Comments on: Out of Print: Building a Digital Environment for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship http://bavatuesdays.com/out-of-print-building-a-digital-environment-for-teaching-learning-and-scholarship/ a "b" blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://bavatuesdays.com/out-of-print-building-a-digital-environment-for-teaching-learning-and-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-76314 James Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:54:48 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1803#comment-76314 I think these are very important discussions to have, but the question to me is always, "how do we do it?" I'm not on the curriculum side, but do user experience work and large web project management at BCIT. I think the notion of open systems could actually be expanded to include the instructional and other sides (like, gulp, marketing), and make re-use of certain objects and assets all the more powerful. I can tell you, though, as I'm also an MA student in learning and technology, a lot of folks who claim to have a grasp on how to move in this direction, really don't have a clue. It's more about lame labels with "2.0" attached to them, as opposed to real thought leadership. I also think that something which is almost lost in the literature and discussions on remixing open content and social applications for educational purposes is how the UI design impacts the learner experience and outcomes. There's a real consideration of the visual and interaction design that's absolutely missing from a lot of learning platforms. I think these are very important discussions to have, but the question to me is always, “how do we do it?” I’m not on the curriculum side, but do user experience work and large web project management at BCIT.

I think the notion of open systems could actually be expanded to include the instructional and other sides (like, gulp, marketing), and make re-use of certain objects and assets all the more powerful.

I can tell you, though, as I’m also an MA student in learning and technology, a lot of folks who claim to have a grasp on how to move in this direction, really don’t have a clue. It’s more about lame labels with “2.0″ attached to them, as opposed to real thought leadership.

I also think that something which is almost lost in the literature and discussions on remixing open content and social applications for educational purposes is how the UI design impacts the learner experience and outcomes.

There’s a real consideration of the visual and interaction design that’s absolutely missing from a lot of learning platforms.

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