Comments on: Selecting OS learning technology platforms http://www.jarche.com/2009/01/selecting-os-learning-technology-platforms/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Jarche http://www.jarche.com/2009/01/selecting-os-learning-technology-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-186568 Harold Jarche Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:52:59 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2113#comment-186568 I don't dismiss Moodle, Bill, I have just found the structure to be focused on the course. A prime differentiator of Elgg is that it centres on the person. A course is just a node in Elgg and not a space that you have to enter. Some comments about Moodle (2008) are here: http://www.jarche.com/2008/01/review-moodle-teaching-techniques/ I would define "course" as something constrained by content/curriculum. Most of my practice is in workplace learning. I find the course too constraining and find that performance support tools, expertise locators, communities of practice and collaborative applications more appropriate for learning at work. I don’t dismiss Moodle, Bill, I have just found the structure to be focused on the course. A prime differentiator of Elgg is that it centres on the person. A course is just a node in Elgg and not a space that you have to enter. Some comments about Moodle (2008) are here:

http://www.jarche.com/2008/01/review-moodle-teaching-techniques/

I would define “course” as something constrained by content/curriculum.

Most of my practice is in workplace learning. I find the course too constraining and find that performance support tools, expertise locators, communities of practice and collaborative applications more appropriate for learning at work.

]]> By: Bill Brantley http://www.jarche.com/2009/01/selecting-os-learning-technology-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-186567 Bill Brantley Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:39:32 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=2113#comment-186567 An observation and two questions: 1) I believe you dismiss Moodle too quickly. You can set it up either by topic, chronologically, or as a set of forums. It was this last configuration that I used to create a community of practice for a Ohio state agency. So, Moodle doesn't have to follow the traditional course structure. 2) How do you define "course"? 3) What are the informal learning alternatives to the traditional course that you feel are better? An observation and two questions:

1) I believe you dismiss Moodle too quickly. You can set it up either by topic, chronologically, or as a set of forums. It was this last configuration that I used to create a community of practice for a Ohio state agency. So, Moodle doesn’t have to follow the traditional course structure.

2) How do you define “course”?

3) What are the informal learning alternatives to the traditional course that you feel are better?

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