángel Conde ([email protected])Francisco J. García ([email protected])

María J. Casany ([email protected])Marc Alier ([email protected])

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GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca

Outline

• Introduction• Integration tendencies• Integration approach• Conclusions


Introduction (I)



• The tools used to learn must also evolve• VLE as a mean to support and make evolve

subjects100% of the universities have an VLE79,5% of the big companies use this learning

toolsVLE don’t provide the expected benefits

Introduction (II)


Introduction (III)


Introduction (IV)

• PLEStudent-centered contexts that integrate any

tool, service, content involved in eLearning process

Learning responsibility will be in the studentsNew tools can be included in the learning

process and Lifelong learning will be taken into account

VLE can’t be discarded Integration between the VLE and the PLE will

be necessary


Introduction (and V)


Outline



Integration tendencies (I)

• Integration is not an easy taskDificulty to include interoperability standarsThe integration of training activities in the PLE

are difficultProblems of traceabilitySingle sign-on implementationSecurity problems


Integration tendencies (and II)

• 3 posible scenariosNo integrationOpening the VLE

• Web services and Interoperability specifications• Institutional problems to allow the openness• Communication use to be in one specific direction

Integration of external tools• Problems related to the integration of tools with other

tools and contexts• The user has no freedom to decide what tools to use• There exist several initiatives starting from scratch

• Second and third scenarios must be mergerd


Outline



Integration approach (I)

• Our solution is based on Formal or institutional environment = VLE = Moodle 2.0 Informal environment = PLE Communication ways Specification integration

• What is a PLE for us Non technological perspective

• Learning environment focused on the user and customizable, which will combine all the tools, services, opinions, people, resources and activities that are useful in the learning process. This environment should take into account the different training modalities, facilitate lifelong learning and allow the integration of new technologies

Technological perspective• Integration framework that incorporates 2.0 technologies, supports

interaction with other learning contexts, facilitates interoperability with other existing systems and provides monitoring systems for learner’s activity.


Integration Approach (II)


Integration Approach (V)


Integration Approach (and VI)


Outline



Conclusions

• eLearning must evolve taking the student into account

• Informal activity must be taken into account• PLE can solve this situation, but without

replacing the VLE Integration is neededDifferent integration sceneriesConstraints established by the specification

• Future work, extend the specification


Acknoledgments

• This work is partially supported by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Spain (project IST-020302-2009-35), the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (project TIN2010-21 695-C02) the Department of Education of Junta de Castilla y León through the project GR47 and the University of Salamanca ID11/014

Merging Learning Management Systems and Personal Learning Environments

Miguel Ángel Conde ([email protected])Francisco J. García ([email protected])

María J. Casany ([email protected])Marc Alier ([email protected])









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