www.chamilo.org | open source e-learning and collaboration software Developing a Framework for Understanding and Evaluating the Impa At the CAL 2009 conference in Brighton last week, I gave a presentation entitled “Developing a Framework for Understanding and Evaluating the Impact of Open Educational Resources”. This presentation was partly based on Adam’s blog about Open Educational Resources and the Zachman Framework as well as some of the latest thinking and discussions on the rapid development of intuitional OER initiatives internationally as well as JISC/HEA pilot OER funding programme with colleagues at CETIS. Given the complexity of the OER initiative itself and the nature of the transformation process of the OERs, we need a more structured way to capture different views and expectations from various players involved in the OER development process and a useful tool to examine institutional strategies in relation to OER approach and their impact on current and future practice in HE. In the first row, the planner identifies the education vision and mission in relation to OER in general.
SELF | Sharing Knowledge about Free Software Introduction to Open Educational Resources Logiciel libre d'enregistrement et de montage audio 10 Open Education Resources You May Not Know About (But Should) This week, the OCW Consortium is holding its annual meeting, celebrating 10 years of OpenCourseWare. The movement to make university-level content freely and openly available online began a decade ago, when the faculty at MIT agreed to put the materials from all 2,000 of the university’s courses on the Web. With that gesture, MIT OpenCourseWare helped launch an important educational movement, one that MIT President Susan Hockfield described in her opening remarks at yesterday’s meeting as both the child of technology and of a far more ancient academic tradition: “the tradition of the global intellectual commons.” We have looked here before at how OCW has shaped education in the last ten years, but in many ways much of the content that has been posted online remains very much “Web 1.0.” But as open educational resources and OCW increase in popularity and usage, there are a number of new resources out there that do offer just that.
13 logiciels de e-learning open source Voici un panorama des logiciels libres et open source de e-learning. Mais avant de découvrir cette liste, un rappel des fonctionnalités attendues de ces systèmes d’apprentissage en ligne également appelés LMS (Learning Management System). Qu’est-ce que le e-learning ? Ces solutions s’adressent à des apprenants (les élèves) en leur mettant à disposition une pllate-forme d’apprentissage, des tuteurs ou animateurs, des contenus textuels ou multimédia didactiques, une stratégie pédagogique et tutorale et des activités de validation de connaissance (source Wikipédia). Elle répond aux besoins suivants : Cette plate-forme doit également supporter le format SCORM qui est une spécification permettant de créer des objets pédagogiques structurés. Comme vous le constaterez ce n’est pas le choix qui manque, voir il y a trop de choix, la force et la faiblesse de l’open source. Panorama des logiciels libres et open source d’e-learning Moodle Atutor Licence : GPL – Développé en : PHP/MySQL Claroline Dokeos
LMS is no longer the centre of the universe OK, so here’s the deal – if learning is work and work is learning, why is organizational learning controlled by a learning management systems (LMS) that isn’t connected to the work being done in the enterprise? Learning is no longer what you do before you go to work, never having to learn anything else in order to do your job. In the 21st century networked economy, learning and working are becoming one. As Robert Kelley showed over a 20 year study of knowledge workers, we need to keep learning in order to get our jobs done – “What percentage of the knowledge you need to do your job is stored in your own mind?” In a networked economy, social learning is how we get things done. The LMS framework is being challenged for its supremacy over organizational learning much as heliocentricity showed European civilization that we were not the centre of the galaxy.
Udutu | Online Collaborative Course Authoring Michael Nielsen on Networked Science La plate-forme d’intégration Talend prête pour le cloud et le big data L’éditeur français Talend livre aujourd’hui la cinquième version majeure de sa solution d’intégration. Le chemin parcouru a été important depuis la sortie de la première mouture de ce produit en 2006 : support de Java (v2), prise en charge de la qualité des données (v3) et gestion des données de référence (v4). Fabrice Bonan, cofondateur de Talend, fait le tour avec nous sur les nouveautés présentes dans cette v5, qui intègre un ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) et une solution de BPM (Business Process Management). « L’ESB est directement issu du rachat de l’Allemand Sopera, que nous avons réalisé en 2010. La solution de BPM est celle de BonitaSoft, adaptée et intégrée à notre produit », explique Fabrice Bonan. Une approche de bout en bout « L’intégration point à point ne suffit plus, constate Fabrice Bonan. Cette exposition des données et applications sous la forme de services correspond bien à la stratégie que la société nous avait présentée lors de l’Open World Forum 2011.
Why Pearson’s OpenClass Is a Big Deal The big buzz at EDUCAUSE last week was around OpenClass, Pearson’s new LMS entrant. Much hyped but only rarely glimpsed, speculation has been rampant about whether it is a big deal or just a gimmick. Because most people (including me) don’t have access to the product yet, the best source of information on it at the moment is Adrian Sannier, eCollege’s VP of Product. I had the good fortune to both listen to him give a presentation on OpenClass and chat with him about it one-on-one. In a previous post here on e-Literate, Phil Hill characterized OpenClass as potentially disruptive. The audacity of what Pearson is attempting should not be underestimated. Some Housekeeping Before we get to the heart of the matter, I need to dispose of a few issues up front. Second, hype. Then there’s the claim that Pearson is making about migration. And finally, there’s the question about whether OpenClass is a traditional LMS or a category breaker. How much does the hype matter? On the Nature of Disruption
8 Free and simple tools to create video tutorials for Teachers One of the important digital skills that the 21st century teachers should have is the ability to create video tutorials to share with students.I know some of you might freak out when it comes to putting your digital skills to the test thinking that you could never make it. I understand it because I know that the first thing that comes into your mind on hearing video tutorials are those sophisticated and pompous tutorials you see on Youtube from imedia companies and advertising corporations. Well, the kind of software used to create such tutorials cost a lot of money and requires specialits to work on them. For use in education, a tutorial can be just a simple video explaining a difficult concept or a methodical process that walk students through different steps and stages. There are several free tools to help you do that and you do not need any advanced technology skills to use them; all you need is a solid will and a committment to what you want to do. 1- Jing 2- Camstudio 4- Webinaria
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