* Jonathan Sandoval <[email protected]> [2020-08-07 18:43]: > Thanks everyone for your kind suggestions. > > Techela-emacs seems really interesting as an emacs user myself, but I > cannot expect the other teachers to learn emacs to use it.
Sure I understand you don't agree and you will look into Moodle and Canvas. Let me just give few opinions. Learning Emacs basics is matter of 30 minutes, and every teacher should be able to learn just anything especially if preparing for the teaching program to teach other children, and if there is any software involved, teachers will take few days and learn how to use it and will collaborate with each other. Learning how to use basics of any particular software should not be more than 30 minutes. Moodle seem very simple made, it looks doable, but if I wish to compare it to Emacs, administrator would have to learn so much, just with any other software, yet teacher would need to learn so much less, and student would need to learn so much less. LMS system should be very very simple, so that there is no objection to the interface used, and interface should be usable from any device for the student, as it is all about receiving assignments and sending back the assignments or results, that is basic activity, it is basic communication between two parties. Interfaces could be CLI, mobile phone applications, mobile browsers, dedicated computer applications, including Emacs, anything. Background management can be done with any type of interface, dedicated, or Emacs, or browser, anything, all that is possible. There is no need to think in frames. Teachers can learn anything. I am speaking of situation that I have seen with my own eyes. Maybe teachers in third world countries would have difficulties, due to lack of computers, due to lack of general developments. Even they can learn how to use it. Do not expect neither teachers to know how to use a browser. Emacs is well self-documented, I did not see on browser that is self-documented enough, maybe Dillo, they are mostly not. I have seen a teacher who programmed all geometrical and mathematical lessons with computer, to teach children better. In my opinion, LMS should be just assignment giving and receiving software, yet what should be learned and how, should not be limited by the interface that is used for LMS. As teaching is not focused on the interface, it has no limits. For example limiting students to use browser only, or attempting to make every action of a student figurable or understandable through browser only is not point of teaching, as it is not widening the knowledge. Students should have liberties to use any tools that are suitable for learning. -- Thanks, Jean Louis _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
