Yours Metaphorically, the VLE…
Digital Learning Dispatches,
Nov 03, 2020
My great contribution to the world of VLE/LMS metaphors is that one time in 2015 I quipped that the LMS is a bus. Ah well. At least I didn't make such a blatantly wrong prediction as "The VLE is dead." At least, I don't think I did. Though I could be forgiven for identifying how it has morphed over time from 'course tools' to 'learning experience platform'. Anyhow, this article draws from a paper in JIME surveying the various metaphors that have been used over the years. Anyhow, this is a fun romp through the literature on LMS metaphors, not too deep, concluding that "At this point in time, if we were to use a metaphor to characterise the VLE, it would be a limpet," that is, "a marine mollusk with a shallow conical shell and a broad muscular foot, found clinging tightly to rocks."
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