A Short Guide to Learning Platforms for Busy Teachers

www.learningplatforms.info

What is a Learning Platform

The purpose of this website

BACKGROUND
Tideway School used Think.com from 2002-03; Fronter from 2003-08; *UniServity from 2008-2012; 2012- EDU 2.0.

The case studies and information here, although relating to these specific platforms, deal with projects that could have been developed on any Learning Platform/VLE.

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Jim Fanning
fanningj@tidewayschool.org
Tideway School

Most primary and secondary schools in England have their own Learning Platform.

Learning Platform(LP) is a generic term used to describe a range of integrated web based applications. These can include web pages,
email, message boards, text and video conference, shared diaries, online social areas,
as well as assessment tools.

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and Managed Learning Environments (MLEs)are
part of the same family of applications.

Vital is developing as a source of online training for learning platforms and tools such as wikis, forums and blogs.

* Our Digital Learning Department is currently piloting the use of EDU 2.0 with Year 7 (Dragons Den Project) and Year 9 (3D Design Project) classes. Reports will be posted here.

14th May 2012: I am beginning to upload the final approved version of the thesis.

Last Updated / 16th May 2012

Updates

Collaborative Learning

A number of learning platform projects have been transferred to separate web areas whilst the school develops its approach to a PLE.

These include our Great War work:

www.greatwarproject.co.uk

A differentiated Holocaust Memorial Day tutorial programme:

www.holocaustproject.co.uk

A Year 7 'murder/mystery':

A Glasgow Murder.

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