Daily Bookmarks 10/29/2009

• Comprehensive List of Free Online Classes and Online Courses

  Lots of open courseware classes from different universities, sorted by subject. Nice to have an aggregated list from the various sources

  tags: e-learning, education, openaccess, free, highered

• Volunteer Opportunity to Build Your eLearning Portfolio | onehundredfortywords

  Info on an organization looking for volunteer instructional designers/developers to create content for job seekers. They are OK with content being used in a portfolio, so this is a good place to gain some experience and get something to show for a portfolio.

  tags: e-learning, portfolio, career, instructionaldesign

• Sakai Pilot Evaluation Final Report

  UNC report on their pilot of Sakai as a replacement for Blackboard. Quote from a faculty member in the report: “Have heard many complaints about Blackboard being kludgy. Sakai is graceful.”

  The minimal support needed is a good sign of Sakai’s overall usability: “First, of the more than 1,000 people using a completely new collaborative learning environment for almost a full year period, we had a total of 264 tickets—the vast majority of which (74%) were for requests to use the system (new sites
  and new user accounts)…In summary, from a support perspective, 54 substantive help requests on behalf of more than 1,000 pilot participants over a nearly one-year period was a very positive finding.”

  tags: e-learning, highered, education, sakai, lms, blackboard, usability

• The eLearning Coach » Blog Archive » User Interface Design For eLearning – Updated

  Tips and simple examples for user interface design. The elevator example is perhaps not the best metaphor for structuring learning, but the concept is good.

  tags: e-learning, usability, design, instructionaldesign

 

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