Sometimes in the midst of a long, involved project it’s difficult to recognize and appreciate how far you have traveled.
The selection of a new LMS has been such a journey for the Online Course Development team. Spending time this month and next revisiting the path we have taken is not only informative for PLS staff [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Pilot to Co-Pilot!
Posted in Sakai, Technology, Trends, tagged LMS, Technology on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The next step… testing the system for usability
Posted in LMS Conversion, Sakai on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object’s perceived efficiency or elegance.
(Usability, 2008)
Savvy online course developers [...]
LMS Investigation
Posted in Sakai, Wikis, tagged blackboard, LMS, Web 2.0 on December 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was over a year ago—October 2007, to be exact—when we started seriously investigating options to replace Blackboard as our LMS. Although there are dozens of Learning Management Systems out there, our investigation focused on 4 systems. We examined a number of features. The list below isn’t complete (the full list has over 25 features), [...]
The Road To Sakai
Posted in Instructional Design, Sakai, Technology, tagged collaboration, conversion, course development, e-learning, Education, Instructional Design, IT, learning management system, LMS, Multimedia, online learning, PLS, Sakai, Technology, Web 2.0 on December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The road to Sakai has been a long one for the Online Development Team. Its been roughly a year* since we began this odyssey into an LMS conversion and, beginning in January 2009, we’ll offer all of our courses in Sakai! This month is about that journey, that long walk together through the heights of [...]
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