Week4-FutureProject

There is a lot of different research out there that talks about the future of LMS/CMSs. Based on my opinions alone what I think LMS/CMSs are missing holodecks like what you we use to see on Star Trek. Granted this something we will not see in the near future but I sure wish it were.

Image courtesy of Paramount Television

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Here are my comments on Collette's blog

A small excerpt:

"My Udutu lesson is on the Frog Life Cycle and it is geared towards lower elementary. In all honesty, at first I was not excited about using the Udutu because the format was foreign and challenging..."

My comments:

'Q' - AKA Nathaniel said...

Collette,

Nice work on your Udutu project. For not liking the application you did a wonderful job. I do understand not liking the application. In the begging I struggled with the user interface as well.

Overall the application can be advantageous for trainers and teachers. Maybe some assignment could be created as homework and then accessed from home or some other computer they access to.

September 26, 2010 6:03 PM

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Here are my comments from Monkia's blog post about Udutu.

Excerpt from her post:

Week 4_Final Project

The beginning of my experience with udutu was nothing but negative. Being used to many complicated programs that can allow many tasks at once, with customization at the fingertips, I was nothing but disappointed. The videos did not load (there is no loading bar to show progress). I had to have live consultation with my classmates. I discovered that they also struggled with many issues I had and were willing to share many great tips with me.

My comments:

'Q'

Nice job on the Udutu project Monika.

I think it turned out great. I am glad that for the most part it was a pleasant experience vs a completely negative one. I do get your point about the progress bar and having a better user interface. Compared to most applications produce by Adobe Udutu has a lot to be desired.

Maybe someday in the future you can work with a different content creator application that is more intuitive.

Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 05:12 PM

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Here is are my comments on Laura's Udutu blog post.

Here is a short excerpt as to what she posted.

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The UDUTU was not difficult to use but the media controls leave a lot to be desired. My project, a software tutorial created in Captivate 2.0, only publishes to a .swf file.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Here are my comments on the post:

Laura,

I feel your pain. The user interface for Udutu has a lot to be desired. Why is it if I want to delete a slide I have to type the word DELETE all caps a second time. Just give me a confirmation window asking if I am sure I want to delete.

I also understand your issues with the video. It would be nice if Udutu had a progress window letting the user know how long the upload will take.

For a free application that is web based I shouldn't complain too much. Your lesson turned out great overall. It was a nice demonstration of what the application is capable of. Maybe at some point you can can figure out the video issue so the lesson could be used. But I get that you want to avoid anything that is onerous.

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This week we were to work on the Udutu project that was proposed in week 2. I found Udutu to be a great authoring tool that has some good templates to get a course designer started. The navigation and instructions could use some more development. Like a progress bar letting me know my media files are being uploaded and how much longer it will take. It would also be be nice not to have to type the word delete in all caps when I want to delete a page in the lesson I am creating. However for a free tool I think this works well and I really don't have a lot of issue with it.

Check out the lesson I create and see what you think of this tools. Feel free to leave a comment or two and tell me what you think of the lesson or letting me know your thoughts on Udutu.

This lesson was the first video I created for my AR project out of 3. I chopped up the video and put them on different slides. I included some interactive buttons for the learners as well to go with the videos. In addition I added an assessment at the end of the lesson to check the learns understanding.

Lesson:

PM Basics - Defining a project and project management

Thanks,

'Q'

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Here are my comments on Monika's post this week.

The link below will take you to the post.

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Tools of the trade and Authoring Tools

Here are my comments:

'Q'

Monika,

Thank you for the wonderful summary. I agree it is good to know the different options we have as content creators when it comes to working with publishing platforms for learning. It was too bad that we got even more acronyms to learn. At times, it feels like we are working with the Government.

Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 12:53 AM

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My comments on Collette's post:

Here is a link to here post...

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Here are my comments:

'Q' - AKA Nathaniel said...

Nice work on summing it all up Collette. You did a fine job of giving examples of possibilities for CMS's. I too think this is great stuff and can assist us as facilitators to help people learn. What I did find interesting is how the reading has so many different directions, which makes it very exciting.

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(Image of AXIOM, from the movie Wall-E by Disney Pictures)

In this weeks reading I decided to take a look at what the future may hold for LMS/CMS. The great part about this is we can speculate all we want. There are some great things to come based on the readings and some of the trends that researchers are looking.

These trends include Web 2.0, mobile learning and the expansion of distance learning. Web 2.0 has definitely grown and gotten better as we have been learning in this EMDT program. This blog is one example of Web 2.0 technologies. Blogs can be used to educate people and can also be used to share refections based on readings. With the growth of mobile technology and having hand held devices learning complex ideas can become even more ubiquitous. Learning happens everyday, it can happen anytime and anywhere. However the use of technology can make it easier to learn in a verity of ways. The idea of mobile technology will just assist with the expansion of distance learning. It is an exciting time.

I do have a fear as to how dependent we become on technology to learn. Technology is just a tool and interactions with other humans is vital. I hope the future does not turn out like it did for all the humans on the AXIOM ship in the movie Wall-E. All they did was stair at screens with no real interactions, that can't be good for the human spirit, right!

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Below you will find a short description of my Udutu project proposal.

1. Quintana, Nathaniel

2. Prior Project: PM Basics

3. This is from my AR research that I created in May 2010 (lesson 1 and 2 from the URL below)

4. I decided to go with Self Directed Learning scenario. It fit the material best as the lessons present some topics. I will be able to take the two different videos I created and break them up in to smaller bite size chunks. Allowing me to present the topic and then assess the learner at the end.

5. http://sites.google.com/site/fsoarprojectpm/home/pm-lessons/introductions

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From Abby's blog post on week 2's reading:

SCORM stands for Sharable Content Object Reference Model. It was created to fix a couple basic flaws were found in LMS and web based learning systems. The first flaw was that many web-based programs do not really provide a great environment or system for learning. They are limited in what they can accomplish and they depth of instruction that they can achieve. The second is after content was designed it was generally not transferable between systems or even sometimes when systems were updated. SCORM allows content that has been designed as SCORM compatible to be used in a wide variety of different systems.

My comments:

Abby,

Thanks for sharing the basics with us. As government consultant I totally appreciate the fact that SCORM is in place. There are several times a year I have to take on-line training and the idea of having SCORM as a standard is very helpful when it comes to making the training consistent and reliable.

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 01:15 PM

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Image courtesy of Eric Hanson's blog post

From Eric Hanson's post on this weeks reading

"The articles presented in the “Wk2 Reading Activity 8 – What do CMS/LMS cost” provides information about the differences between a course management system (CMS) and learning management systems (LMS) and also some insight about the cost of implementing e-learning systems."

My Comments:

'Q' - AKA Nathaniel said...

Eric,

It is interesting to see the way we looked at the same articles. You did a a great job summarizing them. I think I took a different approach and tried to share what I got out of the reading. I think you did a better job than I did of capturing the true essence of the reading. Nice work.

September 11, 2010 10:46 AM

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This weeks reading - The cost of an LMS VS. CMS

As outlined in some of the reading and the mind map from last week it was outlined that an LMS is a Learning Management System and a CMS is a Course Management System. LMSs are used primarily in corporate organizations while CMS were developed and are used in academic environments (i.e. universities and high schools).

Based on this weeks reading these systems can cost a lot of money it all depends on the approach you take. Plus money is relative, for a small school district in rural Colorado $100,000.00 could be the entire budget for one school while in a more populated area that same amount of money could be one department budget. The same goes for business world $500,000.00 could be the entire annual operating budget for a small company while the same amount could be the monthly budget for the janitorial department of a larger company.

Bottom-line of the articles read this week is, do your homework. First make the decision if you are going to buy or build. Part of that decision process includes an full cost analysis. As part of the cost analysis be sure to look not only the cost of implementation, but also the cost of maintenance. In the article "Measuring the Total Cost of e-Learning" Kevin Kruse outlines a five step process of completing a thorough cost analysis. The five step process includes a review of, development, implementation and maintenance costs.

References

http://www.e-learningguru.com/articles/art5_2.htm

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Below you will find a video I put together to try and explain all the different acroynms related to the Virtual Learning Environment or better know as On-Line Learning.

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Please find below the comment I made on Eric's blog.

Eric,

Thank you for sharing the history of VLE. It worked in your APA format. However I think I would have enjoyed the post much more if you were able to summarize it using your first person voice. Nice work on taking use though the history to present day. I'm with Collette it is an amazing time we are in and the quick turn around. I appreciate your insight as well.

Reference:

http://cerichanson.blogspot.com/2010/09/lms-week-1-reading.html

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Please find below the post I made on Jeinine's Blog.

Nice work on summing it all up Jeinine. I like how you decided to include a list of tips for newcomers. I also believe this would be a great article for business professionals to read.

September 2, 2010 7:56 PM

Reference:

http://jeinine-jusblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/week-1-reading-process-and-purpose.html