Designing Effective Pedagogical Approaches with Next-Generation LMS for Students in Higher Education
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Jun 6, 2019
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Next-Generation LMS Effective Pedagogical Approaches Higher Education
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This research examines a selection of academic articles, existing evidence, and early indications of newly-designed Learning Management System (LMS) tools/functions, and then analyzes and synthesizes the concepts to form a thorough description of the components within the concept of next-generation LMS. The comparison of conventional LMS and next-generation LMS was undertaken by considering nine issues. The result of the examination identified six major components of next-generation LMS including 1) Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)/other integration standards 2) analytics, advice and learning assessment 3) social media design formats, such as Facebook wall format, posting, “like”, e-portfolio, and others 4) mobile-first attributes/smart phone elements of content and functionality 5) game components/rewards for motivation, and 6) Artificial Intelligence (AI) functions. Among major LMS platforms, CourseNetworking was selected as the best example of a next-generation learning platform and the research tool to design an effective learning approaches model around it. A qualitative finding related to next-generation LMS (CourseNetworking) usage is reported. Data from the interviews supports the concept of the six major attributes of next-generation LMS. Lastly, the research focuses on an effective pedagogical approaches model for next-generation LMS, based upon two prevailing methods, personal learning environment (PLE) with self-regulated learning and socially-mediated learning.
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the digital age. In V. Wang (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and
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Surface learning and chaos or deep learning and self-regulation? Quarterly Review of Distance
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tools. Interactive Learning Environments. 22(2), 188-204.
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regulated learning: A natural formula for connecting formal and informal learning." The Internet
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interoperable-digital-learning-platform-yet/.
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generation.
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environment. Paper presented at the 2010 PLE Conference. Retrieved October 5, 2017 from
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ed-lms-market-us-canada-spring-2017-edition/.
Jafari, A. (2017). Code Name: Rumi Agent. Retrieved November 15, 2017 from,
https://cyberlab.iupui.edu/Current%20Projects/Rumi%20Agent%20Project/index.html.
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new learning environment based on social networking. Retrieved September 5, 2017 from,
https://www.thecn.com/document/CN_white_paper_v1-1.0_final.pdf.
Jarche, H. (2014). The Seek>Sense>Share>Framework. Inside Learning Technologies. Retrieved
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(ILT): A Practical Guide for Academic Success. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
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learning. The Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2(4), 303-317.
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Emerging Technologies in Distance Education (pp. 177-193). Edmonton: Athabasca University
Press.
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Learning Environments. In G. Veletsianos (Ed.), Emerging and Innovation in Digital Learning
(pp. 119-141). Edmonton: Athabasca University Press.
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R. Sharpe (Eds). Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing for 21st century learning (2nd
ed., pp 20-29). New York, NY: Routledge.
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International exemplars of innovative pedagogy using social software. Australasian Journal of
Educational Technology, 26(1), 28-43.
Mott J., & Wiley D. (2009). Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network. E in
Education. Volume 15 No. 2. Retrieved November 20, 2016 from,
http://ineducation.ca/ineducation/article/view/53/529.
Open Academic Environment (OAE) (2017). Retrieved September 15, 207 from,
http://oaeproject.org/assets/pdf/OAE_Vision_2017.pdf.
Schon, S., & Hilzeinsaur, W. (2008). On the Way towards Personal Learning Environments: Seven
crucial aspects. Retrieved October 11, 2016 from, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/28264175_On_the_way_towards_Personal_Learning_Environments_Seven_crucial_aspects.
Siemens, G. (2007). PLEs- I, acronym, therefore I exist. Elearnspace: learning, networks, knowledge,
technology, community (Blog Post) Retrieved from,
http://elearnspace.org/blog/archives/002884.html.
Straumsheim, C. (2015). Brick by Brick: Educause releases a blueprint for next-generation learning
management systems, recommending a “Lego approach. Retrieved October 11, 2016 from,
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/05/11/educause-releases-blueprint-next-generation-
learning-management-systems.
The New Media Consortium (2015). Next Generation LMS. Retrieved October 2, 2017 from,
https://www.nmc.org/horizon_topic/next-generation-lms/#_edn4.
Turker, M., & Zingel, S. (2008). Formative interfaces for scaffolding self-regulated learning in PLEs. eLearning papers. Retrieved March 7, 2016 from, http://www.elearningeuropa.info/files/media/media15975.pdf.
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distributed learning environments. In M.J.W. Lee & McLoughlin (Eds.), Web 2.0-based E-
Learning: Applying social informatics for tertiary teaching (pp.85-107). Hershey: PA, IGI Global.
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D.Kirschner, W. Didderen & Sampson, D. (Eds.), Proceeding of the Sixth International
Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (pp. 815-816). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE
Computer Society.
Weiss, C. (2015). Top 10 Next Gen for LMSs for 2015-1016. Report from the Craig Weiss Blog.
Retrieved September 20, 2017 from, https://elearninfo247.com/2015/09/03/top10nextgen1516/.
Zimmerman, B. (2000). Self-regulatory cycles of learning. In G. A. Straka (Ed.), Conceptions of Self-
directed Learning, Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations (pp. 221). Routledge: New York.