1. Current Issues in Technology Enhanced Learning LEARNING PLATFORMS Monika Pilgerstorfer 16 November 2005

2. The concept of learning platforms  Mainly web-based integrated information systems  to support online activities of a group of persons implicated in a teaching and learning task.

3. Features  Presentation of learning content  Tools for creating exercises  Support for assessment  Administration  Communication

4. Terms  Learning platform  Learning portal  Learning management systems

5. LMS – CMS - LCMS  Learning Management Systems (LMS) Administration and control of the learning process Tracking Communication

6. LMS – CMS - LCMS  Content Management Systems (CMS) Creation and administration of content Presentation and publication Content-syndication (exchange)

7. LMS – CMS - LCMS  Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) Integration of LMS & CMS E-Learning-Standards (IMS, SCORM) e.g. ILIAS 3

8.  Schneider (2003) Content, community and collaboration management systems (C3MS) C3MSs are efficient learning tools to support socio-constructivist approaches such as project-based learning in a virtual environment. The teacher is manager, orchestrator and facilitator. C3MS

9. Products Adepthttp://sourceforge.net/projects/adept Blackboardhttp://www.blackboard.com/ Bolinoshttp://www.med-ia.ch/med-ia/bolinos/ BSCWhttp://bscw.gmd.de/ Clarolinehttp://www.claroline.net/ ClassAct & ClassCampushttp://www.ljgroup.com ClassWebhttp://classweb.ucla.edu/ Colloquiahttp://www.colloquia.net/ CoMentorhttp://comentor.hud.ac.uk COSEhttp://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE eCollegehttp://www.ecollege.com Eledgehttp://eledge.sourceforge.net/ Fle3http://fle3.uiah.fi/ FirstClasshttp://www.softarc.com/ Freestyle Learning Home 3.0http://pcwi122.uni-muenster.de/fsl/index.php ILIAShttp://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/index.html

10. Products Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning (KEWL) http://kewl.uwc.ac.za/ LearnWisehttp://www.learnwise.net learnOnlinehttp://www.learnonline.org.uk IBM Lotus Learning Management System http://www.lotus.com/lotus/offering6.nsf/wdoc s/homepage Macromedia eLearning Suite http://www.macromedia.com/software/elearni ngsuite/ Merlinhttp://www.hull.ac.uk/merlin Microsoft Learning Gateway http://www.microsoft.com/emea/education/mi crosoftLearningGateway.mspx Mimerdeskhttp://mimerdesk.org/community/engine.html Moodlehttp://moodle.org/ OLAThttp://www.olat.org/bin/view TopClasshttp://www.wbtsystems.com/ Virtual Campus VLEhttp://www.teknical.com Virtual-U Suite (VU)http://elearningsolutionsinc.com/ WebCThttp://www.webct.com/

11. Commercial Learning Platforms  Microsoft® Learning Gateway  WebCT

12. Microsoft® Learning Gateway „…is a secure framework for combining e-Learning solutions in a secure online environment.“ Strengthens communication between parents, teachers and students Reduces administration Lets students collaborate and express themselves in new ways

13. Microsoft® Learning Gateway

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15. Microsoft® Learning Gateway  Features My school My Email (Microsoft Web Access) Events News Learning Resources

16. Microsoft® Learning Gateway

17. WebCT  WebCT Campus Edition Course Management System  Course preparation  Delivery  Management  WebCT Vista Academic Enterprise System Virtual course environment Community Manager LO Manager PowerLinks Kit (software development)

18. WebCT Campus Edition  „ is a market-leading course management system used by institutions around the world, in all stages of e-learning deployment.“ strong technical foundation includes a Virtual Course Environment with a complete set of tools for course preparation, delivery, and management resulting in an e-learning system that is easy to use, innovative, and reliable

19. WebCT

20.  Course-setup Course-setup  Personalized learning path Personalized learning path  WebCT Exemplary Course Project http://www.webct.com/software/vie wpage?name=software_demo_webin ars http://www.webct.com/software/vie wpage?name=software_demo_webin ars

21. Open Source Learning Platforms  Claroline  Moodle  ILIAS

22. Claroline  „Claroline is a free application allowing teachers or education organizations to create and administrate courses through the web.“ built over pedagogical principles allowing a large variety of pedagogical setup including widening of traditional classroom and online collaborative learning 30 languages

23. Claroline Five poles model (Lebrun, 1999):

24. Claroline Tools to promote learning:  Information  Motivation  Activities  Interaction  Productions

25. Claroline A synthetic model for eLearning with Claroline:

26. Claroline  Creating a course Creating a course  Try out:  http://www.claroline.net/demo/clarol ine170/ http://www.claroline.net/demo/clarol ine170/ Create a User account Go to CITEL Read the announcement Try out!

27. Moodle  „Moodle is a free course management system, designed using pedagogical principles.“ to help educators create effective online learning communities it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 40000-student University

28. Moodle  Philosophy Constructivism Constructionism Social Constructivism Connected and Seperate

29. Property screens guide instructor through setup when creating a new Assignment Assignment activity can require the learner to upload a completed project. Moodle  Course Management Features Assignment Chat Choice Dialogue

30. Moodle  Course Management Features Forums Quiz

31. Moodle  Course Management Features Resource Survey Workshop

32. Moodle  Learner Management Features Access to information about learners Ability to segment participants into groups Site, course and user calendar event scheduling Etc.

33. ILIAS  „is an Open Source Learning Management System for developing and realising web-based eLearning.“ to reduce the costs of using new media in education to offer the maximum level of customer influence in the implementation of a LMS allows efficient creation of courses and course materials offers standardized tools and templates for the learning and working process including integrated navigation and administration

34. ILIAS  Features Personal Desktop Repository Communication Group System

39. ILIAS  Try out: http://143.50.63.94/ilias3 administrator:  usern: citel  pw: tel123 user:  usern: test  pw: test123

40. Evaluation  Minimum Requirements Usability Possible extensions Adaptability of layout Good performance Languages E-Learning Standards Low costs

41. Evaluation Results  Reil (2004): WebCT droped out  Baumgarnter, Häfele (2003,2005):

42. Personal Remarks  Mainly used for repository  Disregard of available features  Learning path – only one possible way

43. Questions  What do you think about the presented platforms / learning platforms in general?  How can they be used efficiently?

44. Thank you for your attention

45. Resources  Claroline: http://www.claroline.net/http://www.claroline.net/  ILIAS: http://achill.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/http://achill.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/  Microsoft Learning Gateway: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/education/microsoftLearningGateway.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/emea/education/microsoftLearningGateway.mspx  Moodle: http://moodle.org/http://moodle.org/  WebCT: http://www.webct.com/http://www.webct.com/  Baumgartner, P., Häfele, H., Maier-Häfele, K. (2003): Evaluation von Learning Management Systemen. Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. http://virtual-learning.qualifizierung.com/publikationen/Evaluation-LMS- Schulen.pdfhttp://virtual-learning.qualifizierung.com/publikationen/Evaluation-LMS- Schulen.pdf(15.11.2005)  Baumgartner, P., Häfele, H., Maier-Häfele, K. (2005): Evaluation von Lernplattformen: Verfahren, Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen. Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur. http://www.bildung.at/statisch/bmbwk/lernplattformen_evaluation_und_ergebnisse_ 1_bis_3.pdf(15.11.2005http://www.bildung.at/statisch/bmbwk/lernplattformen_evaluation_und_ergebnisse_ 1_bis_3.pdf(15.11.2005)  Reil, D. (2004). Einsatz von Lernmanagementsystemen in traditionellen Lehrveranstaltungen am Beispiel der Universitäten Oldenburg und Osnabrück: ein Erfahrungsbericht. http://www.iwi-iuk.org/iuk2003/program/reil/http://www.iwi-iuk.org/iuk2003/program/reil/ (15.11.2005)