The Learning Content Management Repository Virtual Environment system 2.0 and its future

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The Learning Content Management Repository Virtual Environment system 2.0

and its future.

Phil Barker <[email protected]>

JISC CETIS Metadata and Repositories

http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/domain/metadata


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That's not a VLE it's a repository.That's not a repository it's a content management system.That's not a CMS it's a VLE.


VLEs were first seen as content management systems for HE Are they? Do they do a good job at content management? Are they anything else (as well)?

VLEs have also been seen as repositories of teaching and learning materials

[same qs as above]

Repositories for content management? “Better management and sharing of teaching and learning materials by ind

ividual teaching practitioners.” How do repositories and CMS compare, e.g. version control


So, why do VLEs (e.g.) persist? Why don’t we have a CETIS CMS SIG? What are the conditions under which each approach

should thrive (niche).

How do the different types of system involved interact?

Do they complement each other?


What might changes might we see in the next few years?

Open content Personal learning environments Web 2 Service oriented approaches Software as a service (is there a cloud on the horizon?)


Programme

13:30 – 15:15 : presentations and discussion 15:15 – 16:00 : break 16:00 – 17:30 : discussion


Speakers

Me. Stephen Vickers, University of Edinburgh Richard Kirby, CAPDM Sarah Currier, Intrallect Mark Stiles, Staffordshire University Tony Hirst, Open University


Stephen Vickers. Information services at Edinburgh University.

Next Generation VLE project “Edinburgh university’s future needs for VLE services, and a mechanism for evaluating alternatives”.

Most challenging presentation! Richard Kirby of CAPDM

CAPDM, based near Edinburgh helps education providers to produce commercially successful

distance and blended learning programmes. single source publishing & use of versioning repository to aid the

change management workflow in content maintenance.


Sarah Currier, Intrallect Intrallect, based near Edinburgh, Intralibrary digital repository

software, widely used for education resources Resource sharing and dissemination.

Very pleased to have two presentations about commercial systems.

Sarah and Richard have been briefed to make sure cover different ground

Just because one says their system some capability and the other doesn’t make a similar claim, doesn’t follow that the other’s system doesn’t also have similar capability.


Mark Stiles. Staffordshire University Head of eLearnign development Interest in VLEs, repositories that work with VLEs, and institutional

strategy

Tony Hirst, Open University OUseful.info Blog Interest in use of web 2 / social software in the learning

environment.


Approx 10-15 minutes per speaker (presentation and questions)

Which will leave 10-15 minutes contingency time.

Starting with Stephen ...

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The Learning Content Management Repository Virtual Environment system 2.0 and its future