[vet-mm] Online learning solutions

[Allan Barnes]

Thanks Martin

Claroline looks good - will investigate it a lot further with their on-line
demo. 

Unfortunately our web site is hosted by an ISP provider so I am waiting to
hear from them to see what they can and can't host, etc.




Kind regards
 
Allan Barnes, CEO
Australian Institute of Education and Training
P.O. Box 171
Brunswick West 3055
Ph: (03) 9387 2051
FAX: (03) 9387 3470
Mobile: 0409 428 221
 

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Hello Allan,

You might examine http://www.claroline.net/ - which is open source - allows
you to create courses, monitor individual student progression within the
course, make announcements, create on-line tests (which are automarked),
store curriculum materials -- all on your own server.  Good on-line support
notes and vodcasts.  It will be interesting to see how much of this Ultranet
will do (I am fairly certain though the current Ultranet tender does not
have an inbuilt testing module though).  We have installed onto our server
and a number of staff are putting their toes into the water.  Have not had
any problems relating to stability of software.  Generally easy to use for
people who can do basic computer tasks with confidence.

Less comprehensive, but very powerful as a test generator and on-line
testing tool is ExamView.  I use version 4 (have site licence) but it is up
to version six. Currently have about 16 students doing an weekly on-line
homework module - where the students (with their parents) watch a vodcast,
do a worksheet and complete an online test which is automarked.  I am not a
Maths teacher but have set it up for our TRAC class.  Tests are set to give
students their score immediately (teacher is emailed the test with score for
each question, teacher thinks that marked homework is great)and a number of
students regularly re-do the test to improve their score.  Teacher spends
all or part of one lesson per week re-enforcing work covered on the on-line
homework programme.  On-line homework programme is new for this year but we
are convinced it is worthwhile and have already have enough anecdotal
feedback to say that it will run again next year with some growth and
refinements.


Regards,

Martin Brabon
Sunbury College


  

 


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From: vet-mm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Allan Barnes
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Subject: [vet-mm] Online learning solutions
 
Hi everyone

 

I am looking at setting up some courses online and just wondering if anyone
has had any experience with e-learning software, how well they work, rough
costs, pros and cons, etc.

 

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

Allan Barnes, CEO

Australian Institute of Education and Training

P.O. Box 171

Brunswick West 3055

Ph: (03) 9387 2051

FAX: (03) 9387 3470

Mobile: 0409 428 221

 

 


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