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E-Learning Environments
Stephen Ruth · George Mason University
Anton [email protected]. Cole [email protected]
-- 22 April 2010
Is E-Learning Really Working?
The Trillion-Dollar Question
Personalized Service-Oriented
E-Learning EnvironmentsMario Munoz-Organero, Pedro J.
Munoz-Merino, Carlos Delgado Kloos· Carlos III University of Madrid
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Outline• America’s Education• Quality of E-Learning• Cost Benefits• Dem Playa’s (Online Learning
Providers)• Learning Management Systems (LMS)• Personal Learning Environment (PLE)• Implementation
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America’s Education• 1 trillion dollars annually• 27% of High School Students Fail to
Graduate• 75% are unable to serve in the Military– due to academic ineligibility
• U.S. has lowest percentage of graduates– among industrialized nations
• College tuition increases inflation rates• Technology is part of the solution
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• Roughly 1 in 20 are taking online courses• Georgia has 440 high schools, only 88
qualified physics teachers
K-12 E-Learning
Post-Secondary Education• 1 in 4 college students are taking an
online course
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Quality of E-Learning• “Students learn better in classrooms”• Researchers have conducted
thousands of studies– no significant difference– on average students in online learning
conditions perform better than those in classrooms
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Cost Benefits• IT Interventions produce significant
reductions in unit costs
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Dem Playa’s• University of Maryland's University College (UMUC)
– world’s largest provider of online education– forty bachelor’s and master’s programs available
• University of Massachusetts• University of Phoenix
– largest private university in North America– four billion dollars in annual revenue
• twice the budget of the entire University of Virginia• Kaplan, Laureate, Strayer among top e-learning
providers
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Learning Management System (Monolithic LMS)
• Instructor-provided knowledge• Modular design• Uses self-service and self-guided services• Assembles and delivers learning content
rapidly• A scalable web-based platform • Personalizes content• Such as Blackboard
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Learning Management Systems
• MOODLE• Sakai• ATutor• Proprietary Models–Web CT, Blackboard, GradePoint
• Blackboard and MOODLE most widely used
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Where Its Going…• Two families– Service oriented LMS or Personalized
learning environment– Difference is central management
system• Mash-up of the two makes third
option
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Future LMS• Separation of LMS and LCMS– Provides greater interoperability– Standards currently being defined
• New services can be added and used dynamically
• Code can be reused across system by developers
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Personal Learning Environment (PLE)
• Set your own learning goals• Integrated LMS-type service• Uses available internet services
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Mash-up• Peer-to-peer systems• More flexible than LMS
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Implementation• Learning
Scenario:– Anytime– Anywhere
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Problems Presented• Requires devices to have web service
server capabilities
• Several middleware solutions have been designed
• However…
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Solution Proposed• Web Service Development
Middleware
• J2ME MIDP Profile based on simple servlet API implementation
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Conclusion• Two Architectural Possibilities
• E-Learning Continuing to Evolve
• KBC Anyone?
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Questions?