Open for Learning

Open for Learning
Bridging the Gap Between
the PLE & the CMS
Jon Mott
Asst. to the Academic VP
Brigham Young University
OpenEd 2009
Vancouver, BC

the allure of the CMS

the case for & against the CMS
APIs
SIS
EXTERNAL
APPLICATIONS
CMS
CONTENT
CUSTOM
INTEGRATION
ASSESSMENT
GRADEBOOK
COMMUNICATION
REDUNDANT & NON-INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
COLLABORATION

enter the PLE

radical
simplicity

Blackboard is trying to keep up.
Michael L. Chasen, the company's chief executive, has told The Chronicle that the latest version of the software integrates some Web 2.0 tools and still offers plenty of features that blogging packages can't match, like online gradebooks.

CMS v PLE
COURSES
OPEN
LEARNERS
MODULAR
OPEN-ENDED
SEMESTERS
COMMUNITIES
INTEROPERABLE
INSTITUTIONS
CLOSED
INTEGRATED
PROPRIETARY

modularity

forces of inertia

administrivia

Bb Feature Usage @ BYU

forces of change

engaging
“the former audience”
(Dan Gillmor)

Meaning only comes into
existence when two or
more voices come into
contact.
Bakhtin

3,000,000 Tweets / Day
80,000,000 YouTube Videos
13,000,000 Wikipedia Articles
3,600,000,000 Photos on Flickr
40,000,000,000 GB Data / Year
200,000,000 Facebook Accounts

Higher mental functioning
in the individual derives
from social life.
Vygostsky

this is facebook

this is facebook
on blackboard

CMS v. PLE
Learning Network Size
End of the Semester
TIME

CMS v. PLE
PLE
Learning Network Size
CMS
SEMESTER 1
SEMESTER 2
SEMESTER 3
SEMESTER 4
SEMESTER 5
SEMESTER 6
TIME

we’re reinventingthe past

permeable institutions
YochaiBenkler
“increasingly permeable boundaries”

the new landscape
University
Faculty
Students
Support Services
Bookstore
IT Infrastructure
Libraries
Academic Departments

the new landscape
University
Web 2.0 Apps
PLEs
Social Networks
Open Content
Mass
Collaboration
etc.
Faculty
Students
Support Services
Bookstore
Libraries
IT Infrastructure
Academic Departments

permeable
learning
networks?

learners
schools
learners
educational institutions.
2009 = the end of learning as usual?

the impetus

meaning = use
Wittgenstein

time to leverage
“architecture of
participation”
Tim O’Reilly

passive consumption
sharing
cooperation
(collaboration)
collective action

what’s going on
in *their* brains?

“powering down”
≠
engaged

"We can't go on together with suspicious minds.”
The King

authentic
teaching
behaviors

authentic
learning
activity

authentic
measurement
& accountability

An Open (Institutional) Learning Network
Web Pages
The Cloud
University Network
Web Pages
Web Pages
Web Pages
STUDENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEM
COURSE
CONTENT
STUDENT
CONTENT
LICENSED & PROPRIETARY
CONTENT
OPEN
CONTENT
ASSESSMENT
TOOLS
SOCIAL
NETWORKING
APPS
COLLABORATION
TOOLS
GRADEBOOK
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
PERSONAL
PUBLISHING
TOOLS
PORTFOLIO

malleability
=
open
modular
interoperable

a radically
simple idea

stand-alone
gradebook
Gary Brown
A “Harvesting” Gradebook

loosely-coupled

Authentic Student Learning Activities
REPORTING
INTERFACE
ASSESSMENT
(SCORES)
REPOSITORY

portfolio
assessment

Loosely Coupled Portfolio Assessment
PORTFOLIO REGISTRY
PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT INTERFACE
REPORTING
INTERFACE
ARTIFACT
REPOSITORY
PORTFOLIO
ASSESSMENT
REPOSITORY
PROGRAM &
UNIVERSITY
REPORTS

An Integrated Learning Portfolio & Assessment Strategy
Student
Learning
Activity
Program
Evaluation
Activity
Program Assessment Interfaces
Program LO Definition
Artifact Submission
Program
Gradebooks
REPORTING
INTERFACE
Artifact / Portfolio Registration
ARTIFACT
REPOSITORY
ASSESSMENT
(SCORES)
REPOSITORY
PROGRAM &
UNIVERSITY
REPORTS
Cloud-Based Publishing & Organization
Jon Mott, Brigham Young University. (CC-By) Image Credits – VistaIcons.com.

COURSE
WEB
SERVICE
LO
WEB
SERVICE
SIS
WEB
SERVICE
COURSE SITES
AIM - STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
LEARNING OUTCOMES WIKI
GB
WEB
SERVICE
3RD PARTY
WEB
SERVICES
CONTENT
WEB
SERVICES
GRADEBOOK
CONTENT STORES
GRADEBOOK
WEB BASED APPS
PORTAL
WEB
SERVICE
TESTING
WEB
SERVICE
LIBRARY
WEB
SERVICE
ROUTE Y
TESTING CENTER
LIBRARY

Learning
Site

Blackboard
Moodle
UPortal
Google Apps

"The clue train stopped there four times a day for ten years and they never took delivery."
— Veteran of a firm now free-falling
out of the Fortune 500
http://cluetrain.com

95 theses

If you don’t know
what you want your
students to become,
it doesn’t matter
what you do.

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Image Credits (by slide #)
3. “Ulysses & the Sirens” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_Ulysses_and_the_Sirens_%281891%29.jpg
4. “Prefab House” http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffe/389190497
5. “Model picture of suburbia” http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnwardell/36924036
6. “Home for Sale” http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaybowalkin/1000063019
7. “Data Center Build Out” http://www.flickr.com/photos/skreuzer/354316053/
10. Jared Stein – PLE Mapping http://www.flickr.com/photos/5tein/2314107350
11. Stephen Downes – PLE http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/1092065/L.jpg
12. Martin Weller – PLE http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/06/pwe_3.jpg
13. D’Arcy Norman – PLE http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2314258583/sizes/o
14. Scott Leslei – PLE http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif
15. Alec Couros – PLE http://nwinton.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/the-networked-teacher.png?w=530&h=496
16. “Cloud Gate” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ancawonka/65927497
23. Holy Grail Screencaphttp://patdollard.com/wp-content/uploads/holygrail004.jpg
25. “That Huge Lecture Theatre” http://www.flickr.com/photos/teddy-rised/2814710002/
26. Tombstone Generator http://www.activedayton.com/e/content/oh/media/entertainment/comics_games/tombstones/index.html
27. “Hard to Choose” http://www.flickr.com/photos/edublogger/546056545
32. Obama in Germany http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2699346313/sizes/o
34. “information hydrant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078/
43. “ED+DS” http://www.flickr.com/photos/john/3374835896
44. “bridge to nowhere” http://www.flickr.com/photos/whalt/2042503265
45. Game Race cc-by-nc @jonmott
46. “Road Sign in Southern Utah” http://www.flickr.com/photos/mott/3638375571
47. “Japan: Osaka-jo outer moat, 1” http://www.flickr.com/photos/53537358@N00/3005861124
48. “The Secret Gardens at Tregwainton” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zawtowers/3758680364
50. & 51. Wikipedia Book http://www.rob-matthews.com/index.php?/project/wikipedia /
56. “The Fall of the Berlin Wall” http://www.flickr.com/photos/antaldaniel/2912118873
57. “HSM.07.09.02.R1.02.B” http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomas-merton/1518786870
59. Michael Chasen en Matthew Pittinskyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/pklaassen/68271156
59. Edupunk2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/2533948716
60. Pushmi-Pullyuhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/91772025@N00/444044158/sizes/l
61. Chimera http://www.flickr.com/photos/dynamosquito/2814125967
64. “conversation” http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/3812258149
65. Michael Bolton http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/2089141748
68. Student w/ Scantron Image From “A Vision of Students Today” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o)
69. “ScantronTriforce” http://www.flickr.com/photos/dooom2000/3044127020/
70. “Success! Undergrad Graduation” http://www.flickr.com/photos/m00by/2539347606/
72. “Fast Food Drive-Thru Attendant” http://www.flickr.com/photos/pine_red/140919614
73. “I wish for a fulfilled life” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanchow/3517557789/
76. “Sneaky Messages” http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyhuynh/1219122548/
77. “Typical” http://www.flickr.com/photos/22916851@N08/2213292811/
78. “16/365: Chinese New Year” http://www.flickr.com/photos/nin3rszxd/3230241116/
80. “Using the iPod Book” http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/117954644/in/photostream/
81. “165.” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zoe-campbell/3714841958/
82. Notes in Class cc-by-nc @dbiser
83. Elvis http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_presley.jpg
84. “Candy Corn” http://www.flickr.com/photos/gunsotsu/1720203320
88. “ah” (stuck) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pikesville/131255519/in/photostream/
97. 105. 107. Icon images courtesy of http://vistaicons.com
114. “Prince” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_%28musician%29.jpg
115. “Tube Train Approach” http://www.flickr.com/photos/skullyfm/3390155211
116. “Luther nails his 95 theses to the church door” http://archive.elca.org/archives/luther/Luther95Thesis.jpg

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