Thursday, December 01, 2005

eLearning platform Finding Open options An Open Source software evaluation model with a case study on Course Management Systems Master Thesis by Karin van den Berg ... "In order to test this model on real Open Source software, a case study was performed on Course Management Systems. In this case study the model is applied on a candidate list of 36 systems, and evaluation is performed on the top two systems found in the selection step. This evaluation led to a clear conclusion. The best system in this evaluation is the Course Management System called Moodle. The results of the case study are consistent with real life performance of the Course Management Systems." thanks to Scott Leslie for the link to this interesting evaluation model -- BL 5:46:21 PM    comment

podcasting Lectures in the palm of your hand - Laura Heinauer, American Statesman. Think those college kids jogging around with white iPod wires hanging out of their ears are listening to music? Think again. In this age of podcasting, there's just as good a chance that the kid you assumed was jamming to Coldplay is actually catching up [Online Learning Update] 8:31:58 AM    comment

video Skype 2.0 Adds Video. [Slashdot] on the way to 2-way TV 8:04:42 AM    comment

eLearning platform "A great deal has been written online about the Moodle software, much in the form of advocacy and more in the form of case studies. Readers wanting an overview may want to view Mira Vogel's slide presentation Using VLEs effectively: Goldsmiths' Experience or the Imperial County Office of Education's Moodle Overview. In a nutshell, what attracts educators to Moodle is not merely that it is free, but that Moodle's design is explicitly informed by a social constructionist pedagogy, an approach that emphasizes interaction over content." by Stephen Downes -- good overview with links  -- BL 8:00:25 AM    comment