2. Franklin Consulting Learning Environments - The Generation After Next Tom Franklin Franklin Consulting tom@franklin-consulting.co.uk Jill Armstrong Liverpool Hope University armstrj@hope.ac.uk ALT-C - September 2006

3. Franklin Consulting Evolution of VLEs  Motivation for VLEs  Invented by tutors  Bring together tools for educational purposes  Make tools easier for teachers and students  Understand the technologies' capabilities  Provide management tools  Integration with management systems  Security  Move to commercial systems  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_virtual_learning_environments

4. Franklin Consulting Pressures on VLEs - people Teacher  Management  Control  Integration  Pedagogic Student  Management  Control  Integration  Ownership  Life-long learning  Informal learning Management  Management  Control  Integration  IPR

5. Franklin Consulting Pressures on VLEs - Technology  Portals / SOA  Tools eg. Social web  Patents?  E-portfolios

6. Franklin Consulting The Four Ps  Portals  Portfolios  Personal Learning Environments  Personal Environments

7. Franklin Consulting Middleware Next Generation? Portals VLE Portfolios

8. Franklin Consulting Middleware

9. Franklin Consulting Middleware Next Generation? Portals VLE Portfolios

10. Franklin Consulting The Generation After Next?  Part-time students  Life-long learning  Work-based learning  Fees

11. Franklin Consulting The Generation After Next? Institutional provision  Portal  Pedagogic tools  Resources  Assessment tools External Provision  Pedagogic tools  Social web tools  Email  Resources  portfolio Student