VLE 2.0 and future directions in learning environments
Posted by LAMS Administrator on 3 January, 2007
Martin Weller of the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University UK defines a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) as an institutional response to elearning and goes on to talk about where they are today and where they are heading. Using the principles of Web 2.0, which is not only a set of technologies, but a way of thinking, Martin applies this to VLE’s to describe what a version 2.0 will look like. He talks about harnessing collective intelligence and mixing third party applications together in what is called a “mash up” in Web 2.0 terms. The podcast explores the limitations of the current versions of VLE’s and how the software itself can influence how you teach and how some VLE’s promote content-based development, while other environments, like LAMS, promote activity-based development.
Download the Martin Weller Presentation PPT which will help as Martin describes how plant succession theory applies to VLE development. Finally Martin uses a entertaining video clip of Donald Rumsfield talking about knowns and unknowns and how this model can be applied to the future of VLEs. You can access this clip from You Tube here.
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