Clark Quinn has some great thoughts on “Why Bash the LMS“. While the article is a bit more balanced than it might sound from the title, I still like that he calls out what needs to change:
“On principle, I want the best tool for each task. The analogy is to the tradeoffs between a [...]
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More Fun Bashing the LMS
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Learning Management Systems
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Mobility initiative?
March 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Active Learning, Authoring, Composition, Learning Management Systems, Tools, Video, Web 2.0
Does anyone know if there is a mobility initiative at UTA? Or does OIT have plans for a mobility initiative?
I’m torn between buying a class set of the iTouch or the iPhone for my Computers and Fiction Writing class and would welcome advice. Might OIT support either? Any sign of daLite lecterns or other kinds [...]
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The Web Is Changing: It’s Time to Dethrone the LMS!
March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Learning Management Systems
Do you know what bugs me about the Learning Management System (LMS)?
Well, a lot – but I will start with just two things. Whether you have noticed it or not, the web is constantly changing. Does anyone remember when they predicted that all colleges would have at least one class offered online through AOL? What [...]
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One Semester in the Life of a Web Class…
March 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogs and Blogging, Distance Education, Learning Management Systems, Moodle, Tools, Uncategorized
We often ask our student to reflect, in writing, on what they are learning. But how often do we challenge ourselves to do the same as teachers? This semester I set out to chronicle my experiences teaching a web class, week-by-week. I realized that my past experiences with teaching web classes were vague and jumbled [...]
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Moodle at UT Arlington
February 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Distance Education, Learning Management Systems, Moodle
There are a lot of Learning Management Systems out there, the most famous being Blackboard and WebCT. However, working in these systems is often a very frustrating experience because they are like a series of boxes, each one locked inside the other. In other words, you have to click multiple times to navigate the site, [...]
Welcome to “Soundings”!
February 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Blogs and Blogging, Distance Education, Learning Management Systems, Moodle, Multimedia, Video, YouTube
“Soundings,” a best practices network for pedagogical technology at UTA, came about as a result of discussions I have had with many of its now-authors—talks which highlighted for me the need for an electronic space where we might reflect on the deeper questions of technology in teaching, learning, and education.
Watching the creative practice of Gina [...]
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