Saturday, October 21, 2006
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Learning System or Management System
A couple of references regarding Learning Management systems.
The big question is what do you wish to accomplish with tis system. Make life easier for administration or make teaching an learning more effective.
There has been little conclusive evidence that anyof the curent LMS actually improve teacchig and learning because the question haven't really been asked, they haven't even really been formed correctly yet.
If proprietary LMS do a better job of teaching and learning then there should be a measureable effect. To invest a serious amount of money and to lock into a learning management system with out evidence that it accomplishes a major institutional goal raises concerns.
One appeal of the open ource systems is that if it is determined that it is ineffective the institution can walk away with out tears, having in the meantime developed some institutional capacity and provided the same level of service that institutions with the pricey systems produced.
George Siemans is reviewing systems for U of M.
Terry Anderson supervises research into LMS for Athabasca Univeristy. This is a fairly comprehensive review of online collaborative tools for teaching and learning.
The big question is what do you wish to accomplish with tis system. Make life easier for administration or make teaching an learning more effective.
There has been little conclusive evidence that anyof the curent LMS actually improve teacchig and learning because the question haven't really been asked, they haven't even really been formed correctly yet.
If proprietary LMS do a better job of teaching and learning then there should be a measureable effect. To invest a serious amount of money and to lock into a learning management system with out evidence that it accomplishes a major institutional goal raises concerns.
One appeal of the open ource systems is that if it is determined that it is ineffective the institution can walk away with out tears, having in the meantime developed some institutional capacity and provided the same level of service that institutions with the pricey systems produced.
George Siemans is reviewing systems for U of M.
Terry Anderson supervises research into LMS for Athabasca Univeristy. This is a fairly comprehensive review of online collaborative tools for teaching and learning.
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