Posted in ETEC 565 on Jun 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Unlike last week, this week’s work with Moodle’s assessment tool proved to be time-consuming and frustrating. While some features in Moodle’s quiz function are easy to use and can potentially save an instructor’s time, there are also significant shortcomings in the quiz function. For starters, I would definitely NOT recommend using this feature to have […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 3 on Jun 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication In choosing my communication tools for my LMS course site, I strive to use tools that are i) simple to use, and ii) offer significant pedagogical value to the course. From scholarly literature and my personal experience taking various online courses, I have settled into using “forum” and “chat” as my […]
Posted in ETEC 565 on Jun 20th, 2009 No Comments »
My reflections on communication tools have now been posted. You can click on the following link to take a look. As always, I appreciate your feedback, any feedback. Ed’s Reflections on Communication Tools
Posted in ETEC 565 on Jun 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Proposal for: Mr. Chris Kelly, Superintendent, Vancouver Board of Education (SD# 39) From: Ed Leung, Science Department Head, Counsellor, Templeton Secondary School Re: Recommendation for the Implementation of a Learning Management System (LMS) for Templeton Secondary School Rationale for the Proposal: Within the mission statement of Vancouver Board of Education (formerly Vancouver School Board) is […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 3 on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Some Easy Parameters for Trinh From reading the description of Trinh’s challenges, and having felt that disconnectedness in taking an online course, I think there are a couple of relative simple solutions for Trinh: E-mail: Because Trinh is delivering her museumology course via Vista, and Vista offers a “mail” feature for instructors, all Trinh needs […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 3 on Jun 10th, 2009 No Comments »
My Four Prongs of Learning Anderson’s article describes four different attributes in learning. According to him, “good” learning occurs when the learning is learner-, knowledge-, assessment-, and community-centered. In my experience taking online courses both at the undergraduate and now at the graduate level, I notice that it is difficult for any particular course to […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on Jun 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Costs that Anju Need Not Pay While there is no doubt that the creation of an informational DVD would allow Anju’s customers to have easy access to the resources Anju wants to present to them, the cost that Anju needs to incur upon her will be a continuous one, and is not necessarily sustainable. While […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on May 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Resources and Support are Keys to Success In reading Lenora’s scenario, I feel it would be advantageous for her to first research on the costs that she would need to incur to run a website, and the amount of support she will receive to maintain the website before she decides if establishing a website is […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on May 24th, 2009 No Comments »
A One-Term Course Requires One Term to Develop… At Least While I have never designed a course online or face-to-face, I have tried to prepare the teaching materials for a course I have never taught before. From that experience, I would say that, for each week of lessons (two or three lessons at 80 minutes […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 2 on May 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Benoît and LMS “How might Benoît go about deciding whether to go with Moodle or WebCT/Vista? What questions might he ask himself?” The most pressing question Benoît must ask himself when choosing a LMS is, “How much technical support would I receive when I choose a specific LMS?” As an educator, Benoît is responsible mostly […]