Smith_Karen Week 1, Response # 2 for Jamin Teran

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In Dr. Gibson mind map discussion, he provides a more clear idea of each domain and how it’s management as well as the trends that are done in the future. His structure of each of the components complements the reading that we have done of these management systems in the week. CMS, LMS, LCMS & PLEs are discussed in a more structural set up making more clear understanding of the concept. Here is my understanding of each one:

1. CMS (Course Management System)-This is mainly for educational purpose. A good example is FSO, which is designed to manage or consolidate courses for teaching as well as grading, online library and registration. It has been developing thru the years and its operation runs 24/7. It provides a forum or virtual classroom to help teachers manage multiple courses and at the same time it tracks the student performance through the course. As the course finishes, then everything is erased and a new class or section opens again, providing the same framework of assignments and assessments. Dr. Gibson mentions that CMS is consolidating and maturity because of online education demands. The trends of this system will increase as more and more universities provide online degrees seeking for accreditation standards needed to run solid programs online. This system will develop more as years run.

2. LMS (Learning Management System)- This management system focus on the other end of education, the learner. It is designed for commercial management. Its main functions are to plan, to deliver, to manage events, and to provide skills management. It is mainly used in the medical and banking fields, but it has been merging to education recently. LMS started more less at the mid-1990’s, with the idea of just exposing the material once and reaching the audience. It main focus was to train others with online learning content or resources, where employees could access on their own and in their time. Some of the trends for this system will improve according to the industry demands. It has also develop itself in education because its focus on the learner.

3. LCMS – (Learning Course Management System)- Stable companies like universities and the military use this learning course management system. Its main focus is on content and pedagogy. One of the main concepts behind this system it is rigor and training from the organizations using it. Even if it has been out since the 1950, this system has been in place for the past 10-14 years. It is designed to use the information over and over in a time frame. It can be use anytime and also it stores the content in a portfolio structure. Because it focus is on the content, organizations using this system can reuse their online information as many times as possible. This provides a faster delivery of content and easier understanding of concepts. Because of it availability, it seems that this system will be open in more school markets and into a more structural industry companies.

4. PLE – (Personal Learning Environments) This learning environment focus on the learners to take control on his/her learning on their own. It is barely a new concept because it has developed in the past ten years. It flows around the social network, mobile learning, and personal learning. The learner manages its own learning, content, and time. Because of this power, the learning can be active or passive, long or short term, and formal or informal. The learner chooses how to develop its learning. Basically, the learner uses web 2.0 tools for their base of developing assignments or assessments. It is still unknown the development of this learning environment, but the trends for this technology will grow as the time passes.

References:

Attwell, G. (Producer). (2008, January 14). School’s Out – Personal Learning Environments. Video retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWjA-rT3jfkCourse.

Davis, B., Carmean, C., & Wagner, E. (n.d.). The Evolution of the LMS: From Management to Learning: Deep analysis of trends shaping the future of e-learning. The eLearning Guild. Retrieved June 6, 2010, from www.elearningguild.com/showfile.cfm?id=3703

Educase Center For Applied Research. (2003). Faculty Use of Course

Management Systems. In. Retrieved June 3, 2010, from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ers0302/rs/ers0302w.pdf.

Gibson, I. (n.d.). Full Sail Online. Full Sail Online. Retrieved June 6, 2010, fromhttp://online.fullsail.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=assignment.main&itemId=178201

LMS and LCMS Demystified. (n.d.). Independent Research About Employee Training and Talent Management. Retrieved June 6, 2010, from http://www.brandon-hall.com/free_resources/lms_and_lcms.shtml

Toedt, A. (February 26, 2006). The Bazaar. In What is Learning Management

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Jamin, 

   This is wonderful.  I couldn't open the Mind Map after watching Dr. Gibson's videos.  This makes it so much easier to understand.  I know this has been a difficult week (last week) with all the graduations going on the last 3 days (6 in our small county) and Saturday was for the Home Schoolers, and I had kids in 4 of them!  This week we are working and I've got major moving and packing up to do.  This helped me so much. 

    I understood him as he spoke, but I just wasn't keeping it in my head.  Not being able to open the map made it worse.  I haven't even checked today, so it must be working now, but again, you helped so much. 

     Again, I appreciate the understanding of it.  PLE's have been in our vocabulary for many months now, but the others were newer for me. 

    At school we are working on our own Alphabet Soup, as our professor referred to the letters.  RTi is the one so many of our teachers are still fighting, while others are embracing it. The problem seems to be in the use and tracking of it seems to be taking away teaching time.  

     A few years ago, the same thing happened when we were introduced to ESL or ESOL, depending on what your school district uses.  People were so against it or embracing it.  The funny part, is really, most of us had been doing ESL with our students for years.  

      In my area, it appears we want to fuss or love Alphabet Soup Programs or Systems.    

I lived in Virginia from 1962-1966 and during that time state income tax was introduced and so was the 2 letter initials for each state.  I was in 4th - 7th grade and I remember our street was in an uproar about both things.  The parents would sit outside in the evenings (no air conditioning) and solve all the world problems and those were 2 they were really upset about.  

The point to that is that I guess people get upset about new things.  I had a field trip and we were going to stop at the new McDonalds that had opened there.  The year before that, I needed .25 when we went. (.15 for hamburger and .10 for soda) and the next year I needed .26 cents to pay the .01 for tax.  He ranted and raved (He's Army, so he had to do a bit of that anyway.), until I was crying and my Mom asked him to give me the penny and tell his little girl he wasn't upset with her.  Fortunately, trips to the store got easier and he got used to sales tax and VA, GA, SC, KY, etc.  

        I imagine in a few years, all these letters will become second nature as I do believe that more and more people will be getting education on line, whether in a school setting or job related setting.  I hope to get my confused brain over this in the next few days.  At least, I set a goal of knowing our Alphabet soup by Wimba, week 2.