Pontydysgu – Bridge to Learning - Educational Research. In March I wrote a paper on ‘The Future of Learning Environments; for a publication from the IATEL conference held in Darmstadt last year. I have been asked to produce a short verion of the paper for translation to German. Here it is. The Future of Learning Environments 1. Introduction The present ‘industrial’ schooling system is fast becoming dysfunctional, neither providing the skills and competences required in our economies nor corresponding to the ways in which we are using the procedural and social aspects of technology for learning and developing and sharing knowledge. One major impact of internet technologies has been to move access to learning and knowledge outside of institutional boundaries.
Schools and universities can no longer claim a monopoly as seats of learning or of knowledge. Technology is also challenging traditional expert contributed disciplinary knowledge as embodied in school curricula. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. References Agostini, A., Albolino, S., Michelis, G. Attwell G. New Schemas for Mapping Pedagogies and Technologies. In this article I want to reflect on the rhetoric of 'Web 2.0' and its potential versus actual impact. I want to suggest that we need to do more than look at how social networking technologies are being used generally as an indicator of their potential impact on education, arguing instead that we need to rethink what are the fundamental characteristics of learning and then see how social networking can be harnessed to maximise these characteristics to best effect.
I will further argue that the current complexity of the digital environment requires us to develop 'schema' or approaches to thinking about how we can best harness the benefits these new technologies confer. The Tension between Web 2.0 and Education So my primary interest is to focus on the educational aspects of new technologies and in particular what might be appropriate 'schema' for describing the ways in which technologies are being used. Realigning New Technologies to Pedagogy A Pedagogical Framework for Mapping Tools in Use. Moodle - Open-source learning platform. Blackboard Education Technology Platforms. Education Technology Solutions for All Blackboard's education technology platforms work to improve every aspect of the education experience. From universities to K12 classrooms to professional training and fully online learning environments, we have the technology and expertise to help you and your students succeed.
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Campus Commerce and Security. Learning Platforms - for the Best eLearning Companies and Technology. What is a Learning Platform? While I have written (along with others) about the shift we are seeing in the LMS market, where it is moving from an enterprise LMS market to a learning platform market, there has not really been a good definition of what a learning platform is. As Jeff Bohrer asked via Twitter, “What are the hallmarks of LMS as a “learning platform” (beyond SaaS)? Any posts you can point to?” Mike Zackrison offer some very helpful thoughts in his response of “A few I’ve observed: cloud, multi-tenant; open API; social, analytics, mobile baked in; apps/content discovery too”. Rather than reply within the limits of 140 characters, I’d like to offer a response here (I have trouble with being pithy). Platform Definitions First, let’s look at the metaphor. Given this context, there is a rather extensive Wikipedia entry on learning platforms with some useful definitions included.
Hallmarks of a Learning Platform What are your thoughts on the definition and hallmarks of learning platforms? Google+ Comments.