Friday, May 29, 2009

When Does Deer Season End In Ms

Innovascuola the Treccani and digital content


I read with interest the news: Minister for Public Administration and Innovation, Renato Brunetta and the Chief Delegato dell’Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Francesco Tatò hanno firmato a Palazzo Chigi un protocollo d’intesa che ha come obiettivo la realizzazione di strumenti innovativi per la diffusione on line di contenuti culturali di alto livello, utilizzabili sia direttamente dai cittadini che nella formazione e la didattica.

Opera meritoria. Mi collego al portale ed effettivamente consulto gratuitamente sia il Dizionario che l'enciclopedia Treccani. Tanto di cappello e complimenti alla Treccani per la loro decisione.

Prosegue poi la notizia: " La Treccani renderà disponibili per il Portale del Cittadino e per il Portale InnovaScuola digital content of your store or adjusted according to the principles of Creative Commons . In particular, the Home School Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia InnovaScuola will be connected to the portal in order to develop and make available new services in integrated mode and disseminate cultural content offerings of the Institute. "

rolled his eyes. Creative Commons ? Want to see what we have skipped sett'antanni ball of the foot of copyright in education? And it is that now the words will be whispered only SIAE and CopyRight evenings Winter grandparents to scare the children?

Let's see: "The project" Digital Training promotes the availability of a technology platform for the use of digital textbooks and learning content promoted by the publishers, teachers, institutions. "

continue reading.

".... The School of the portal will be linked to the portal InnovaScuola made by the Department for Innovation and Technology so as to enable new services in integrated mode and spread of cultural content offering ' Institute. In particular, it will be possible within the next few months:

- fruire del vocabolario Treccani dal portale InnovaScuola;
- cercare contenuti digitali del portale Treccani attraverso il motore di ricerca di InnovaScuola;
- visionare dal portale Treccani brevi presentazioni dedicate alle nuove tecnologie per la didattica (pillole formative) di InnovaScuola."

Incuriosito mi precipito a vedere il sito e a consultare qualche Learning Object.
Utilizzo i campi di selezione per cercare qualcosa sulla Fisica, ecco un bel L.O. sul "Fenomeno della visione" perfetto, vediamo com'è....ohibò! Cosè questo?
"L'oggetto selezionato è a pagamento". In effetti avevo avuto una "visione". Come non detto.

remains to be hoped that at least provide some background in the ministry for more schools to buy these digital products, although I think with the limited budget available it will not be far from easy.



Sunday, May 24, 2009

Games You Can Get Pregnant Online

Conversations and Learning Object

yes I admit it: five or six years ago the paradigm of learning objects had me somewhat intrigued. But quickly I realized that the charm consisted mainly in a rapid and convenient shortcut technology, made on which standard SCORM and abbreviations and metadata to be completed thoroughly, while the contents were still being designed, built and enjoyed the old, reassuring manner. ...
All gone now, all gone, "... like tears in rain."

But is that really so? There are still a Learning Object? O have been transformed, evolved, have changed in some way? It 'clear that the crisis of the Learning Management System has also swept with it the LO. But we can think of LO without the LMS?

The answer seems obvious: of course yes. But this means that I must be able to define the attributes that will allow me to characterize a LO and distinguish it from other "material" that is not. LO has a very specific educational purpose, it has structured content for a well-defined target ... Obviously there are few resources on the Web meet all these requirements. These certainly not, but if we change our paradigm on the process of teaching / learning and liberation from the constraints of traditional courses, "instruction" is perhaps something. Especially if we think in terms of process, interaction and contact with real experiences and contexts.
So that LOs are no longer just a reading, but to become a conversation.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Chiang Mai How Many Days

The cat is out of the bag

We have the cat is out of the bag, as they say. The giant Blackboard e-learning, LMS famous, has announced the acquisition of its main competitor in the U.S. market, Angel Learning, for $ 95 million. ... Interesting comment following article:

" C'è infine chi, in ambito e-learning, non è interessato a questa operazione. Si tratta di tutti quei docenti, formatori, che usano blog, wiki e social network per gestire i loro corsi e non hanno bisogno di "recintare" studenti all'interno di piattaforme LMS (o VLE). "

Questa news mi è arrivata attraverso un servizio a cui sono iscritte credo almeno qualche centinaia di migliaia di persone. In quella frase (mi vergogno un po' a dirlo) ci stanno condensate almeno tre mie pagine di teorie pedagogiche. L'ha detto con una piccola frase: "...non hanno bisogno di recintare.." e l'ha detto bene.
Forse veramente stiamo passando dalla centrale a coal to wind farms.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Wooden Fingerboards Climbing

A Post-LMS poster

Last year I wrote a post in the widespread perception of international groped to overcome the paradigm of e-learning based only the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS). Well, this perception is becoming a real movement of opinion: John Mott, attempts to synthesize it in a "manifesto " Post also picked up by the legendary Stephen Downes.
Obviously there are various nuances and positions. I personally think that the LMS
perform their function very well in the areas of formal (school, university, company) but outside need more open tools, able to manage our interaction with the world, to communicate and share problems related to the contexts of life and professional ... something hard to achieve if we remain in a closed environment with login, password and system administrator.