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Jennifer Dalby

Instructure Canvas (LMS) - 2 views

www.instructure.com/teachers

#EDUC251 LMS LearningPlatform eLearning

shared by Jennifer Dalby on 07 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Dalby on 07 Feb 11
     
    I'm currently searching for an LMS solution for our project, and this is one I am exploring. You can check it out for free on this page.
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  • Joy LaJeret on 07 Feb 11
     
    I have registered for this LMS. I can't wait to start exploring it!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 07 Feb 11
     
    I quickly zipped up the files in our blackboard course and imported them here http://canvas.instructure.com/courses/27317
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 14 Feb 11
     
    I signed up for the free look! Initially exploring the blank pages, I think it looks really clean and useable. When I become an online instructor, I think I would like to use this platform (if it is available where I'm employed, that is!).
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 14 Feb 11
     
    I just looked at our blackboard course in Canvas--it's really nifty!
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    I uploaded a file in Instructive Canvas. It looks fairly wasy to use. I still prefer Wikispaces and Elluminate. The tech support in Canvas...seems to be excellent. However, I am going to need to put an actual course in the system and see how it goes. I really didn't see a place for discussions like there is in Blackboard and Diigo...altho it does link to google and Diigo.
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    Mary Ann and I are running close to each other...I just saw the mods in Balckboard listed in Canvas. There were a few missing and I was wondering how many mods it will hold Jennifer? Also, I did see a discussion area but I don't know if you uploaded it to canvas or if it belongs to canvas.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    I think I hid some of the stuff in the site I set up, since I don't know how the program folks will feel about it being public. If you set up your own account, you can get a better idea of all the features.
Joy LaJeret

Portfolio #5 Blog with Instructive Canvas Videos - 8 views

joystechtool.blogspot.com/...anvas-learning-management.html

shared by Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    This is the activity for Module 5. I really like this open learning system. If you go to my blog you will find that they ( Canvas) will work with you whether you buy their system or not. Please watch video #2 on my blog. (Note: I wrote the last two paragraphs on my blog here. Then I cut and pasted it to my blog because it took up too much space on Diigo.)
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  • Bruce Wolcott on 14 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I really enjoyed the Instructure/Canvas review video, where the engineer describes Vista/Blackboard as remaining basically unchanged from the mid-1990's. He also mentioned that this CMS model has been adopted by other developers, and that Instructure is one of the few companies that is beginning to effectively implement new Web 2.0 technologies. Another plus - it's free for teachers!
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    Yes...that is a deal maker!
  • ann stephens on 14 Feb 11
     
    I think the model of offering the product to free for teacher's, with the objective of it becoming the standard in education. This "marketing" approach is similiar to how Facebook and even Google got their foothold. Its interesting to see how ecommerce works.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    Free is never really free, but it's a good way to learn about how these systems work. I'm currently investigating it for a project, and should find out actually licensing costs soon. I've got some quotes on other systems and it just blows my mind how much we pay for this stuff.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 15 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for posting those two videos on your blog -- informative. I am in the process of looking at LMS to use at my workplace...thought Moodle looked good. I will now do a thorough review of Canvas. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Joy LaJeret

Instructure Canvas 7 Cheers & 7 Critiques - 3 views

www.insidehighered.com/...anvas_lms_7_cheers_7_critiques

Instructure Canvas

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  • Jennifer Dalby on 07 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for sharing this!
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  • Joy LaJeret on 07 Feb 11
     
    Your welcome, Jen.
  • ann stephens on 08 Feb 11
     
    I liked that the platform is integrated in social networks that many students would be using. Also, Ruby on Rails - the underlying technology indicated in the article - is very powerful, but it is an open source product and would want to be sure about technology support works. That being said, this highlighted to me how complex and difficult chosing a LMS is.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 08 Feb 11
     
    They release the code open source, but this is a hosted, supported product with fees for service. I'm definitely going to spend more time checking it out.
Joy LaJeret

Overview of How Instructive Canvas works - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch

Instructive Canvas

shared by Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Joy LaJeret on 14 Feb 11
     
    I have researched this LMS and think it is worth a second look!
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    I'm glad you had a chance to take a look. I've really enjoyed playing around with it.
Susan Kolwitz

Evidence of Understandings - 32 views

skolwitz.blogspot.com

#EDUC251 #Portfolio6

shared by Susan Kolwitz on 29 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Susan Kolwitz on 29 Jan 11
     
    I started this over the summer while taking the first course for this certificate. Please feel free to follow my postings on blogger as we continue in this course.
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  • Jennifer Dalby on 29 Jan 11
     
    Thank you for sharing this. Our interrogation of "presence" has been interesting this week. I've been looking forward to seeing each of you make decisions about personal online presence.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 29 Jan 11
     
    Susan, In your second article on your blog you describe a PLE or 'personal learning environment' by saying: "The purpose of a PLE is to gather and process information, act on the learning that takes place, then showcase the results of what was learned to include how one arrived at those results." I'm curious to know how you set up a PLE, and maybe 1 or 2 examples if you could direct me there. Is this related to Microsoft's OneNote , or Evernote, which lets you copy, scan, and store web-based information? Also, could you explain how you have found this to be useful for you or your classes? Thanks!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 31 Jan 11
     
    Bruce: The blog is my ePortfolio. You can use different tools to establish your personal learning environment...I began with a blog. There is a nice example of a PLE by a 7th grader who used a different tool to showcase her science project. I think you will find it an excellent example of how web 2.0 tool are being used at the grade school level. Here's the link...it's a youtube video narrated by the student. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY Susan
  • Bruce Wolcott on 01 Feb 11
     
    Thanks, Susan For some reason, I thought a personal learning environment was a fish of a different color. I get the concept now, thanks to Wendy, the 7th grader who I found using your YouTube link. The personal learning environment can be a blog, a wiki, or note gathering app, that allows you to quickly organize, filter, and access the online information that makes up your personal knowledge universe. She was using a tool named SYMBALOO, which I'm definitely going to try out - as well as some other useful apps - Evernote for note-talking and Glogster, for building a collage of related information. I really liked Wendy's tutorial on the PLE - it covered a lot of information in a short span of time, while effectively communicating her ideas visually.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 01 Feb 11
     
    Here's a screencast I made about my PLE when I did a guest week in EDUC250 last quarter https://www.screencast.com/users/ccchit/folders/EDUC%20250/media/f974b78d-3c78-4a44-b231-b758bb54cdbd
  • Bruce Wolcott on 03 Feb 11
     
    Thanks, Jennifer This was very helpful. Also your strong endorsement of Twitter as a way to quickly connect with communities of common interest is giving me more motivation to become more engaged with that world. I've been a slow adopter of Twitter - but this week's events in Egypt organized by a younger generation on Facebook and Twitter are a strong testament to the transforming power of these media.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 06 Feb 11
     
    I've made the understandings entry to my blog.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 12 Feb 11
     
    This is my first Camtasia project. I realize that there is room for improvement. As I use it more, I'm sure I will begin to develop better skills. I can see where this is a good application for getting information up in an online course.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    So glad you posted this! I'm in the middle of a similar process, and I appreciated seeing how you're comparing products.
  • Bruce Wolcott on 15 Feb 11
     
    Thanks for your comparison of Moodle, Joomla, and Blackboard. I was quite surprised to find out that Moodle leads the pack - since I assumed that Blackboard/Vista would have the majority following. It's been around since the mid-1990's. Great comparison chart, and use of Camtasia!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 15 Feb 11
     
    After looking at Joy's post about Canvas, I need to review this and compare to these three vendors. Will, then, have to update the comparison chart to include Canvas.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 06 Mar 11
     
    Here's the link to my ePortfolio with this module's assignment
  • Bruce Wolcott on 06 Mar 11
     
    Susan, I *really like* this list of reasons why stories work well for teaching that you posted on your blog. I've been teaching class sections on storytelling, and this gives me some well considered principles for how stories can be "put to work" for real world applications in education and information design. 1. A learning event is an unfolding story 2. People craft a story to make sense of what they are learning 3. Stories are at the intersection of people's synthesis of learning 4. Stories are tools for thinking 5. You can move through complex information more efficiently through story devices than through standard forms of discourse One of my favorite destinations for interactive stories is the Second Story website. It's jammed packed with terrific examples of interactive storytelling - on all sorts of interesting topics.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 06 Mar 11
     
    Thanks for your attention on storytelling! It's something that is applicable for so many different learning situations, and works particularly well online.
  • Joy LaJeret on 06 Mar 11
     
    While the most story telling I have done is one blog post and a short story about "I love my new Grandma" which I posted in this site...I want to do more and will hopefully b eable to get to this later. Nothing sticks like a good story!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 07 Mar 11
     
    Bruce: Thanks for the link on more interactive storytelling. I think this will help me to develop using case studies as learning activities for our courses.
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 08 Mar 11
     
    Susan, your activity on identifying sepsis in pediatric patients was clear, concise, and easy to navigate. I liked the fact that we were directed to a wiki page with the "case" facts presented in story form with a very clear picture of the "rash". if I were a trainee in your course, I would be excited by this lesson and the follow-up survey you posted.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 08 Mar 11
     
    Thanks for your comments Mary Ann. This is the first time I've used these tools for a case study...I'm hoping the wiki will allow the students to discuss the case and also allow them to pose thoughtful 'what-ifs'.
  • ann stephens on 09 Mar 11
     
    The thought the story telling definition you found to be a good guideline. Cases are great. One activity I might add would be What can you do to stop it? I know the student at this point is learning, but gives them a focus to think about their involvement.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 17 Mar 11
     
    In learning the Camtasia application, I found many good tips...I share them in my portfolio posting this week.
  • Joy LaJeret on 19 Mar 11
     
    I left a comment on your blog. I had to carefully think about what you had stated and found myself differing slightly with what you suggested. I suppose that attests to our differences. Nevertheless I appreciated the blog post Susan.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 22 Mar 11
     
    Here's the link to my blog where my final project is located.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 23 Mar 11
     
    My end of class reflection is located on my blog.
  • Susan Kolwitz on 24 Mar 11
     
    Thought I had posted this...to keep my blog in order, I post dated this to 2/28/11.
Joy LaJeret

Final Portfoilo #10 Blog Post Relecting on Learning - 16 views

joystechtool.blogspot.com

blog post

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  • Bruce Wolcott on 20 Feb 11
     
    Joy, Your posts are quite sobering, regarding your own experiences working towards completing your university education. I strongly agree with the following quote in your post: "In sum, it is time for educators to make college and higher learning relevant to their students. It is not about us, it is about them. We are the facilitators of their learning. We must prepare them for the world they will find themselves in when they leave the protected walls of our colleges and universities" I found the recent events in Cairo to be fascinating, where large numbers of people suddenly rose up against an authoritarian and out-of-touch government. This largely peaceful uprising was fueled by the same Web2.0 technologies that are underpinning this class. It's possible that many traditional schools will soon find themselves in a similar situation to the Egyptian government, where students pass them by in favor of lower cost and more relevant educational experiences - many of them available online. Bill Gates recently came under fire for making the statement that valid online college degrees may soon be available for $2000. He may have said this to exaggerate a point, but the evidence of a growing number of online low cost educational resources can't be ignored. One of them is the Khan Academy - run by an MIT graduate who has created a large free archive of mathematics courses that are used by students all over the world - many who claim they are better than their university courses. Colleges and universities ignore this development at their own peril. It's not clear yet how we'll make this transition to relevancy for students, but the next decade will be very interesting...
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  • Helen Maynard on 20 Feb 11
     
    Hi Joy (and fellow classmates) - we were out-of-town for a week. Internet was available, but for a price $.75 per minute. I had planned on using some of our vacation time to work on this course without the hassle of juggling work commitments. At a price per minute, this idea didn't pan out. To get caught up, I checked out our Diigo communications and visited your blog. I like the way you insert YouTube videos to add dimension to your ideas! The two I looked at addressed the LMS system - Canvas. I was particularly fascinated with the young techy who ended his presentation, asking his audience about how they might define the role for SOCIAL MEDIA in both course structure and as a learning tool. Interesting how our course materials (and we) have also been pondering this same issue! Thanks for finding and sharing a very relevant presentation. I also enjoyed your thoughts as well.
  • Joy LaJeret on 28 Feb 11
     
    Today our senior population is aging at a rapid rate. Is it possible we, as a society, are sending them to an early end of life dead line because of our attitudes and out moded beliefs regarding aging in America? Can we not help keep their minds alive and well by changing some of our society's institutions...of higher education?
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 28 Feb 11
     
    Joy, I just finished reading your blog posts and viewing the videos. I agree with Bruce. . . they are quite sobering. I am angered that there is so much age discrimination out there, excited that Japan has such a unique way of addressing the needs of its aging population, and frustrated that a college degree does not necessarily translate into a job. My own daughter is in that position--she has a teaching degree earned two years ago and no prospects of a job anytime soon. Her income is earned through subbing in the Sultan School District and managing a horse stable. All of this translates into 7 days of work per week, a very minimal income and burnout. She is 37 years old (not quite a senior, but in line with the unemployed GWU grads shown in the video you posted). Your passion definitely comes through in all of the blog postings, Joy. What you say about assessment aligns with my beliefs as well. I have never been a proponent of grades--to me, they are just part of a hoop that must be jumped through in order to achieve a goal. With that in mind, I was overJOYed when authentic assessment came onto the education scene as it offered a way to monitor and guide students in their learning, not just give them a letter or number that was supposed to signify that they had "learned" the course content. In my experience, most students who memorize course content for tests within a given course, will not retain it once the tests have been taken. There is simply too much competition for good grades at all levels of education and not enough desire for a true understanding of ideas and concepts.
  • Joy LaJeret on 01 Mar 11
     
    Thanks you for your comments Mary Ann...the bottom line reads, we may be killing off our aged population by sentencing them to give up and give in to old out-moded concepts!
  • Susan Kolwitz on 04 Mar 11
     
    Joy: I've been following your blog postings for some time now and have been meaning to let you know I always learn and find your postings valuable. Keep the information coming our way.
Joy LaJeret

Differences between open and closed LMS - 4 views

www.globenewswire.com/...news.html

LMS open closed

shared by Joy LaJeret on 11 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Joy LaJeret on 11 Feb 11
     
    The Blackboard Vista used by BC is a closed LMS. The Instructure Canvas is an open system.
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  • ann stephens on 12 Feb 11
     
    My personal experience with open/free software is that support is always the catch. Although the company is offering this for free download, the question is what do that charge for new features or general service?
  • Mary Ann Simpson on 14 Feb 11
     
    Even though this LMS is an open one, it seems on the surface to be quite useable. What I liked about it is that it is connected to Google.
  • Jennifer Dalby on 14 Feb 11
     
    Instructure can be open or closed. When you create a course, it gives you both licensing (copyright) and access options. Also, if a campus were to pay for a subscription and adopt it as their LMS, they could manage the access at an administrative level.
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