1. Beyond the LMS: Creating a
Digital Learning Space for
your Course
Kevin Forgard
Instructional Designer
Bristol Community College
Presentation information is
available at:
http://goo.gl/2j47ij
2. Session Objectives
• Understand why going beyond the LMS is
important
• Learn about some of the tools faculty can
use to create a digital course space
outside a traditional LMS
• Begin to conceptualize online tools as an
viable external learning environment
17. Where does this all lead?
From Personal Learning Environment
(PLE)
TO
Personal teaching environment (PTE)
OR
External teaching environment
(ETE)
http://set2013.wikispaces.com/home
19. Convenient student management system
Grades, attendance, assessments, analytics
Course organization (online, hybrid,
eLearning)
Built-in tools: discussion forum, quizzes, blogs, games,
etc.
User authentication
How does an LMS
serve us?
20. Working in an LMS
How does the LMS challenge your
teaching and learning activities?
26. Building a model
LMS
• Student grades
• Authenticated login
• Closed system
• Supported by eLearning
team
• FERPA compliant
• Re-useable design (LOR)
Non-LMS
• Open (can be controlled)
• Flexible design
• Cloud-based
• Cross-collaborative
27. LMS
Student
PLE
Course
ETE
Authenticated Users Only
Any outside visitors
(settings based on system)
Employers
Family
Classmates
Similar learners
Colleagues
Future and past students
Other interested learners
and educators
Building a model
28. What is the course’s
objective in using an ETE?
Communication – announcement, chat, information aggregation
Content presentation – videos, articles, presentations
Collaboration – student comments and participation activities
Compilation – links to PLE and other student digital work
29. Example Technologies
• Edublogs – http://edublogs.org/
• Google Sites – www.google.sites.com
• Twitter – www.twitter.com
• Facebook/Google+ - Create groups private
of publis
• Diigo – www.diigo.com
• Wikispaces – www.wikispaces.com
• ePortfolio – various management systems
30. Examples
https://sites.google.com/site/acc150bcc/home - Accounting Course
https://professoryokel101.wikispaces.com/Assignments - Writing Course
Chris Yokel – Instructor of English
https://bcc.digication.com/deaf_studies_sample_capstone_portfolio/Welco
me/published - ASL Capstone Course using ePortfolio
Sandy Lygren – Deaf Studies Program Director
http://writingaboutplace.edublogs.org/ - Blog as a course space for a
writing course
https://sites.google.com/site/bcctemplates/flipping-the-blend - a
professional development course space
32. Thanks for attending my session!
Kevin Forgard | Instructional Designer
Bristol Community College (BCC)
kevin.forgard@bristolcc.edu
@kforgard
www.linkedin.com/in/kevinforgard/