Next Generation Course Management Systems: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy

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Next Generation Course Management Systems
Beyond Accidental Pedagogy

• Carmean, Jafari, McGee

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How we got here

• Learner-centered Principles
• NLII Research Key Theme
• NLII Focus Session
• Work Group

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CMS for Learning Beyond Accidental Pedagogy

• History, Practices, and Uses of Current CMS
• Research Implications and Creative Innovations
• A Next Generation Learning System

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History, Practices and Design

• From fringe application to enterprise system
• From instructor-driven to strategic investment
• From out-of-the-box to semesters of experience
  and intentional use
• From IT as provider to IT as academic support

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NG AssessmentNo more evasion

• Our haste from hence is of so quick
  conditionThat it prefers itself and leaves
  unquestion'dMatters of needful value.
• Duke Vicentio (Act 1), Measure for Measure

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Assessment Stakeholders

• Instructors
• Learners
• Support staff
• Leadership
• Libraries

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NG Standards Specifications

• Interoperability, reusability, manageability,
  accessibility
• metadata, content, databases repositories
• designs for learning, vocabularies, learner
  profiles assessment
• expression of competencies
• networking protocols

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NG Tearing down the container

• Cross-course resources
• Public vs private space
• Library access and resources
• Discipline-based resources

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Learning, Learning,Learning

• Mapping the Learning Space
• http//www.educause.edu/AMapoftheLearningSpace/261
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Next Generation Learning

• Active
• Social
• Contextual
• Encourages Engagement
• Requires Ownership

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Learning design

• User-centered
• Access controls
• Utilize authentic learning
• Social
• Collaborative
• Support higher order and deeper thinking
• Collect
• Explore
• Document
• Scaffold
• Problem Solve

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Learning and teaching

• Generative
• Learning objects
• Demonstrative
• Summative assessment
• Support smart pedagogy
• Distributed and interactive content
• Learner capacity building
• Teach to Learn

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Managing knowledge

• Support knowledge organization
• Cognitive Supports
• Organizational Tools
• Connective Functions
• Reflective
• ePortfolios
• Formative assessment

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Designing the Next Generation Teaching Learning
Environment

• Major Tasks
• Understanding the current systems
• Understanding the current users needs
• Speculating future users needs
• Proposing new conceptual and technical
  environments for teaching and learning

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A Next Generation Learning EnvironmentFunctional
Specifications

• Comprehensive tool box
• Smart system
• Dynamic interface

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A Next Generation Learning EnvironmentFunctional
Specifications

• Comprehensive tool box
• Beyond Course Management Systems

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A Next Generation Learning EnvironmentFunctional
Specifications
Smart system Ability to think, reason, and
react
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A Next Generation Learning EnvironmentFunctional
Specifications
Dynamic interface Personalized navigation
scheme based on a users preferences
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Evolution of TV Remote Control
First Generation
Preferred Model
Advanced model
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Evolution of TV Remote Control
First Generation
Preferred Model
Advanced model
CMS Today
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What is Next?

• To conduct a systematic research on understanding
  the current systems and inquiring about future
  needs.
• Jafari Sabbatical research project, spring 2005.

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CMS Communities
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Research Methodology

• Multiple case study through which a cross-case
  analysis process will be used to investigate a
  series of questions as they relate to design,
  use, and support of CMS in academia.
• Sponsored by select CMS vendors, developers, and
  HE institutions.

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Tentative Research Questions

• Research questions
• What are the limitations of current learning
  systems and software solutions from the
  perspective of end users?
• What are the technological support issues of
  learning systems from the perspectives of IT
  administration and support personnel?
• What is the vision of the software developer for
  creation of the next generation of teaching and
  learning environment?
• What are the needs and/or expectations of the end
  users, IT administration, and software developers
  for the next generation of the teaching and
  learning environment?
• To what extent do the current standards and
  interoperability activities support future needs?
• What technical and conceptual issues are causing
  current campus portals projects to fail?
• How should ePortfolio services be integrated with
  current and future learning environments?
• What are the functional requirements of an
  intelligent learning environment from the
  perspective of end users?
• What are the technical requirements for an
  intelligent learning environment from the
  perspective of developers?
• How can the current navigational scheme and user
  interface design of current course management
  systems be improved?
• What are the potential viable system design
  options for the next generation of the teaching
  and learning environment?
• What is the extent to which commonly-used
  productivity software tools (i.e., Microsoft
  Office Suite) should be integrated into the next
  generation of the teaching and learning
  environment?
• What communication channels (i.e., hand-held
  devices, cell phone, the like) other than a
  computer screen could be useful in the next
  generation of the teaching and learning
  environment?
• What are the human-factor issues within the
  current system which must be addressed in the
  next generation of the teaching and learning
  environment?

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Call for Collaboration

• Contact Jafari_at_iupui.edu or visit
  www.ePortConsortium.org

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contacts

• Colleen Carmean - carmean_at_asu.edu
• Ali Jafari - Jafari_at_iupui.edu
• Patricia McGee - pmcgee_at_utsa.edu
• http//faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/pmcgee/ngcms.htm

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contacts

• Colleen Carmean - carmean_at_asu.edu
• Ali Jafari - Jafari_at_iupui.edu
• Patricia McGee - pmcgee_at_utsa.edu
• http//faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/pmcgee/ngcms.htm