It’s 9:45 p.m. and I have just submitted my first group assignment of ETEC 565A: 66B. For this assignment, I had the privilege to working with four peers Josh, Anna, Kirsten and Kari. We started off researching all of the LMSs described suggested in the assignment description; Connect, Moodle, WordPress, EdX.Edge and Eliademy. We each picked an LMS and became familiar with it. At first, our idea was to add a description of each LMS to our report, but we quickly realized that we did not have enough space to do so. Despite that, I did research EdX.Edge and Eliademy as I hadn’t heard of these LMSs before. I was excited to hear that there were more systems out there beyond the big names I had heard of. I found it exciting to learn about how consortium and cloud based models are available. I believe the landscape of LMSs is changing and it’s exciting to see new possibilities.

After we decided to focus our assignment on just one LMS, we decided to use framework Bates’s Section model to describe our selection process. Using an established framework allowed us to discuss our framework in a clear, organized manner.

We did have some challenges. There was so uncertainty about how we should be structuring our assignment. With LMS evaluations, a short report can easily become quite lengthy. So we struggled to define, and stick to our scope. I’m happy with the outcome, I hope my group members feel the same way.

The biggest take-way I have from this assignment, is to in the future, define the scope of our report clearly at the beginning and ensure that all members have bought into the idea.