DIYLMS = Do it yourself Learning Management Systems
Edmodo code 83rwm5
our tag #DIYLMS12
Introduction
This wiki is created as an experiential portal for a Workshop given at the TESOL Arabia Conference
Dubai Women's College, March 7, 2012
Preparation
To help illustrate how I would actually conduct a course during the course of a semester, I have removed the material that was here from OFF the front page (where it contributes to clutter) and to its own page accessible from the sidebar, or via this link: Preparation
Handouts
Paper-based handouts you should receive on-site
- An encapsulation of this overview, in handout format
- Shows how you should prepare for this session, if you have time, before the session begins
- and what we will do during the 1.5 hour session
- The handout we will follow for team group-work using Google Docs and Delicious: Word doc and pdf file
Virtual Handouts you find online
Program for the session, 14:15 to 15:45
http://tesolarabia.org/conference/pd/online_learning.php
Learning Zone Classroom A (2nd floor) Date: 7th March, 2012
LMS and CMS
CMS = Content
Management System
An example DIYCMS: http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com
LMS = CMS plus learning management
Examples of DIYLMS:
Characteristics of CMS/LMS
Brainstorm using an Etherpad clone
- In a big group, list the features
- In small groups, elaborate on how you use these features
How we can emulate in Web 2.0 the features the participants think are important in DIYLMS?
Components can include
- A wiki portal for course information and organization, with, links pertinent to course content and management, other relevant resources, and screencasts and other tutorials.
- Google Docs for student submission of assignments. Teacher feedback can be given in-class interactively in real-time via in-class projector, with individual students following along on their laptops. Asynchronously, effective feedback can be given in such a way that it can be immediately seen whenever and wherever students are revising their work.
- Blogging, to showcase student work.
- Etherpad clones for group collaboration tasks
- Jing and Screenr to create and annotated screen-capture and screencast tutorials
- A back-channel tool such as Twitter, Skype group chat, or Edmodo
- In teacher training, I also use
- Skype group chat as a synchronous AND asynchronous forum
- Google Hangout for live webcam and voice-enabled interaction
- WiZiQ
All of these tools are free and work in my own institutional settings in on HCT campuses in the UAE. In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to experiment with some of the tools and evaluate their efficacy through their experience.
Activating DIYLMS
Back-channeling
Let's pop into
Collaborative writing
- Let's try some Collaborative Writing using Google Docs and see if we can get the tags to appear in our Delicious feeds
Instructions: Word doc and pdf file
- Here's a follow-on exercise on Team building using Delicious and Google Docs
http://www.pimoodle.org/file.php/69/TESOL_Arabia_March_2011/Team_Building_tacon2011.pdf
from
http://www.pimoodle.org/course/view.php?id=69
Tag games
In these exercises you create and share Google Docs with your teacher and one another.
Then you Publish them and TAG them in Delicious or Diigo.
Eventually they should show up here: http://delicious.com/tag/diylms12
Always check your proposed tag to see what comes up before you actually use it!
We'll have to use DIYLMS12; here's why ...
How the small pieces loosely join together: Tag Games
http://braz2010vance.pbworks.com/w/page/27944056/TagGames
Aggregating content
To help illustrate how I would actually conduct a course during the course of a semester, I have removed the material that was here from OFF the front page (where it contributes to clutter) and to its own page accessible from the sidebar, or via this link: aggregation
Further reading
Feedback
Wow, this is from one of MY inspirations!
http://screencast.com/t/K2b0TuqyS6J
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