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Monday, July 18, 2005 |
A Cautionary Tale..... I'm sure many people will recognize themselves
in this story. Well worth reading: a tale of hour an
unnamed British university developed a VLE, and why
(really) it is purchasing a commercial product. Via Auricle.
By Jon, Virtual Learning Environments (JISCmail), July 15,
2005
[Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
10:49:09 PM  Google It!.
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Why Not to Use Blogs as
E-Portfolios. This item bothered me a bit not because I think
we should unquestioningly use blogs as e-portfolios but
because of the reasons offered to suggest we shouldn't. For
example, "persistence creates the illusion of fixed
identity, whereas higher education explicitly
conceptualises its mission as formative and
processual." Well, sure, you grow and develop when you
learn, but you don't change your name.
You can keep a persistent identity even as you grown. Also,
"it becomes harder to see what is current for an
individual, and what belongs to his/her 'past'."
Leaving aside our ability to read dates, this concern
misrepresents blogs as a static information base rather
than the stream it actually is. But
finally is the overall assumption in this post that an
e-portfolio is something that we (an
educational institutional institution, presumably) provide
for a student. That gets the equation exactly backwards.
By Catherine Howell, Ida takes Tea, July 18, 2005
[Refer][Research][Reflect] [OLDaily]
10:48:00 PM Google It!.
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Site Profile: Tufts University OpenCourseWare. The
Tufts University OCW site is modeled after the very successful MIT OCW
site (it is the third US university to emulate the MIT model, along
with Utah University and Johns Hopkins University School of Public
Health). Six courses are available in the pilot opening: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Microbiology, Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases, Theories of Public Policy, Histology, and Zoological Medicine.
The courses are well presented including Syllabi, Lectures (with
full text and slides), Exams and Quizzes, Readings, and Supplementary
Materials. The Tufts site is a worthwhile addition to the OCW movement
and is framed within the "Tuft's University
Sciences Knowledgebase (TUSK), to support faculty and students in
teaching and learning. TUSK provides a portal to an integrated body of
knowledge and ways to personally organize the vast array of health
information through its online curricular materials and related
applications."
"Tufts OpenCourseWare is part of a new
educational movement initiated by MIT where course content is
accessible for free to everyone online. Tufts' initial offerings
demonstrate the University's strength in the life sciences, as well as
a multidisciplinary approach, an international perspective and an
underlying ethic of service to our local, national and international
communities."
_____JH [EduResources Weblog--Higher Education Resources Online]
10:44:56 PM Google It!.
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