edu 2.0: welcome to the future of education
August 31, 2007
This is going somewhere interesting. I don’t think I would put my eggs in this basket, but it’s going to push the development of the places I would (do) put my eggs. (and helps reduce the prices)
A totally free courseware or learning management system that seems to be heading in the right direction. Considering what Blackboard charges and what they deliver this becomes very, very attractive. We don’t use Blackboard, but we priced them and testing it heavily for a couple of months. We also looked at WebCT which was acquired by Bb over a year ago. Along with a few other names you might or might not recognize. I kept looking for someone who was taking online course ware and putting a Google spin on it. Simple, streamlined, highly functional to total online courses (Bb and others have stopped short of total online course management, they got stuck in the hybrid/traditional approach) and affordable. We went with Comcourse, and I feel like we found all of these things with them. (Ok, so that’s where my eggs are.)
Maybe more companies like this will pop-up and help push the technology to really help learning and the management of learning. There is value in actually paying for your courseware, like tech support and customization.
…Hmm, it’s late, my brain is fried. I’m done. Sorry.
