Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > Oops! Right you are, sir. Thank you for that correction. I must have gotten > my Quote Levels crossed somewhere. It's fixed now. > No worries. Just didn't want to steal credit for Josh's wonderful quote. -r- Welcome to the Inter

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Jack Moffett
Oops! Right you are, sir. Thank you for that correction. I must have gotten my Quote Levels crossed somewhere. It's fixed now. Best, Jack Jack—thanks for including me in your email signature, but I didn't say this. Josh Viney did. :) -r- Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedi

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > My goal is to build elegant products. > The products that don't make people think > when they should be doing, > make people think > when they should be learning, > compel them by relating to them, > and simply work. > >- Robert Hoekman, Jr. > Jack—thanks for including

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Itamar Medeiros
I'd have to agree with Joana: I've worked in several different distance learning platform (including heavy-weights like Blackboard), and -- so far -- moodle scores pretty high on cost-benefit. Check out some resources at: http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej30/m2.html { Itamar Medeiros } I

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Wiebe, Joanna
discuss Subject: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university Hi all, I could use some ideas of technical solutions that could be used to build a free online university. It's not that I want to choose the technology first, it's just that I would like to know my options. Fo

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-02 Thread Whitney Quesenbery
Have you looked MIT's Open Courseware or OpenLearn in the UK? -- Whitney Quesenbery www.wqusability.com Storytelling for User Experience Design www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/storytelling Welcome to the Interaction Design Association

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-01 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Szymon Blaszczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wiki is an idea. There are many implementations of this idea. What do > You think when You say "wiki"? MediaWiki > (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki)? > > MediaWiki is developed to support Wikipedia and for ma

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-01 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Yes, probably we do want to go the open source route. I started looking at Moodle a bit, and it shows much more promise than what we currently have. Now I've started looking at several such LMSs (Learning Management Systems) and LCMSs (Learning Content Management Systems) - thanks for the hint Jac

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-01 Thread Szymon Blaszczyk
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Sebi Tauciuc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I could use some ideas of technical solutions that could be used to build a > free online university. It's not that I want to choose the technology first, > it's just that I would like to know my options. Look a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-01 Thread Steven Webster
Disclosure ­ I work for Adobe Consulting. But you might want to check out Adobe Connect; http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/ More specifically, you might want to consider Acrobat Connect Pro for Virtual Classrooms, by taking a look at this URL: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatco

Re: [IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-01 Thread Jack Moffett
On Jun 1, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Sebi Tauciuc wrote: What about testing student's knowledge - any available solutions? Sebi, I'm no expert on the subject, but you should be looking into an LMS— Learning Management System. You'll probably want an authoring language, such as SCORM: http://en.wik

[IxDA Discuss] what could work to build a free online university

2008-06-01 Thread Sebi Tauciuc
Hi all, I could use some ideas of technical solutions that could be used to build a free online university. It's not that I want to choose the technology first, it's just that I would like to know my options. For example, I was thinking that one wiki might be used to create and manage each course?