Back to school means back to Blackboard. My frustration with most learning management system (LMS) platforms is well known. The administration of a class, depending…
Poet Ponders the Digital
Tag: instructional design
One of the serious questions facing proponents of online education is if the current nature of online courses encourages poor teaching methods. The qualities of…
Should a university use data-mining techniques to shape courses? College Degrees, Designed by the Numbers – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education College administrators,…
Yesterday, I defended my doctoral dissertation and paid the last $120 in fees to the University of Minnesota. For the cost of tuition, they really…
Moodle is definitely proving to be more flexible and, sometimes, more efficient than Blackboard. I created five groups for class today in under 15 minutes,…
This semester I am using Moodle for online course content, after six years of Blackboard use (including WebCT, WebVista). I thought I’d chronicle my experiences;…