2-Year Colleges Take the Lead in eLearning

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2585&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Keynote Slides from WABUG (NWeLC) 2007

Great information:

http://www.slideshare.net/cgreen/northwest-elearning-community-conference-keynote-1007/

Primer for Creating a Class in Moodle

http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/50727/

Open Courseware

Browse free online courses.  http://openocw.org/

Washington State Course Management Review Update

Here is an update about the Course Management Review from the Distance Learning Council meeting.

• Everyone is concerned about cost and vendor responsiveness
• Two-part strategy
  • Decision support tool
  • Develop RFP specific to certain elements
    • Consortium
    • Single colleges
    • College groups
  • “Pick from” list document as deliverable

• Requirements
  • Creating list of features for RFP
  • Will send RFP to vendors late August/early September

• White Papers/Decision Tools
  • CMS decision criteria
  • CMS costs
  • Hosting strategies
  • Visioning studies

• Open Source Evaluation
• Also looking at open source CMS but they don’t respond to RFPs
  • Can look at companies that provide support for open source
    • Could get RFP from them

New Technology for Remotely Proctoring Exams

I saw the prototype a few years ago at the League’s Conference on Information Technology.  It has changed quite a bit.

David Kopf, “Securexam ‘Cheat-Proofs’ Remote Test Taking,” Campus Technology, 6/13/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=48524

NYU Puts Textbooks Online

Linda L Briggs, “NYU College of Dentistry Takes Textbooks Online,” Campus Technology, 6/13/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=48557

Net Generation Learners

Very interesting article on the “Net Generation”.  You will need to create a free account to access the article, but it is worth it.

http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=368

Angel Learning’s Island in Second Life

David Nagel, “Preview: Angel Learning Island on Second Life,” Campus Technology, 4/17/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=46809