LMS versus PLE
In my previous
post I wrote about Open Educational Resources, and now I am going to talk about
LMS and PLE. So, what are the definitions of LMS and PLE? LMS stands for
Learning Management System, while PLE means Personal Learning Environment.
LMS is an
excellent vehicle for training, evaluating, and tracking results. It is set by
the government and provides centralized repository of content and services.
Furthermore, LMS supports the management of learning content and learning
activities, but with a focus on the traditional roles in a learning environment
(teacher/learner). Moreover, LMS allows
having discussions, conferences and all in one place, which promotes
collaborative learning. Now, some more advantages of LMS.
• Utilising
correct learning strategies, it is possible for a LMS to increase motivation of
learners, assist processing, promote significant learning, encourage
interaction, provide feedback, facilitate contextual learning and provide
support during the learning process (Sloan et.al, 2002).
• LMS can support content in many formats, eg. multimedia, video, and text. (Dralle, 2007).
• LMS can support content in many formats, eg. multimedia, video, and text. (Dralle, 2007).
However, LMS has
disadvantages as well. For example, LMSs tend to be course centered rather than
student centered. Moreover, using LMS can also lead to teacher frustration in
the quality of the teaching experience and teachers can feel less “in control “
(Clark,2007 )
Now a few words about PLE. It received
significant attention and are about changing the paradigm of learning and
teaching. It is a unique interface into the owner’s digital environment. It is
also a portfolio system allowing the user to maintain their repository of
content and selectively share that content as needed. According to Stephen
Downes, PLE is decentralized rather than centralized. Furthermore, it allows to
access different resources from around the Internet, like youtube, facebook,
google docs. etc. whenever you want. Furthermore, it
- Easily organise and share information
- Gives learners’ control of their learning
- Promotes peer learning by bringing the learning environment to students’ social space
- Allows single learning space across courses
As LMS, PLE has some drawbacks too. For example in
PLE, there is a risk to tudy with low quality materilas. So I think that learners should be very careful while selecting their materials.
Additionally, I
would like to mention one big difference among LMA and PLE. In LMS your data
sits at the learning management system, which means that if you live the
University, you data stays behind and you cannot access to it anymore. While in
PLE, your data stays with you.
In conclusion, I want to say that in
Armenia there is a tendency to use traditional way of teaching, and the
majority of Institutions do not want to accept this new way of learning. However,
it sounds to me that time by time they will integrate all these innovations and
new technologies in their curriculum. Finally, I want to finish my post with
the saying of Albert Einstein that "Learning is not a product of schooling
but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Sources
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