Replacing duo: towards a business case
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Replacing duo: towards a business case
- 1. REPLACING DUO Towards a Business Case A Student Assignment for BUSS2011 Dr Malcolm Murray Learning Technologies Team Leader 29th January 2013 Information Systems Group Computing & Information Services
- 2. the problem You have been set a pretty challenging assignment which draws on knowledge well beyond the boundaries of your course
- 3. result Some students have been contacting me for information…
- 5. links on duo
- 6. links on duo
- 7. links on duo
- 8. links on duo
- 10. focus It should consider and discuss the following business features pedagogical aspects technical attributes the capital cost cost per student on-going support costs
- 11. task Evaluate and compare the business and application features of duo against other Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as moodle, schoology Khan Academy one other software application of your choice
- 12. presentation The assignment should make extensive use of the graphical and tabular frameworks presented in the core text Ward & Daniel, 2006
- 13. the assignment Taking each focus in turn:
- 14. business features Who are the stakeholders? Students Lecturers Librarians, CIS, SPA etc. Academic Office External Examiners Supported Progression Students Distance Learners Visitors? Alumni?
- 15. business features http://www.blackboard.com/resources/learn/images/community-lms.jpg Source: http://www.blackboard.com/Images/Platforms/Learn/featured-showcase-thumb.aspx Authentication Organisation by Courses Course Catalogue Course & Institutional Roles Multi-language Support Ability to Upload Content Embed Audio & Video Submit Assignments Online Tests Reflection (blogs & wikis) Collaboration, SMS, Mobile Many others…
- 16. business features Security Scalability Resilience 99% Uptime Disaster Recovery Maintenance & Support Integration Flexibility/Customisation Branding User Community Skills/Consultancy
- 18. pedagogy Bloom’s Taxonomy Revised Edition creating evaluating analysing applying understanding remembering More information: http://morethanenglish.edublogs.org/for-teachers/blooms-revised-taxonomy/
- 19. Revised Edition Bloom’s Taxonomy pedagogy Source: http://morethanenglish.edublogs.org/files/2011/09/bloom-interactive-pyramid-12ta9bt.jpg
- 20. pedagogy Some continuums: transmissive constructivist teacher-centric student-centric individual collaborative planned learning ad hoc discovery Which one(s) are most suitable for Durham? Place the available tools/functionality along these lines
- 21. technical Fit with standards e.g. SCORM – content packaging IMS LTI – tool interoperability IMS Common Cartridge – import/export IMS LIS – user and course feeds IMS QTI – assessment
- 22. an aside What happens when we stop using your product? How will we get the data out of it? Dr John Hall Source: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21570728-newest-technologies-look-most-likely-vanish-oldest-may-always-be-us-only “The Librarian’s Question”
- 23. technical End-User Experience – supports a range of Platforms – Windows, Mac, Linux Devices – desktop, laptop, tablet, phone? Browsers– Chrome, Firefox, Safari, IE, etc. Plugins/Tech – Javascript, Flash, CSS, Java Applets Source: http://insights.chitika.com/uploads/browser_thumb.jpg Bandwidth – dial-up, mobile, wireless, LAN
- 24. technical Fit with existing infrastructure Platforms – Windows, RHEL, Solaris, etc. Databases – ORACLE, MS SQL, MySQL, etc. Source: http://zettahost.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dreamstime_593972.jpg Authentication– LDAP, Active Directory, Shibboleth Security – https, certificates, encryption, etc. Filestore – location, backup, recovery, cloud?
- 25. costs commercial free s/w local hosted per user per MB self help support contract pay to upgrade free upgrades Image source http://www.chargrilled.co.uk/t-shirts/prodimages/imagegen.ashx?vpimageid=1972&tstyle=m&tsize=medium&tcolour=Khaki&tx=4&ty=1&tw=28&tb=False
- 26. Source: http://bryaneisenberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/free_beer.jpg?9d7bd4 capital costs Source: http://www.funnysigns.net/files/unattended-children-free-puppy-espresso-400x275.jpg
- 27. tasks Using this focus to look at different LMS solutions
- 48. Khan Academy
- 49. Khan Academy
- 50. Khan Academy
- 51. Khan Academy
- 52. your choice Web: http://www.desire2learn.com/products/learning-suite/ Web: http://www.instructure.com/ Web: http://www.ecollege.com/
- 53. Case Studies
Editor's Notes
- Stress the word “Towards” – this presentation will not provide a complete answer to the set essay – that would be stupid!
- Admire your initiative. But this approach isn’t scalable and I need to be fair and treat every student in the same way.Also I didn’t set the assessment, or even get to see it before it went out. There are a few issues that you’ll need to discuss with Neil.
- Slides available and extra material in duo – including links to things I think you’ll have trouble finding…
- You don’t need to scrabble to write down the URLs – links are on duo.
- You don’t need to scrabble to write down the URLs – links are on duo.
- You don’t need to scrabble to write down the URLs – links are on duo.
- You don’t need to scrabble to write down the URLs – links are on duo.
- Take a few slides just to remind ourselves what we have to submit at the end of the day
- I think we need to have some common understanding of these before we can look at examples
- We will look at these systems and consider the biases we bring to this process!
- I’ve not read this – applying this framework is your job!Remember I don’t teach or mark this work!.I am a Geographer not an Economist by training
- Ask the students about this…
- Hmm – what are these?This is not a definitive list – I don’t think the University has one! SMS, mobile, etc.
- Hmm – what are these?Stress the importance of flexibility/customisation (but a double-edged sword)
- What does this mean?Anyone studied Education? Know what it means? No? Use your technology…
- Lower order thinking skills (base) to higher order skills (peak) – what can students do in the system?This has been used to categorize a range of tools – don’t necessary agree with this one, but you get the idea.We could apply this to LMSs…
- Lower order thinking skills (base) to higher order skills (peak) – what can students do in the system?This has been used to categorize a range of tools – don’t necessary agree with this one, but you get the idea.We could apply this to LMSs…
- Guess where each LMS lies along any of these (or other) continuums
- In no particular order, lets look at support for standards – the LMS is maturing now.ASIDE: the Librarian’s Question – what do we do when we stop using your software – how do we get the data out?
- Why are standards important?
- Just examples – how important is supporting everything: BYOD vs supported list.Controlled environment: NHS vs chaos - University
- Middleware is very important, standards may help here.
- Capital, per-student and on-going support costsRemember some software may not be for sale!
- What is the item often paired?Is software ever free? What is the real cost?Predictable vs open-ended – e.g. number of users vs. disk space
- Add warning – I don’t teach this course, I don’t mark your work, I’m a geographer…
- The LMS at duo is based on Blackboard Learn, though heavily customized.Running quite an old version sp6, latest is sp11Is it fair to judge the product from your experiences? Your bias….
- The LMS at duo is based on Blackboard Learn, though heavily customized.Running quite an old version sp6, latest is sp11Is it fair to judge the product from your experiences? Your bias….
- The LMS at duo is based on Blackboard Learn, though heavily customized.Running quite an old version sp6, latest is sp11Is it fair to judge the product from your experiences? Your bias….
- The LMS at duo is based on Blackboard Learn, though heavily customized.Running quite an old version sp6, latest is sp11Is it fair to judge the product from your experiences? Your bias….
- The LMS at duo is based on Blackboard Learn, though heavily customized.Running quite an old version sp6, latest is sp11Is it fair to judge the product from your experiences? Your bias….
- The LMS at duo is based on Blackboard Learn, though heavily customized.Running quite an old version sp6, latest is sp11Is it fair to judge the product from your experiences? Your bias….
- Link to the demo site on duo!
- Link to the demo site on duo!
- Link to the demo site on duo!
- Link to the demo site on duo!
- Link to the demo site on duo!
- Find out more at https://www.schoology.com/learning-management-system.php
- Find out more at https://www.schoology.com/learning-management-system.php
- Find out more at https://www.schoology.com/learning-management-system.php
- Find out more at https://www.schoology.com/learning-management-system.php
- Find out more at https://www.schoology.com/learning-management-system.php
- NOT FOR SALE
- NOT FOR SALE
- NOT FOR SALE
- Badges to encourage participation and set goals, learner free to choose topics to study
- Badges to encourage participation and set goals, learner free to choose topics to study
- Badges to encourage participation and set goals, learner free to choose topics to study
- Badges to encourage participation and set goals, learner free to choose topics to study
- Many others are available, but here are three more common ones.
- Some examples in duo, but worth googling for more!