Michael Feldstein, who last year initiated the Wikipedia entry on the History of Virtual Learning Environments, is now Principal Product Manager for the Oracle Corporation's Academic Enterprise Initiative. His just-published article in the ALT Newsletter, Better networked learning, is worth reading if you are interested in the design of systems to support learning. Here is an excerpt:
".... despite explosive growth in both practical knowledge about teaching online on the one hand and cognition and learning research on the other, we see relatively little cross-fertilization. Teachers are getting little benefit from the theoretical advances in cognitive psychology and related fields, while theoretical research is likewise seldom informed by the growing knowledge base of the networked learning community. Interestingly, there is a very similar communication gap between practitioners of networked learning and developers of virtual learning environments (VLEs). "
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