Session Title: Bridging the Gap between the PLE & the LMS
Presenter: Jon Mott, Assistant to the Academic VP - Academic Technology, Brigham Young University
Time & Date: 10:15 A.M. - 11:00 A.M., Thursday, August 13, 2009
Location: Rm. C180
Session Description: Traditional LMSs are not open. PLEs are. But there’s a gap between the two that poses problems for higher education. While PLEs promise significant improvements in student engagement, flexibility and transparency, institutions are struggling to manage student enrollments, gathering of student work, conducting assessment across various PLE spaces, maintaining secure student records (compliant with FERPA guidelines), etc. In this presentation, we present a meta-analysis of Scott Leslie’s collection of PLE diagrams (http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams) and situate BYU’s open learning network efforts within this evolving space. We also provide a demo of BYU’s open, non-LMS-tethered gradebook which is the core bridging technology between the PLE and the institution. We also provide a roadmap of next steps and call for broader community engagement and participation to address this challenge.
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