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Jared Stein

The Limited Nature of Technology (part 1) « Teaching as a dynamic activity - 1 views

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    Nice summary of the tension between technology as a tool to perpetuate traditional practice vs. technology as a lever for new ways forward. New ways forward require philosophical transformation in the hearts and minds of the teacher and the learner. A shiny tool alone won't suffice.
Jared Stein

Farewell to the Enterprise LMS, Greetings to the Learning Platform- e-Literate - 0 views

  • The trend towards SaaS could perhaps more accurately be described as the default model now for new offerings. In the LMS market from just short two years ago, the default model was enterprise LMS.
  • many of the new offerings are not attempting to fully replace the legacy LMS, at least all at once
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    "Farewell to the Enterprise LMS, Greetings to the Learning Platform"
Jared Stein

From Assessment to Accreditation (Software Required) | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

  • Collect data from different sources; use multiple assessments to create as many data points as possible; evaluate both alumni and employer satisfaction once students graduate; institute program reviews
  • Before an accreditation site visit, a college needs to know that it will be ready with any kind of data it's asked for -- and that requires a systemwide approach, illustrating how specific goals were achieved (or altered) because of assessment data.
  • collecting this data on our behalf from either the admissions office, registrar’s office even our graduate programs, and we track down students all the time who graduated 10-15 years prior so that we can keep up with our needs
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    "faculty should have a central role in planning and evaluating programs; that standards clearly align with each other and with accreditation requirements; and that measures are internally consistent."
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