What is this managed learning environment all about?

Paul Seiler

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Purpose

• To provide you an outline on what the schools, the Ministry and have started in the MLE domain

so that

• You can join in no matter where you are at currently (personally, school)

and

• Together really make this thing work for learning

What is an MLE?

“Software tools and digital content that support learning”

• Comprised of many different modules, such as an SMS, LMS, eportfolio tool, blog, repositories for digital learning objects and many more

• Check out the MLE Reference Group to learn more

• Or view the component parts

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Curriculum & Pedagogy

National curriculum

School curriculum inc. lesson plans (school, subject,

teacher)

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

ePortfolios (record of learning)

Course Management Systems

Assessment tools

Planning tools

Communication

Blogs

Podcasts

Chatrooms

Noticeboards

Social networking

Discussion threads

Audio conferencing

Video/web conferencing

Administration

Student Management Systems (SMS)

Student Record Transfer (SMS-SMS data exchange)

NCEA returns

Calendaring

Timetabling

eReturns

ENROL

Resources

TKI

Websites

Wikis

Digital Learning Objects

Library Management Systems

Content Management Systems

Authoring/publishing/editing tools

Other content sources (open access)

Enabling Services

Identification / authentication

National Student Index

Parental portal

Transport mechanisms

Metadata schema

Interoperability standards

Specifications

Shared content

SMS

ENROLENROL

Student record

transfer

Student record

transfer

e-asTTlePAT

e-asTTlePAT

Early notification

Early notification

eReturnseReturns

Library systemLibrary system

Metadata searchingMetadata searching

Web mailWeb mail

Digital content stores

Digital content stores

IdP

Content Authoring

Tools

Content Authoring

Tools

NSINSI

SMS - directory

integration eportfolioeportfolio

LMS

Parent portalParent portal

Online office suites

Online office suites

National StandardsNational

Standards

Electronic attendance

registers

Electronic attendance

registers

ENROL integration

IAM

Reusable and portable contentAssessment support

Attendance support

Authentication flows (existing)Data flows (existing) Data flows (proposed)

Authentication flows (proposed)

Or as a wiring diagram

Objective of the MLE activity

• To design and promote an– educationally relevant– open– modular– standards-based– sustainable

approach to the development and use of MLE for (NZ) schools

Key work strands

• ENROL Integration

• Online systems / LMS / Parent Portals

• E-portfolios

• Reusable and portable content

• Identity and access management (or single sign-on)

• Assessment (including National Standards) *

• Attendance management *

* Will not cover today

E-admin integration

Connectivity Test E-returns Get/Check NSN Leavers Arrivals

Total DEX Transactions Roll

MUSAC 13,042 969 37,123 37,410 1 88,545 313,761

KAMAR 2,819 438 70,921 19,806 11,105 105,089 157,385

eTap 4,137 1,640 38,793 23,712 9,192 77,474 112,910

SchoolMaster 2,571 1,072 86,579 - - 90,222 85,969

Totals 30,280 4,553 261,721 81,949 20,735 399,238 768,196

Online systems / LMS / Parent Portals

• Uptake subsidies available to all state and state integrated schools with the right SMS and LMS

• Working with eTAP, Edtech and Dataview

• Rapid over-subscription of primary quota across all vendors

• Positive reflection on the hard work done over many years by groups such as yours

• Intention is to assist 200-300 schools per year

• Check out the SMS – LMS Group to learn more

E-portfolios

• Earlier session covered much of what, why, how, where

• And we have been busy over the last 18 months and have plans for the next 18

– Guidelines for and by schools

– Case studies together with JISC

– Mahara

• Investment in usability

• Scoping integration with LMS

• Taster sessions

• Finding other partners/backers

• And more work is required

Reusable and portable content

• Our background

• Introduction to Wayne

Identity and Access Management

• How many credential sets (i.e. usernames and passwords) do you have for your professional/work activity?

• What value would you place on having fewer, that grant access to most key services/sites/applications, and worked from school and from home?

• Would you then place a higher value on these and care for them better?

• Hope is on the way

– Story/demo from Tawa Intermediate

– List of SAML services

Musings

• Pre-conditions for successful implementation of (e or b -) learning tools and benefits of school-wide use

• Importance of community

• Contribute to what tools should be integrated and how we together build capacity

• I am reading blogs and groups on learning analytics

• So what are you going to do next?

• And while I am here what questions (or messages) do you have for me?