A symposium declaring the VLE is...well..dead.
Arguments for the motion:
A content repository; no learning takes place.
PLE is the way forward:
VLE is a factory system delivering a standardised curriculum with no differentiation. It is now dysfunctional and does not fit the need. A ridiculous divide between learning and technology
VLEs are not fit for purpose.
Technology is socially shaped; we need to think about and examine the consequences
Arguments against the motion:
The VLE provides the framework needed for the mass majority who do not use web2.0
It's not yet dead - it's a solution that allows learner to access their learning
VLE is not yet complete
There isnt actually a clear generation gap
We can't leave learners to their own devices
Live, kicking and necessary
The VLE is not a thing - it's a point of discourse
Providing the right environment for learning to happen. Our learners are not Google Generation, Digital Learners otherwise they wouldnt come to us
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A VLE with an ePortfolio - Moodle/Mahara, Blackboard/Mahara, vendor's own as long as it is exportable and both sides should be happy?
ReplyDeleteVLE? - Depends who's talking. All schools in the UK are required to have a VLE and in the majority of cases these are progressing well. It all depends on the mindset and training of both staff and students. I'm sorry for those institutions who have not moved into the 21st Century.
ReplyDeleteSecondly so many appear to think that Moodle and Blackboard are the only VLE solutions. May I remind you that there are some 35-40 VLEs available to the education market.
Secondly, of course, one must consider the range of functionalities that a VLE can deliver, particularly when properly connected to the VLE. We really have the beginings of an intelligent PLE - if only people had the vision to develop this route.
Yes, Andy has a valid point. As I often say on my blog: "Let the VLE do what it does best and leave the e-Portfolio to do what it can best do." In other words, the VLE should be seen as the institutionally-owned component and the e-Portfolio as the learner-owned parts of a combined learning tool.
However, most importantly, and often ignored by institutions, is the fact that the e-Portfolio, being learner-owned, should be free to be 'portable'. In other words, to 'transition' or move with the learner throughout life, throughout periods of unemployment as much as study and/or jobs.