Week2-Project-Udutu-Setup

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

week2-CommentOnPost#2

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

Week2-CommentOnPost#1

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

Week2-Reading-CostOfLMSVsCMS

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

LMO-Week1-Project

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.

Week1-CommentOnPost#2

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

Week1-CommentOnPost#1

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