Hi Joyce, A few random thoughts ...
- Going with an open source software solution will increase future flexibility and freedom of choice --- if you don't like the technology, its easier to change ;-) However, looking at the range of things you would like to do -- there are excellent open source solutions covering the full range of requirements to suite your needs. - Wiki's are a great technology for a wide range of applications --- the power to innovate is in the hands of the user. So be sure to have a wiki somewhere in the solution mix. -- On that note, WikiEducator is free both in terms of cost and freedom of speech. So you are free to use WikiEducator :-D. In addition we provide free training support for educators -- at least one free workshop every month. We're a friendly bunch of educators form around the world and WE would love to help and support colleagues at Empire state. - Don't fall into the "Leatherman trap" --- That is a technology that attempts to be all things to all people. You end up with a device that has every conceivable tool, but none of the tools really do what you want them to do because they weren't designed for the job. - Technology will change -- there was life before Google, and Wikipedia. Therefore it's plausible to assume that there will be life after Google and Wikipedia. In short, community is more important than technology and learning to deal with technological change is an important life skill in a connected world. We'd be happy to share thoughts and ideas from our experiences if that's any help for your team @ Empire State. Education is about sharing knowledge freely --- that's what WE do! Cheers Wayne On 12 February 2010 04:28, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks. Some colleagues and I at SUNY/Empire State College are > interested in a platform that does the following inexpensively or free. We > thought that perhaps someone out there might have some suggestions...it > would be especially good if this could hook in well to wikieducator as we > want to eventually share our resources. > > 1. Easy navigation (e.g. no multi-level clicking to get to content) > 2. Easy drop-in and drop-out so students can take part in the learning > when they have time. > 3. multiple learning projects to take place at once, and be started > whenever the interest arises > 4. transfer to an e-portfolio > 5. robust, intuitive discussion spaces > 6. some sort of archiving function so that a student's work over a certain > period can be reviewed for PLA credit > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. Board of Directors, OER Foundation. Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org Mobile +64 21 2436 380 User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg Skype: WGMNZ1 Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
