Category Archives: LMS

Need for an LMS?

Posted on May 31, 2009 by

Darcy More’s post  on 10 things schools can do to facilitate  implementation of L4L, makes the comment that Moodle for schools is a key strategy. The DET  learning tools applications admittedly have been a little slow to emerge (blog only now … Continue reading →

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Blogs in the institution

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

On the eve of trialling blogs in NSW DET, I’m wondering after many years of using traditional communications tools (forums, emails, listservs) , what the uptake will be. The use of traditional CMCs has been largely confined to teachers administrative and … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Blogs, Communities, LMS, Uncategorized, Web2, Wikis | 7 Comments

Moving to Moodle

Posted on August 11, 2008 by

Interesting case study in Educause on change management (now occupying my work time)- transitioning from a home grown LMS to Moodle. The author doesn’t dwell on the reason for the changes, however the lessons learnt are carefully noted.  While not explicitly … Continue reading →

Posted in LMS, management, Opensource | 1 Comment

SAKAI- model for Opensource

Posted on July 15, 2008 by

Michaels Feldsteins summary of the recent Paris Sakai love fest, would seem to throw the gauntlet down to other LMS apps. His account is interesting from two perspectives not just the endorsement of SAKAIs feature set and road map, but … Continue reading →

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Desire2Learn

Posted on May 19, 2008 by

An great presentation today with the CEO of Desire2Learn John Baker. Always wary of inviting vendors in the doors of a public education organisation (esp when they sniff the size of NSW). But any company fresh from doing battle with … Continue reading →

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Tools for Learning

Posted on December 18, 2007 by

Paper from Campus Wide Information Systems, tackles the increasing frustration of  LMS and the widening adoption of Web 2 tools for learning. Briefly put the traditional paradigm of which a LMS represents is being challenged by social networking tools. Already … Continue reading →

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Learner in the digital knowledge space

Posted on December 6, 2007 by

Posting this modified version of the previous PLE representation. I started the modifications as a result of a presentation to the recent LAMS conference in Sydney (which I’ll post shortly).

Posted in ePortfolio, Informal learning, knowledge, LAMS, LMS, PLE, Social networking, Web2 | Leave a comment

Learning Re-Design

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

Reflecting back on previous ‘standards’ comments, I’m also starting to wonder about IMS Learning Design and ‘lowercase’ learning design. While the theory of LD is seductive at a theoretical level- like many standardised approaches to resource construction and activity sequencing … Continue reading →

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ePortfolios

Posted on August 13, 2007 by

Reviewing some recent ePortfolio tools lately and it occurred to me that many of them are merely extensions of the LMS paradigm. Essentially teacher focused, event driven, assessment oriented and task driven. In other words a part of the existing … Continue reading →

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