Talk:E-learning
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I'm splitting the entries for Claroline and Dokeos. The situation is unclear now, but it appears there will be a code split: Dokeos from the original creator, and Claroline from the university where it was first developed. The user community has yet to make a choice about what to support. roan 08:23, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Are there as well Java and/or Perl based open source e-learning platforms? --Hirzel
Yes there is a Java one. I will add the link... roan
One concern about e-learning is it seems often to be mainly about delivery and distribution, some drill and practice style testing, with occasional emphasis on explanation. There is little about learning, and attempting to get students motivated.
CD-ROM resources are also very good, though may be limited. But having a CD-ROM is not the same as using it. When did you last use your CD of Encarta, or Britannica, or the OED etc?
It is great to have on-line resources for people who are motivated, but very many people are not in that category. It is also useful to have resources for people who are in remote areas. A great deal of money and effort may be wasted in so-called e-learning initiatives, since multimedia etc and use of video, are possibly considerably more expensive to produce than simply delivering conventional notes and lectures.
You can bring water to the people, but you can't make them drink. Discuss!
David Martland 08:23 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)
E-learning
The Article posted on E-learning is perfect.But what i feel missing are some sample examples. Like when you hyperling "metadata" we should show examples of metadata and keywords.
Great work man...
Comment on Open source
The assertion that Open Source LMSes lack technical support is simply not true. Take Moodle for example. There, you have two alternatives;
1. www.moodle.org - A forum where questions are quickly answered (there are about 30 posts per day to the forum)
2. www.moodle.com where a person can hire someone for the purpose of support.
It's a common misconception, perhaps deliberatly propigated by vendors of proprietary systems, that open source systems are unsupported. Having created eLearning and worked with Moodle, I can tell you that the opposite is true. With closed source systems you can very easily get tied to a single vendor. If they can't solve your problem on your timeline, you're stuck. The most popular open source systems typically have multiple sources of support both for free and for a price, with errors being patched and posted by the most proficient users for others to benefit from.
I'd make the change to the wiki page myself, but I'm very new to this and I don't want to mess anything up.