Week 3 Comment on Colette Ishizaki's Blog Entry

Aimenjade

Colette,

I am also working on digital filmmaking in my action research. I have been well received not only by students, but staff as well. I have begun collaborating with other teachers and subjects creating short films within the school. It's truly been a great experience. I'm curious to see the stories created by your fifth grade students and how they differ from those made by my high school students!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:23 PM

Week 2-UDUTU

1. Aimee Cavazzi

2. My lesson will will involve art students in the 11th and 12th grade on a lesson in digital story telling.

3. This is from a lesson in Kathy Craven's class in May of 2010 called, Too Many Stories, modified in September, 2010.

4. After looking at the example of my digital story featuring their peers, students will learn about the basic principles of digital storytelling, ultimately creating digital stories of their own.

LMS-Week 2 Comment #2

Response to Eric Hanson's post on What to CMS/LMS cost?

Thanks for clarifying the sometimes hazy difference between CMS and LMS. I think where both of these systems are falling short, my guess is that is where learning content management systems or (LCMS) are starting to fill in. Well written and clear summary of the article.

LMS-Week 2 Comment #1

a copy of J.U's Blog entry

LMS - Week 2 Reading: What do CMS/LMS cost?

1 comments:

Aimee said...

The eye-catching blue background really drew me into your post as well as your last quote and question, "Is this really meeting the learner's needs?" Thank you so much for breaking this article down into Cliff note form, you really know your stuff!

Week 2-Cavazzi Aimee Training Professionals Gain Agility and Power from LCMS Technology

Many large corporations and agencies have invested in learning content management systems (LCMS) to train and educate their employees. Many of these buyers are mentioned in Bill Perry's article; the Canadian Air Force, the US Nuclear Power Industry, and the Challenger Corporation (has the largest online training library for clinical training) have implemented LCMS into their training repertoire.

Bill Perry describes some of the many benefits of LCMS, the most notable one being the personalization of the teaching modules used by trainees. The system records the training, tracks the progress, and allows for collaboration. It is also easy to maintain content as well as make quick adjustments to vast amounts of information and data. The content delivered is media rich, as well as ready on demand for learners. Managers and administrators boast of the decrease in training time, and money being saved on course development and training. According to, Internet Time Group, LCMS comes with built in authoring systems, which allow experts in the field to build content, bypassing the need for a programmers.

“Simply put, learning content management systems have enabled training departments to become a strategic weapon for employers.” (Perry, 2010) Training on a LCMS has become a powerful and effective way to keep track of training and keep employees on the cutting edge of current trends within their specific industries.

References:

Internet Time Group. (2009) Retreived on September, 11th, 2010 from http://www.internettime.com/Learning/lcms/

Perry, B. (2010) Retrieved on September, 11th, 2010 from http://www.astd.org/lc/2009/0309_perry.html

Wimba Session 3

The thorough review of CMS LMS and CLMS was helpful to my understanding of the acronyms. Hearing descriptions from classmates was also particularly helpful in fully grasping the sometimes-ambiguous differences between CMS and LMS, specifically in education. I’m also glad to hear the assignments (UDUTU) broken down and explained in detail. I’m less daunted by the assignment now.

WK 1 Project:LMO Overview

Week 1-Comment on Brian Cross's Post

Nice summary of the article Brian. I completely agree with the author’s opinion in that academic writing should be a standard for high school students in the upper grades. I remember feeling lost in my first year in college for that very reason.

LMS-WK1-blog entry-ReadingThe Future Of E-Learning Is More Growth

The Future Of E-Learning Is More Growth

E-Learning rapidly growing, especially in North America and more specifically, the United States. Research done be the Ambient Insight Group, has shown that E-Learning, "by dollar volume reached $27.1 Billion in 2009" it's forecast to double by 2014. (Nagel, 2010)

The largest area of growth seems to be taking place in the Prek-12 and in higher education sector. (Nagel, 2010) The Ambient Insight group reports that the USA is leading in e-learning in cyber charter schools and virtual schools. For example, there is only one virtual school in Canada, (as of 2009) as opposed to the 200,00 students enrolled in virtual schools in the US in 2009. (Nagel, 2010) Furthermore, there are only two charter schools in Canada in which neither if them offer online classes, as opposed to the US in which there are over 185,000 children currently enrolled in cyber charter schools. (Nagel, 2010)

For profit education programs are being heavily marketed toward busy adults. The current economic climate is fueling a demand for vocational and career programs. The prek-12 sector is fueled by state and local education dollars.

References

Nagel, D. (2010). The Future Of E-Learning Is More Growth. Retrieved on September 5, 2010 fromhttp://campustechnology.com/Articles/2010/03/03/The-Future-of-E-Learning-Is-More-Growth.aspx?Page=3

Week 1 Comment on Q'sFSOBlog-"What Is An LMS"

Thanks for breaking the definition of LMS into layman's terms! I suppose we all had a little taste of how to create a LMS in our Education Design and Evaluation class in month 4 when we had to break into groups and create education design modules. It truly was a learning experience to share files in google docs to create a cohesive site.

Wimba Session 2

Another thorough overview of the next four weeks. Thanks for explaining in depth what exactly a literature review is. I think my main problem in writing the lit review is trying to stay neutral. Your "talk show host" metaphor was particularly helpful. I'm also still a bit confused about the indentations question that a classmate brought up during the session. I would love to find the answer before Sunday!

Pre-Wimba Session 1

I'm looking forward to the month. I appreciated how we were walked through the syllabus in detail. The reading seems a bit daunting however, I'm always up for a challenge!