Notes for Jan. 26

PLN/Netvibes

Issues with using the internet at school

  • Inappropriate materials
  • Safety/privacy
  • Fraud
  • Viruses/hacking
  • Copyright/plagiarism
  • The Teach Act

What are ways to deal with these issues?  How do you think they might come up in your own field?

Course Management articles:

  • Integration issues–connecting to external resources
  • “He envisions a future where there is a series of core services that work together but are not necessarily wrapped into a single software program.”
  • Interoperability
  • Patent/Lawsuit update–Monopoly?
  • The neutrality or not of technology–gun analogy
  • Adoption of technology as a top-down directive
  • Being led by the interface–both good and bad
  • Pedagogy first!

Quality Matters & Blackboard Exemplary Course Rubric

Looking at some systems:

Try to follow the rubrics to begin creating a course in Moodle.  We’ll be looking at other tools tomorrow.

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