eLearning and LMS Archives - Blog of Jason Shin Just another Jason site Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://blog.jasonshin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-favicon-blog-32x32.jpg eLearning and LMS Archives - Blog of Jason Shin 32 32 하버드와 MIT의 온라인 교육 https://blog.jasonshin.com/%ed%95%98%eb%b2%84%eb%93%9c%ec%99%80-mit%ec%9d%98-%ec%98%a8%eb%9d%bc%ec%9d%b8-%ea%b5%90%ec%9c%a1/ https://blog.jasonshin.com/%ed%95%98%eb%b2%84%eb%93%9c%ec%99%80-mit%ec%9d%98-%ec%98%a8%eb%9d%bc%ec%9d%b8-%ea%b5%90%ec%9c%a1/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:00:33 +0000 http://jasonshin.com/wordpress/?p=1613 뉴욕 타임즈 칼럼리스트 데이비드 브룩스 씨는 온라인 고등교육은 우려가 있지만 긍정적인 면이 훨씬 많다고 주장한 칼럼을 썼습니다. 하버드와 MIT 가 공동으로 무료 온라인 오픈교육을 하겠다고 발표한 데 따른 칼럼입니다. 데이비드 브룩스 씨는 온라인 교육은 1989년 유니버시티 어브 피닉스가 시작해서 2007년에 4백 만 명의 대학생이 적어도 한 강좌를 들었을 정도로 평이해지고 있지만 하버드와 MIT 의 공동 […]

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]]> 뉴욕 타임즈 칼럼리스트 데이비드 브룩스 씨는 온라인 고등교육은 우려가 있지만 긍정적인 면이 훨씬 많다고 주장한 칼럼을 썼습니다. 하버드와 MIT 가 공동으로 무료 온라인 오픈교육을 하겠다고 발표한 데 따른 칼럼입니다.

데이비드 브룩스 씨는 온라인 교육은 1989년 유니버시티 어브 피닉스가 시작해서 2007년에 4백 만 명의 대학생이 적어도 한 강좌를 들었을 정도로 평이해지고 있지만 하버드와 MIT 의 공동 무료교육은 온라인교육의 쓰나미가 될 것이라고 예상했습니다.

지난 몇 개월 동안 분위기가크 게 바뀌어 엘리트 대학들이 많은 온라인 강의를 열었으며 이제는 흥미있는 경험차원을 넘어 대학교육의 핵심이 되어간다고 지적합니다.

스탠포드 대학교수 두 명이 회사를차려 스탠포드와 미시건, 펜실베니아, 프린스턴 대학에서 온라인 강의를 하도록 했고 예일이나 카네기 멜룬 등 그 밖의 엘리트 대학들도 온라인 강의에 최근 주력한다고 전했습니다. 잡지나 신문에서 일어나는 일이 고등교육으로 건너갔다고 했습니다.

대학의 교육은 얼굴을 맞대고 하는 게 핵심인데 온라인은 그 핵심이 빠진다는 우려가 강하지만 그 같은 우려보다는 긍정적인 면이 많다고 지적합니다. 비지니스나 사회적인 과목은 온라인으로 체계화 하기가 힘들다는 지적도 있지만 역시 긍정적인 면이 많을 것이라고 주장했습니다.

만일 몇 명의 스타 교수가 수백 만 명에게 강의할 수 있다면 나머지 교수들은 어떻게 할 것인가?
랩탑에 몇 시간이나 붙어있기 힘든 학생은 어떻게 할 것인가?
학생과 교수 사이의 제스추어나 무드, 눈의 마주침 등의 커뮤니케이션은 어떻게 할 것인가?

그 같은 우려도 맞지만 긍정적인 면이 더 많을 것이라고 강조합니다.
온라인 교육은 수많은 학생들에게 최고 교수의 강의를 경험하게 하고, 이미 스탠포드나 브리그햄 영 대학 등에서 이뤄지고 있다고 했습니다.

미국대학의 영향력을 세계에 더 많이 미칠 수도 있다고 했습니다.
인도의 경우 앞으로 십 년 동안 수많은 대학을 설립할 예정인데 미국대학의 커리큘럼을 받아갈 수 있다는 가정입니다. 온라인 교육은 학생 개개인의 학습속도와 능력에 따라 조절할 수도 있다고 했습니다.

가장 중요하고 역설적인 것은 온라인 고등교육의 미래는 ‘뇌’는 컴퓨터가 아니라는 사실’이라고 지적합니다. 사람은 데이타를 저장하는 텅 빈 하드 드라이브가 아니여서 온라인 정보를 다시 읽고 생각하면서 분석한 뒤에 토론이나 논문에서 배우는 것처럼 배우게 된다고 했습니다. 현재 대학 캠퍼스의 강의실에서도 가정 중요하다는 사람과 사람의 접촉은 이미 사라져간다고 했습니다.

데이비드 브룩스 씨는 온라인 교육은 지식을 상품으로 만들어 싼 값에 세계화한다고 정의했습니다.
웹에서 커뮤니케이션을 어떻게 하느냐는 대학이 초점을 맞춰 연구할 일이라고 했습니다.
‘온라인 정보를 얼굴을 맞대고 하는 토론이나 코칭 ,쓰기, 프로젝트로 연결하는가?’ 등의 이슈입니다.

온라인은 초기에 우려가 많았지만 미디아와 다른 분야에서는 자리를 잡고 있으며 지금은 온라인을 하느냐 하지 않느냐의 차원이 아니라 콸러티, 질의 싸움이라고 기시킵니다. 미국 최고의 대학은 온라인 교육을 확립해 나가야 한다고 주장합니다.

데이비드 브룩스 씨는 자신의 생각으로는 좋은 온라인 대학을 만드는 일은 쉽고, 그렇게 된다면 대부분의 대학과 학생에게 어느 때보다도 좋은 교육환경이 될 것이라고 썼습니다.

The Campus Tsunami, NY Times
하버드와 MIT의 온라인 교육에 대한 의견들: Opinion of the day

Bill Gates : 5년 뒤에 인터넷이 대학을 대신
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]]> https://blog.jasonshin.com/%ed%95%98%eb%b2%84%eb%93%9c%ec%99%80-mit%ec%9d%98-%ec%98%a8%eb%9d%bc%ec%9d%b8-%ea%b5%90%ec%9c%a1/feed/ 0 EDUCAUSE 2011 https://blog.jasonshin.com/educause-2011/ https://blog.jasonshin.com/educause-2011/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:04:05 +0000 http://jasonshin.com/wordpress/?p=61 Let freedom (from servers) ring: EDUCAUSE 2011 10/26/2011 11:10:00 AM This time last year, we were tailgating with the USC marching band at the EDUCAUSE conference—an annual gathering of the higher-education IT community. Last week, with more than 15 million people now actively using Google Apps for Education, we ventured to Philadelphia for a few […]

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10/26/2011 11:10:00 AM

This time last year, we were tailgating with the USC marching band at the EDUCAUSE conference—an annual gathering of the higher-education IT community. Last week, with more than 15 million people now actively using Google Apps for Education, we ventured to Philadelphia for a few jam-packed days at EDUCAUSE 2011. Our time in the city of brotherly love included a booth with 30+ Googlers and a woodsy backdrop for our fireside chat series; meeting with hundreds of CIOs from universities using and considering Google Apps for Education; a party at the Academy of Natural Sciences; and of course liberty and the lifelong pursuit of the Philly cheesesteak. Here’s a glimpse:

The Campus Computing Project released its annual report at EDUCAUSE, too. This year’s survey named Google as the leading provider of outsourced cloud-based campus email services. According to the survey, 89 percent of higher education institutions are either already using or considering switching to cloud-based solutions. Of four-year colleges and universities (including community colleges) that have already moved to the cloud, more than 56 percent have gone Google—including 64 percent of public universities and 66 percent of private universities.

Last month we shared that 61 of US News and World Report’s top 100 Universities are using Google Apps for Education. That number’s now up to 62, and is still just a snapshot of the thousands of institutions using Apps on campus. Schools that have recently selected Apps for Education as their collaboration platform include Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, Wellesley College, University of Amsterdam, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of York and University of Bristol.

In addition to these new schools, we’re also bringing some new integrations to Apps:

  • OpenClass: Pearson has developed a free cloud-based Learning Management System that is tightly integrated with Google Apps and provides a new kind of learning environment that stimulates social learning. This is available in the Apps Marketplace. 
  • SlideRocket EDU: This presentation software integrated for cloud-based collaborative education enables you to unleash the creation, sharing and communication of ideas with an online application that connects with content in Google Apps for Education and is available on any device or browser. This is available in the Apps Marketplace.
  • Blackboard Bboogle: Last year, Northwestern University presented their popular Bboogle (Blackboard + Google) application at our EDUCAUSE booth. Bboogle has now been certified by Blackboard and is available to other universities as a Building Block through Blackboard’s Extensions website. Bboogle enables instructors to link Blackboard course sites directly to Google Docs, Calendars and Sites without requiring a second login. And by automatically setting permissions for editing, it helps encourage and facilitate collaborative instruction.
  • Desire2Learn: Users will soon be able to add widgets to Course Homepages that make it easy to view unread email messages in Gmail, keep track of upcoming events in Calendar, and submit assignments created in Docs.

If you weren’t able to join us in person at this year’s EDUCAUSE conference, you can check out some of our photos, and we’ll hope to see you next year.

Posted by Tom Mills, Director of Education

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]]> https://blog.jasonshin.com/educause-2011/feed/ 0 3 Moodle Updates Address 15 Security Vulnerabilities https://blog.jasonshin.com/3-moodle-updates-address-15-security-vulnerabilities/ https://blog.jasonshin.com/3-moodle-updates-address-15-security-vulnerabilities/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:06:22 +0000 http://jasonshin.com/wordpress/?p=30 By David Nagel 10/19/11 Moodle HQ has posted three updates for three different branches of the Moodle learning management system, tackling a total of 15 recently discovered security vulnerabilities. The new versions also provide minor improvements and bug fixes. The updates are available now for Moodle versions 1.9.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x. Moodle is a free […]

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  • By David Nagel
  • 10/19/11

    • Moodle HQ has posted three updates for three different branches of the Moodle learning management system, tackling a total of 15 recently discovered security vulnerabilities. The new versions also provide minor improvements and bug fixes.

    The updates are available now for Moodle versions 1.9.x, 2.0.x, and 2.1.x.

    Moodle is a free and open source learning management system designed for a wide range of organizations of varying sizes. It includes course management tools, tools for collaborative work, online assessments, integration with plagiarism detection software, integration with repositories and electronic portfolio software, and other features common to learning management systems. It’s used by about 1.1 million teachers and more than 48 million users via 58,000 sites worldwide. Those users participate in some 5.1 million total courses as of this writing. (Updated statistics can be found on the Moodle Stats portal at Moodle HQ.)

    Version 2.0.x and 2.1.x Fixes
    The latest releases for 2.1.x and 2.0.x (Moodle 2.1.2 and Moodle 2.0.5) each address the same 12 security vulnerabilities. The issues addressed in the updates ranged from minor to serious; none were categorized as critical.

    Among the security issues addressedin 2.1.2 and 2.0.5 were:

    • Serious vulnerabilities related to wikis, including the potential for cross-site forgery;
    • A minor issue involving display of categories and courses to which users might not have had rights;
    • A serious issue with authentication involving the Box.net plugin;
    • Serious issues with form contents being alterable by users;
    • A serious issue involving the handling of SSL return codes;
    • A serious issue involving community hubs;
    • A serious issue with chat that could potentially expose users’ names based on their IDs;
    • A serious cross-site scripting vulnerability (also a “potential” vulnerability in 1.9.x if configured incorrectly);
    • A minor issue with the display of user names; and
    • A minor vulnerability that would allow guests to conduct global searches.

    In addition to security fixes, Moodle 2.1.2 adds several small fixes and improvements to current functionality. These include:

    • The option to delete a wiki page;
    • HTML editor improvements;
    • A fix for an issue involving viewing IMS packages;
    • A fix for RSS feed autodiscovery;
    • Improvements to LDAP support; and
    • Improvements to quizzes.

    Version 2.0.5 adds similar improvements, including the option to delete a wiki page.

    Fixes for Version 1.9.x
    In version 1.9.14, three additional security vulnerabilities have been addressed, including:

    • A serious potential denial of service vulnerability involving message refresh;
    • A potential (minor) injection attack vulnerability involving form data editing in the course section; and
    • A serious vulnerability involving database injection.

    Version 1.9.14 also adds improvements in the areas of automated backups and guest access to metacourses.

    Moodle’s developers are encouraging all users to upgrade to the latest appropriate release.

    Moodle 2.1.2, 2.0.5, and 1.9.14 are available now as free downloads from the Moodle download page.

    New Web Conferencing Integration
    Unrelated to the security updates, Moodle HQ has launched a new hub for Web conferencing addons to Moodle, including new addons supporting integration with services like Adobe Connect Pro, BigBlueButton, and OpenMeetings.

    The Web conferencing plugin directory is live now and accessible via Moodle.org.

    The Road to Version 2.2 and Standards Compliance
    In other Moodle news, open source services provider Moodlerooms announced Tuesday that its lending its support (and code) to ensure that the impending release of Moodle 2.2 is aligned with IMS Common Cartridge and Learning Tools Interoperability standards.

    “Global IMS Common Cartridge and LTI compliance is crucial for the sustainability and future of open source learning management systems,” said Lou Pugliese, Moodlerooms chairman and CEO, in a statement released Tuesday. “Moodlerooms is committed to making sure the 45 million user open source Moodle community is empowered with tools to facilitate flexible interoperability with content and technology applications critical in providing effective learning outcomes. Maintaining the interoperability ensured by IMS standards compliance continues to be central to our company vision.”

    Moodle 2.2 is expected to be released in December.

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