Transcript LAMS

Learning Activity Management
System
First – Students of Today
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Millennials
– Multitasking – simultaneously surf internet,
listen to music, text message, watch TV
– Like active learning rather than passive
listening
– Absorb a variety of information from sources
from different media
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Millennials
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In a study of how age 12 to 17 use the
internet, research has shown that 94% use the
internet for school research, 78% believe that
the internet can help them in their school work.
70% use instant messaging, 81% use email.
Each day, many would have check for
messages, sent sms and email, used mp3
players
– and that is before arriving at school.
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Millenials
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Their greatest use of technology
is outside of school.
 Technology
is not part of their
life, it is their life.
 They have not known life without
computers, internet etc
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Matures (1900-45)
Baby Boomers (194664)
Generation X (1965-81)
Net-Genners and Millennials
(1982 - )
Influenced by:
War and Recession
Postwar Optimism
Workaholic Parents
Technology
Typical
Technology:
Vacuum Tube Radio
Dial Telephone
78 rpm records
Transistor Radios
Mainframe Computers
33 and 45 rpm records
CDs
Emails
Personal Computers
MP3s
Mobile Phones
Personal Digital Assistants
Typical
Characteristics:
Conservative
Respect Authority
Self sacrificing
Community minded
Optimistic
High Energy
Enjoy a challenge
Driven to succeed
Want to stay young
Free and independent
Balanced in Life
Sceptical of inherited
values
Laid-Back
Like Technology
Optimistic
Connected
Experiential
Want immediate gratification
Preferred
Teaching and
Learning Style
Emphasis on teaching by transmission
Students are passive recipients
Teachers are commanders and controllers
Accent on memorisation and repetition
Individual Learning
•Emphasis on learning
Students are active partners
Teachers are facilitators and mentors
Accent on discovery learning
Collaborative learning
Millennials
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prefer learning from hands-on
experience, craves technology-generated
education, and feels comfortable working
in teams.
"Millennial students do not learn in the
traditional ways of 50, 30 or even 10
years ago," said Xavier President Michael
Graham.
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Millennials
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To engage these students fully, we need
to utilise the tools of their world, rather
than trying to force the learning tools of
our world on to them.
That means using technology as part of
their learning environment
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For many students, stepping into a
classroom is like stepping back in time
Technology is dragging staff into the 21st
Century where their students are waiting
for them
– Guy Wright, Kingscliff HS
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What is LAMS
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LAMS is a revolutionary new tool for designing,
managing and delivering online collaborative learning
activities.
LAMS is software that describes and manages
sequences of collaborative learning activities (not just
content)
It provides teachers with a highly intuitive visual
authoring environment for creating sequences of
learning activities.
These activities can include a range of individual tasks,
small group work and whole class activities based on
both content and collaboration.
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What is LAMS
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A LAMS object consists of a sequence of
learning tasks. (Learning Activity
Sequence)
Each sequence can contain a variety of
tools.
Tasks can be for individual or groups
LAMS monitors students through the
sequence
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What is LAMS offer?
– for Teachers
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LAMS sequences can be stored, and
hence re-used, adapted, etc
Sequences can be shared with others.
Progress of students can be monitored.
Student submissions and responses can
be viewed.
Chat and forum activities encourage
collaboration
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What does LAMS offer
– for Students
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Students can work through tasks at their
own pace.
Collaborative tasks (Chat, forum) allow
students to share ideas and discuss
issues.
Submited work can be tracked.
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Learning Activitie
Sequences
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There are three parts to a Learning
Activity Sequence
– (1) Who is involved?
– (2) What content is needed?
– (3) How is the activity conducted?
(What tools)
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Available Tools
•live chat session (synchronous discussion)
•combines a live chat with a scribe tool for collating the chat group’s view on questions
created by the teacher.
•When used in small group mode, the tool creates parallel chat and scribe areas for
small groups, then shows the outcome of each group on a whole class page
•combination of Chat & Scribe and Notebook (Public).
•an asynchronous discussion environment for learners, with discussion threads initially
created by the teacher.
•The addition of a grouping activity to a sequence allows other individual activities to run
in small group mode (rather than whole class mode).
•create simple automated assessment questions, including multiple choice and
true/false questions. These questions can be used for summative assessment with
scores, or formative assessment with feedback.
•This tool provides a ‘journal’ for learners to record their thoughts on aspects of a
sequence. These thoughts are viewable by the teacher in the monitor area. Learners
have their own private notebook area (Scratchpad) which is available from the learner
area (bottom left hand menu).
Available Tools (cont)
provides a way of giving simple text to learners.
allows teachers to pose a question to learners individually, and after they have entered
their response, to see the responses of all their peers presented on a single answer
screen.
provides a combination of Q & A and Notebook (Public) (ie, journal).
combination of the Share Resources and Forum tools on one page.
allows teachers to prepare content for learners during the authoring process, such as
URLs, zipped websites and/or individual files (PDF, PPT, etc).
allows learners to submit a file for assessment by the teacher, such as an essay, report,
etc.
allows teachers to prepare online surveys for students to complete.
allows teachers to provide learners with a list of options to ‘vote’ on, and then shows
the collated learner responses.
combination of the Voting and Notebook (Public) tools.
LAMS Demo
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http://localhost:8080/lams/
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LAMS Server Requirements
Minimum
Requirements
Standalone
Small Server
Large Server
Usage
Individual User
1 or 2 classes with
30 users
10 or more classes
with hundreds
of users
CPU
Intel P4 1.8 GHz or
equivalent
Intel P4 2.4 GHz or
equivalent
Intel P4 Dual 3 GHz
or equivalent
Storage
1 GB
1 GB
1 GB
RAM
512 MB
512 MB
1 GB or more
Operating System
Tested on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP,
Red Hat EL, Solaris 9, MacOS X. May also work on other
various Unix/Linux distributions.
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LAMS Clients
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Network Connection to LAMS Server
Browser:
– Internet Explorer 5.5+
– Firefox 1.0+
– Safari 1.2+
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Flash 7.0 or higher browser plug in
Pop-up blocking disabled for LAMS site
Cookies enabled
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LAMS Software:
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Current version 1.02
MySQL 4.1
Sun JAVA SDK 1.4.2
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All can be downloaded from:
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– http://www.lamsfoundation.org/downloads/
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Further Information
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LAMS Foundation
– http://www.lamsfoundation.org/
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LAMS International
– http://www.lamsinternational.com
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LAMS Community
– http://lamscommunity.org
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Sydney Region LAMS
Project
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In 2006, schools will be invited to
participate in a Project involving LAMS.
Teachers involved will develop and share
Learning Activity sequences on a range of
KLA and stages.
Further details will be sent to schools
early in term 1, 2006
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