A Weblog Teaching & Learning System - Part 3 OK, so it's not a 'learning management' system because you can't manage learning! You need to have a user management system and even content management systems as part of it, but a 'learning' management system. Perhaps not. Toyed with the idea of a 'learning facilitation system' but I think that's a little weak as it's not solely a learner tool and although the main aim of the system is to facilitate effective learning... there's a fair amount of teaching & other stuff going on too.
And 'facilitating' sounds naff :o)
So, it's 'A Weblog Teaching and Learning System' ... any suggestions for how we could replace 'system' or am I pushing the boat out a little too far there?
What's with the Aggregation?
Figured that now would be a good time to deal with another possible aspect of the system, the use of aggregators & their benefits for both instructors & learners. So:
Instructors (course weblog):
- Aggregator of leading news sources / weblogs in 'professional readings' so learners (& the instructor) have regularly updated contextual knowledge relating to the course (VERY exciting and VERY different to the average course today)
- Aggregator of members of class weblogs (a community aggregator shows what each learner's up to / thinking about etc. building community & shared knowledge)
Learners (course weblog):
- Aggregator of professional new sources they particularly enjoy :o) (saves unproductive flooding & allows selective decisions... all sources can be aggreated in the instructors weblog for reviewing)
- Aggregator of their particular courses (so they can keep up to date with recent instructor postings / discussion etc. This kind of 'push' functionality is absolutely key!)
Hmmm... can think of more but best to KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid... as they say down here in Oz :o) for the moment. It's also important to remmber that both learners and instructors have their own 'home' weblogs where they can aggregate anything they like! Some things, like updates from courses they are taking, might even be better aggregated to taht (or that as well).
Right, am going to try and set up some aggregation into WebCT now, saw it somewhere (well, aggregated it actually :o) but lost link.
3:13:37 PM 
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