Would the idea be that subject-based VLEs would replace institutional
VLEs?
Steve
Stephen Clarke
Head of eLearning
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University of Birmingham
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Sent: 30 January 2006 10:01
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Subject: Re: [VLES] Subject Based VLEs?
> it would have been nice to be
part of a wider group of students to discuss methods.
>However, it would be nice to have similar support - not for specific
software but for areas of study.
I feel that goodole' jiscmail could facilitate these ably and try to
encourage my students to launch out. Indeed there may be a yahoo! group
doing just that - have you looked ;-) ? The technology and the
opportunity is there. But one vital missing link is the 'animateur' (or
even better 'animateurs') (search the text of this paper -
http://www.shef.ac.uk/nlc2004/Proceedings/Symposia/Symposium13/Jones_Esn
ault.htm ) to keep the place alive... another is that, politically, it
still needs someone fairly beefy to pull everyone in, do the marketing
etc... (as you said >'owned' by a learned society)
Finding a listsrv that meets the needs of novice and expert alike in
your field is a rarity though (xmca and itforum get my votes - you dont
even have to get another login ;-) In my experience, not much happens
even between the members of a Masters cohort once the essay phase kicks
in. I'm feeling again the gulf between warm feelings about the
usefulness of things and something designed to fill the gap that never
quite takes off...
Wistfully,
Mike Johnson
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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:12:20 -0800, niki lambropoulos
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>[I put my hat as a freelance consultant]:: I think
>there is space for subject-based VLEs as stakeholders
>have different needs and visions. in my opinion, if
>the target audience is identified then things will be
>clearer about who wants what and for what reasons...
>
>[I put my other hat as a PhD student]:: I would be
>interested in a course on my subject outside the uni
>and collaborte with other people who have same
>scientific interests. this collaboration might be a
>shared useful experience as a community of a special
>interest, and this is given by the subject.
>
You're right - the advantages are much more obvious for postgraduate
study and this is an area that can be overlooked by the commercial VLE
products. It's all very well to have course or course module resources
but at a higher level you are more likely to want resources, or more
likely communication tools arranged by subject area. At one time I was
studying for a PhD and I was the only student in the department working
in my area and with only one PostDoc who was well qualified to support
me - it would have been nice to be part of a wider group of students to
discuss methods.
Some areas of study are closely related to specific software tools and
these are often supported by a web site with discussion areas and file
sharing tools. However, it would be nice to have similar support - not
for specific software but for areas of study.
Jon Maber
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