{"id":2551,"date":"2009-09-25T22:21:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T06:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2009-09-26T15:08:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T23:08:37","slug":"desire2learn-%e2%80%9ccubed%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/2009\/09\/25\/desire2learn-%e2%80%9ccubed%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Desire2Learn \u201cCUBED\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to \u201cCUBE\u201d Desire2Learn as this is one of the learning management systems I have had experience using as an online teacher.\u00a0 Their corporate website may be found at http:\/\/www.desire2learn.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Face 1 \u2013 Market Focus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Public Schools (in particular, middle and secondary schools) and higher educational institutions.\u00a0 Alternatively, corporations, associations, healthcare and government agencies may find use in D2L products to training and educate their employees.<\/p>\n

Face 2 \u2013 Types of Offerings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Desire2Learn\u2019s (D2L) flagship product is its learning management system called the Desire2Learn Learning Environment.\u00a0 This is an educational infrastructure-type product.\u00a0 D2L\u2019s Learning Environment is a web-based system that allows administrator and instructor users to create, teach, deliver, and manage course content to potential student users.\u00a0 This extensive and complex platform includes systems such as grading, internal communication, and user database.<\/p>\n

D2L also offers other services including delivery, hosting, content, training and support.<\/p>\n

Face 3 \u2013 Who is the Buyer?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For public schools, the buyer is likely to be a school district as opposed to a single school itself.\u00a0 This is due to the relatively high cost of the system which would not make it feasible for a school to purchase it for its own use.\u00a0 Upper school board management or school district e-learning staff would likely make the purchasing decisions.<\/p>\n

For higher education institutions, since staff and student populations are generally larger than elementary or secondary schools (and therefore have greater budgets), individual faculties or the entire institution itself may choose to purchase D2L\u2019s learning management system to deliver or support its courses.<\/p>\n

Larger healthcare, corporations or government agencies, where there is a need to train and educate large numbers of staff members, may choose to use this learning management system for these purposes.<\/p>\n

Face 4 \u2013 Global Markets<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As internet access expands across the world, so too is the growth of online education.\u00a0 Public schools, higher educational institutions, corporations, healthcare, and government agencies around the globe, where internet access is widely available, are the target markets for D2L.<\/p>\n

Face 5 \u2013 Development of the Market<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

D2L\u2019s vision is to be a global leader in providing e-learning solutions to their clients.\u00a0 They have won a number of awards for technology innovation; however, these awards were presented by North American based associations and institutions.\u00a0 In order for D2L to meet their global market aspirations, greater computer and internet access in regions with restricted or poor availability needs to be realized.\u00a0 Though this may be beyond the scope of D2L\u2019s line of products and services, infiltrating these markets by providing products and solutions that meet their current technology capabilities may help to develop and expand D2L\u2019s global market.<\/p>\n

Face 6 \u2013 Learning Technology Competing with Other Forms of Learning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For various reasons, many educators who use traditional methods of teaching (e.g. chalkboard, paper and pencil exercises) may refuse to or be afraid to integrate technologies in their teaching practices.\u00a0 However, most would still agree that computer skills are a highly important component of a modern education, especially since these skills are transferable to many potential occupations.\u00a0 Encouragement through professional development, training, and follow up support are necessary to assist colleagues with technology use.<\/p>\n

D2L\u2019s Learning Environment could be used in conjunction with traditional teaching approaches following a blended learning model or be used to replace traditional classroom teaching and learning by placing courses completely online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decided to \u201cCUBE\u201d Desire2Learn as this is one of the learning management systems I have had experience using as an online teacher.\u00a0 Their corporate website may be found at http:\/\/www.desire2learn.com\/. Face 1 \u2013 Market Focus Public Schools (in particular, middle and secondary schools) and higher educational institutions.\u00a0 Alternatively, corporations, associations, healthcare and government agencies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,146],"tags":[563,5176],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mod03the-global-learning-technologies-marketplace","category-module-discussions","tag-m3","tag-pao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions\/2617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept09\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}