These are really interesting - although Class Owl doesn't seem to let anyone in.
At UMass we have switched from Blackboard to Moodle (or are in the transition) - and although it isn't student-led, it allows professors to have students take a much more varied role (like leading a class - being "instructor" in specific settings). As you all know, Moodle is open-source (and Blackboard is basically the Haliburton if LMS) I'm going to play with CourseKit - it looks really interesting. The only thing I'd be concerned about is FERPA violations if the system can't integrate with the campus' system. I really like the idea but essentially the major holdback that I see from utilizing alternative systems is keeping students protected. Professors don't want to use a course management system unless they can post grades (which, unfortunately is one of the only reasons that students use the LMS systems unless forced to) and without a FERPA compliant system, this is problematic. Zach McDowell Doctoral Candidate Department of Communication University of Massachusetts Amherst On Apr 8, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Kevin Driscoll wrote: > Two student-lead course management projects recently came to my > attention via the Chronicle of Higher Ed: > > ClassOwl (Stanford) > http://www.classowl.com/ > > CourseKit (UPenn) > http://www.coursekit.com/ > > None express free culture principles explicitly but they point toward > a future in which students learn with student-maintained tools. Take a > look -- what do you think? > > Kevin > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
