The Learning Content Management Repository Virtual Environment system 2.0 and its future.

One of the sessions in the  JISC CETIS Conference, November 2008



That's not a VLE it's a repository.

That's not a repository it's a content management system. That's not a CMS it's a VLE.

[Repeat ...]

In this session examined the role and functionality of VLEs and associated technologies such as repositories and content management systems, including disaggregated and decentralized approaches such as service oriented approaches, personal learning environments, software as a service, cloud computing and Web 2.0. Each of these options has its attractions, but do they also come with implicit assumptions about their context that are at odds with the reality of teaching and learning in higher education? For example, does a repository come with an assumption that there will be a team of professionals dedicated to managing the collection of resources it hosts? Does a CMS come with the assumption that there will be a managed approach to the development of course content? Is there something about the VLE that uniquely fits practice in HE or will an increased focus on managing resources lead to the decline of the VLE? Have we all got our head in the cloud(s)?

Presentations
Slides (on SlideShare) [[Media:Cetis08vleVickers.ppt | Slides (Powerpoint)]] Slides (on SlideShare) [[Media:Cetis08vleCurrier.ppt | Slides (Powerpoint)]] [[Media:Cetis08vleStiles.ppt | Slides (Powerpoint)]] Slides (on SlideShare)
 * 1) Phil Barker (JISC CETIS). An overview of this session
 * 1) Stephen Vickers (The University of Edinburgh, Information Services). Stephen has recently reviewed the use of VLEs at The University of Edinburgh.
 * 1) Richard Kirby (CAPDM) "CAPDM helps education providers to produce commercially successful distance and blended learning programmes."
 * 1) Sarah Currier (Intrallect) Intrallect produce the Intralibrary repository software widely used for sharing and managing learning resources.
 * 1) Mark Stiles (Staffordshire University, Learning Development & Innovation). Mark has an interest in institutional strategy with respect to learning environment and repositories.
 * 1) Tony Hirst (Open University, OUseful.Info Blog) Tony has written about various Web 2.0 tools and their use in eLearning, see this for an example.

Summaries and Discussions
my blog summary of the session.

Andy Powell's live blog of day one of the conference includes excellent coverage of this session. Thank you Andy.

A lot of people were using Twitter to microblog during and after the session. You can see these tweets aggregated at the following sites (note: you generally get the most recent Tweets first, so it may make more sense to work from the bottom up).
 * Twitter
 * HashTags.org
 * Twemes.com

Other blogs that used the session tag: http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&q=cetis-2008-vle&ie=utf-8&output=atom|title=none|short