Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network

Authors

  • Jon Mott Brigham Young University
  • David Wiley Brigham Young University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37119/ojs2009.v15i2.53

Abstract

The course management system (CMS) reinforces the status quo and hinders substantial teaching and learning innovation in higher education. It does so by imposing artificial time limits on learner access to course content and other learners, privileging the role of the instructor at the expense of the learner, and limiting the power of the network effect in the learning process. The open learning network (OLN)—a hybrid of the CMS and the personal learning environment (PLE)—is proposed as an alternative learning technology environment with the potential to leverage the affordances of the Web to dramatically improve learning.

Keywords: course management system; higher education; open learning network; personal learning environment; technology; internet

Author Biographies

  • Jon Mott, Brigham Young University

    Assistant to the Academic Vice President
    Brigham Young University
    D-367 ASB
    Provo, Utah 84602
    801-422-1363
    jonmott@byu.edu

    Dr. Jon Mott serves as the Assistant to the Academic Vice President – Academic Technology at Brigham Young University where he provides strategic guidance on academic technology issues. He is an Adjunct Professor of Instructional Psychology & Technology and also teaches in the Masters in Public Policy Program. He is the former Managing Director of  the Center for Instructional Design (now the Center for Teaching and Learning) at BYU. He earned a B.A. in political science from BYU in 1992 and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Oklahoma in 1998.

  • David Wiley, Brigham Young University

    Associate Professor
    Brigham Young University
    150-E MCKB
    Provo, UT 84602
    801-422-7071
    david.wiley@byu.edu

    Dr. David Wiley is Associate Professor of Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University. He is also the Chief Openness Officer of Flat World Knowledge and Founder and board member of the Open High School of Utah. He was formerly Associate Professor of Instructional Technology and Director of the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning at Utah State University. David has been a Nonresident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, a Visiting Scholar at the Open University of the Netherlands, and a recipient of the US National Science Foundation's CAREER grant. David is also the Founder of OpenContent.org and was recently named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. His career is dedicated to increasing access to educational opportunity for everyone around the world. David lives in Utah with his wife, Elaine, and their five children.

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Published

2013-01-03

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2009): Autumn 2009 Special Issue, Part 1: [Technology and Social Media] in education

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