Cloud Learning Environments - Google Apps UK User Group

Cloud Learning EnvironmentsGoogle Apps for education UK user group – Feb 2011,[object Object],Manish Malik, Uni. of Portsmouth, U.K.,[object Object],Steve Wheeler, Uni. Of Plymouth, U.K.,[object Object]

Overview of talk,[object Object],Personal Web Tools (PWTs),[object Object],Personal Learning Environments (PLEs),[object Object],Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs),[object Object],BB, Moodle and Sakai,[object Object],GApps within Faculty of Technology, Portsmouth,[object Object],Survey results,[object Object],Google and VLEs,[object Object],BB9.0 , Moodle 2.0, Instructure (Canvas LMS),[object Object],How things may look in future – Pure CLE?,[object Object],Q &A,[object Object]

PWTs, PLEs and PLNs,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Network,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Environment,[object Object],Personal ,[object Object],Web,[object Object],Tools,[object Object]

Personal Web Tools,[object Object],Generating Content,[object Object],cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009,[object Object],Sharing Content,[object Object],Organising Content,[object Object]

Personal Web Tools,[object Object],Generating Content,[object Object],Communication –no walled gardens,[object Object],cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009,[object Object],Sharing Content,[object Object],Organising Content,[object Object]

Personal Web Tools,[object Object],Generating Content,[object Object],Blog,[object Object],Mashup,[object Object],cc Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth, 2009,[object Object],E-portfolio,[object Object],Wiki,[object Object],Tagging,[object Object],Sharing Content,[object Object],Organising Content,[object Object]

CMS or VLE?,[object Object],VLE/LMS/CMS?,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Network,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Environment,[object Object],Personal ,[object Object],Web,[object Object],Tools,[object Object]

BB9/Moodle 2.0 Google Integration ,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Network,[object Object],VLE/LMS/CMS,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Environment,[object Object],Personal ,[object Object],Web,[object Object],Tools,[object Object]

Bboogle:Motivation,[object Object],‘Why Google Apps in Blackboard?,[object Object],To leverage the collaboration features offered by Google Apps ,[object Object],To provide data sharing capabilities in Google Apps not implemented in Blackboard.,[object Object],To allow students to see class activities integrated into their personal calendars.,[object Object],To offer wiki features via Google Sites ,[object Object],To model an approach to sharing that is common in many scholarly communities,[object Object],To offer instructors an easy means of providing information that integrates seamlessly into the students’ information environment’ (Sourcehttp://projects.oscelot.org/gf/project/bboogle/docman/?subdir=200 ),[object Object]

Moodle:Google,[object Object],Moodlerooms and Google have worked together to build a state of the art integration. The 1.0 version of the integration provides:,[object Object],1. Moodle users are automatically created in Google Apps (Google Docs, Calendar, and Gmail).,[object Object],2. When you log in to Moodle, you are automatically logged in to Google Apps.,[object Object],3. A Gmail block in Moodle displays your latest Gmail messages when you login to the Moodle Front Page.,[object Object],4. A Google Apps block on the Moodle Front Page displays links to your Google Start Page, Google Docs, Google Calendar and Gmail.,[object Object],5. A Google Widget shows a link to Moodle on the Google side.,[object Object],Source: http://code.google.com/p/moodle-google/,[object Object]

GApps for Edu=PWTs?,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Network,[object Object],VLE/LMS/CMS,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Environment,[object Object],GApps,[object Object],=PWTs?,[object Object]

GApps for Education:Faculty of Technology, UoP, A Survey,[object Object],64% student respondents happy to use the new domain/email. They check their mails on Gmail (Uni one) instead of forwarding to Gmail (own account). Student like it as they can keep all Uni mail in one place.,[object Object],32% using one or more Gapp tools to reach out to their PLNs. 16% using the tools at PWTs, the other 16% using the tools with their academics. Demand for more academics to use GApps noted in the survey.,[object Object],19% use it for non-academic use.,[object Object],73 respondents – however low response rate was noted. ,[object Object]

So from…,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Network,[object Object],VLE/LMS/CMS,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Environment,[object Object],GApps,[object Object],=PWTs?,[object Object]

To this…Future of VLE?,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Network,[object Object],Personal,[object Object],Learning,[object Object],Environment,[object Object],Cloud based,[object Object],Open Learning Environments,[object Object]

Canvas, Sakai 3.0 or GApps based VLE?,[object Object],Canvas – Quick look,[object Object],Sakai 3.0 - Every thing is Content – Open Academic Environment – FB like feel – PLE / PLN - ILE,[object Object],Assignment Handler – Gapps – Quick look.,[object Object]

MetaphoriCLE,[object Object],“When there is a new environment, for example barren rock, a few pioneer species, such as lichens begin to grow.” – CMS as the Pioneers.,[object Object],“The acid from these decomposes some rock particles, and their own death creates a coarse soil. This is suitable for mosses, which require little soil” – PWTs making inroads into CMS. ,[object Object],“In turn these decompose to enrich and deepen the soil, until it is suitable for some grasses to grow. The process ends with the establishment of a stable, climax community.” – Dawn of CLE or Open VLEs?,[object Object],From Martin Weller’s Blog http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2010/07/succession-and-the-art-of-stretching-a-metaphor.html#comments,[object Object]

Thanks for listening,[object Object],Now your turn to speak! Questions?,[object Object]

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