11.1 Learning Environments
There are a number of online learning environments . Blackboard, eUniversity, and Desire to Learn (the MD DOEd platform) are just a few. Most are for a fee. In Maryland, Blackboard and D2L are most often used by local school systems. Some FREE sites are TeacherWeb, Teach-nology, Google Page Creator, Moodle & OLMS. While TeacherWeb and Teach-nology are limited in scope (more like a teacher webpage development) it is close to "no instructions needed". Moodle is the up and coming LMS Open Source with full capacity. Download is needed.
First, explore several of the LMS you are not familiar with-then, thinking about learning management systems (LMS) you have explored (like your Blackboard course) respond to the following:
- How could these resources (LMS) or this type of experience (learning through a LMS) be used in a K-12 setting? College/university setting? Professional development setting?
- Think about the sites in terms of ease of use/simplicity versus features and how this could target a specific audience. In addition, what about access issues?
Next, create your own resources for the class to see using either Teach-nology, Google page creator, or Teacher Web (3-5 pages minimum). Post your link in this discussion thread so the rest of the class can see and discuss.
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