Based on the situation, I would suggest that Beno\u00eet asks himself which of the two platforms will adapt the best to his needs and those of his students?<\/p>\n
In reality this is a very loaded question, for it encompasses many smaller questions.\u00a0\u00a0 It also requires Beno\u00eet to sit down, consider and reflect upon his context, needs, options and ultimately what he desires to get out of the LMS platform.\u00a0 It also might guide him through a reflection similar to the one create by (Bates, 2014) framework SECTIONS.\u00a0 If Beno\u00eet fails to ask himself such a question and participate in the necessary reflection, the technology might not be used by the students and therefore the online format of the course will have much difficult to launch off the ground.<\/p>\n
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Total time to prepare the online course \u2013 12-15 weeks (at least)<\/p>\n
Regardless of the selected LMS, rethinking and adjusting his course will take time (approximately 5-6 weeks).\u00a0 \u00a0Although Beno\u00eet has created online material for his business writing class, this was designed to help support a face-to-face learning environment.\u00a0 Beno\u00eet will need to carefully consider how he will construct his class, which media to use and how to properly incorporate student collaboration and participation.\u00a0 The course will need to be redesigned in accordance to the needs of this entirely online context.\u00a0 As Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2002) states to ensure effective use of technology involves many decisions from the art of the instructor and teacher environment.<\/p>\n
I believe that the time it would take him to truly establish a course would depend on which platform he chooses to use.\u00a0 BlackboardLearn, as it has templates and therefore might be faster to set up.\u00a0 Also I would assume that it might be easier to transfer the data from WebCT vista to Blackboard.\u00a0 Based on his already existing bias regarding Blackboard, it is very possible that the actual implementation of the on-line course might be more time consuming\/frustrating due to his opinion.\u00a0 According to Puckett (2013) the manner educational technology is viewed affects its implementation in the classroom (Puckett, 2013). I would grant about 4 weeks to fully familiarize yourself with the product and assess each of the components to your needs. This number comes from the suggested Moodle MOOC for new users that lasts 4 weeks and requires about 3-4 hours a week.\u00a0 \u00a0Uploading the material and designing the LMS as desired could take an additional 2-3 weeks.\u00a0 Beno\u00eet will also need to troubleshoot the entire system as well.<\/p>\n
In reality it will take a long time to properly design, select and implement the new-course.\u00a0 The time that Beno\u00eet will give to the creation of his site, the more the students and himself will benefit from the on-line course.<\/p>\n
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References:<\/p>\n
Bates, T. (2014). Teaching in a digital age. Open Textbook.<\/p>\n
Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., & Cocking, R. R. (2002). How people learn: Washington, DC: National Academy Press.<\/p>\n
Puckett, R. (2013). Educational Technology and Its Effective Use. i-Manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 10<\/em>(3), 6.<\/p>\n https:\/\/learn.moodle.net\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on the situation, I would suggest that Beno\u00eet asks himself which of the two platforms will adapt the best to his needs and those of his students? In reality this is a very loaded question, for it encompasses many smaller questions.\u00a0\u00a0 It also requires Beno\u00eet to sit down, consider and reflect upon his context, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1455707],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cs1-oak-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1552,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/1552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ldash2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}