Tideway School, Southdown Road, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9JL.
A Short Guide to Learning Platforms for Busy Teachers
www.learningplatforms.info
Updates
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Jim Fanning
Tideway School
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Latest update: Chapter 2 Draft copy uploaded.
Note: I am aware the site is in need of a re-design and as time allows in school this will happen.
What is a Learning Platform
Every primary and secondary school in England and Wales has its 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.
If you completed NOF training with a provider
such as the Open University you will already
have used a VLE or Learning Platform. In its assessment of this training programme
OFSTED described the VLE component as a technology ahead of its time.
If you graduated recently from university the chances are you will also have used a VLE.
They are not a new technology. They have been
around in higher and further education for quite some time. They have now arrived in mainstream education.
The purpose of this website
BACKGROUND
Tideway School used Think.com from 2002-03; Fronter from 2003-08; UniServity from 2008 onwards.
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.
Last Updated / 21st November 2009
"We are coming to the end of the great experiment in mass education." (Sanger)
