LMS+Discussioin

Led by Kim Eke - UNC- CH

Donna Petherbridge - NCSU - moving to Moodle Frances Clerk - UNC-G Wes Emerson - UNC-G and A&T - on Blackboard Neal Caidin - Duke CIT - eLearning Roadmap group at Duke exploring a move Lenore Ramm - Duke CIT - LMS Task group - RTP group to provide documentation and assistance for P-20 institutions throughout the state and even provide some instances of LMS's for institutions, like Moodle. Margo Evrenidis - Duke CIT - Academic Tools perspective Scott Simkins - NC A&T - not looking at alternative yet Pam Wimbush - UNC-CH Blackboard and Sakai Support Kimberley McGee - Bb 8.0. not looking yet. Goal for the academic year to start discussion. Yvonne - Duke - http://elearning.duke.edu, talk in small groups with faculty and students

Scott - Part is technical features. But its all about learning. Whole basis of Moodle is social interaction. Tendency for most faculty to resist because it requires to change. LMS can be an agent of change.

Kim - Evaluating Sakai. Currently in Bb, 90% of the course sites use content and email primarily. Is the use worth the investment? There is a suite of tools built into Sakai including ePortfolio and course evaluation capabilities in addition to standard LMS and collaboration tools. Pilot started 20+ faculty. Now, it's been a challenge to keep up with Sakai growth. Can we have one place/interface to "get me into my applications"? For more information on the pilot, see http://www.unc.edu/sakaipilot/ The 74-page Final Report is available here: http://www.unc.edu/sakaipilot/blog/?p=54

Donna - greatest challenge is putting together a migration strategy. Prioritize which group to start with first. Vista to Moodle conversion available commercial but costs money. A lot of people using the pilot Moodle installation. Vista downtime over Winter may be impetus for others to move too. Have budget and staff to do this in the least painful way? Recorded Vista to Moodle on Mediasite.

Scott - what about sharing on Ning? Place to advertise for thing's like Lenore mentioned of the LMS Task Force, etc.

Kim - "You can do similar things with either [Sakai or Moodle]." There are multiple roles and permissions that can be tweaked. Highly flexible and customizable. You can provide a standard set of default setups for those people who just want to have a typical course site using a few tools, for example, while others who want to learn a bit more about what the software can do "under the hood" can have a more "souped up" site.

Donna - "same with Moodle". Might have one Mega- Moodle and then have 10% using Moodle for other things.

How to attract for training? - Lunch.

Yvonne - We've tried meetup style, if you find 5 people with interest in one of these things CIT will come. Discussion groups, location is key. Make it convenient. Department meeting, catch people at end.


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