Interview with Wisconsin's Chair of the Task Force on Course Management Systems. This was published about a month ago but I just found it today. An interview with Kathy Pletcher who chaired the task force for the University of Wisconsin's choice of a new course management system. The outcome of this was of much interest to many in the field as it was a fairly well document and rigorous process that ended up selecting a relative newcomer, Desire2Learn, as their final choice. Lots of good tidbits on their process: "The evaluation scheme was 10% for general requirements, 65% functional and technical requirements, and 25% cost. On a scale of 10,000 points Desire2Learn received 9,700 points." 97% !! We are seeing similar results in other RFP processes we have been privy too through edutools. This is not an endorsement, just a statement that people are starting to pay attention to this smallish company from Guelph, Ontario. - SWL [EdTechPost]4:27:07 PM ![]() |
IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc.. IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. sets standards for e-learning; its Digital Repositories Interoperability version 1.0 specification (released 30 January 02003), although specifically designed for learning objects repositories, sounds promising for digital libraries and electronic records keeping purposes. The specification is publicly available as a Web or Adobe Acrobat PDF document. [David Mattison: Distance Education] 4:21:18 PM ![]() |
Best Online Resources For Web Conferencing, Live E-Learning, Real-Time Collaboration and Live Presentation Tools. A good looking list of resources communication resources. Actually an good looking blog overall: Here's a snippet from the intro: [James Farmer's Radio Weblog] 4:07:42 PM ![]() |