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Guy Larcom

Learn@UW Milestone Review (2008) | Technology Solutions for Teaching and Research - 1 views

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    University of Wisconsin review of Desire2Learn implementation.
Tracy Marshall

Barriers to Learning in Distance Education: Jill M. Galusha - 0 views

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    This is an older article dating in the late 90's but it is interesting to note that some of the same problems still exist, just in a more modern version. Firstly, contact and communication with the instructor and class, is still a contemporary issue. We think this has been solved with email, texting and skype, but if the instructor doesn't believe that as much interaction needs to be given to online students as campus ones, then it still stands as a barrier. Also, technical skills of students and faculty is listed and still true today, as well as the lack of support services.
Tracy Marshall

Learning Reflections: Who wants to see an LMS anyway? - 0 views

  • What they are really after is the right learning, at the right time, with the right context with the right impact to make a difference.
  • One way around this is to use portals and deep linking to, in effect, make the LMS invisible.
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    This is a short blog post, but I liked that it confirmed some information from other articles I read about the "clunky" nature of the LMS and how this prohibits the desire to use it just when person is in a learning moment. This particular article relates to private business LMS's, but I think the point is still valid, and maybe even more so as it substantiates that this is not just an issue with education, but with people. The LMS can be a barrier to learning in general.
Tracy Marshall

Rebuilding the LMS for the 21st Century -- Campus Technology - 1 views

  • "We need to recognize that it isn't really the LMS that's heading toward obsolescence," remarks Brown. "It's the course that the LMS represents."
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    This article says the LMS is a barrier to learning because it is a "silo". The way to remove the barrier is to use systems like "WordPress" that have flexibility, are more seamless, and have wonderful plug-ins for gradebooks, tools to submit assignments and discussion boards. This article goes on to remark that eLearning is best when LMS is invisible, which certainly isn't the case with traditional LMS's.
Tracy Marshall

Critical Challenges « 2011 Horizon Report - 0 views

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    This small portion of the Horizon Report discusses "Critical Challenges" of using technology as a method for delivering content to students. The four main areas that present challenges according to the New Media Consortium, the organization that publishes the Horizon Report, are: A. Digital Media Literacy: We all know it is important, the challenge is that there isn't a consensus as to what skills constitute literacy. B. Assessment lags behind as new technologies emerge quicker than committees and such can adjust curriculum accordingly. C. The traditional university instruction models are being challenged by constantly emerging technologies that offer more economic ways to deliver content so that high quality courses are still offered. D. Instructors and students must be diligent to keep pace with emerging technology, which challenges both groups' to learn and develop literacy as it quickly evolves.
Tracy Marshall

Do You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS? - 0 views

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    This blog post states that LMS's are great when they have some good features, but there is a topping off point. When they get too fancy, the user has difficulty in navigation. There is a "sweet spot" so to speak in functionality. This blog post has an interesting reply within it for which the blog author gives a good response relating to the LMS serving as an obstacle to access course content. Learners can't get what they need quickly. This post is related to private industry, but I think still applies in the case of education.
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