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]]> By: Matt Crosslin http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2010/05/24/is-google-getting-in-to-the-lms-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Matt Crosslin Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:08:49 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=512#comment-2569 Yeah - hashtags need to make it in to education. I know that you kind of do what you want with Delicious. Students can do whatever they want anywhere and then tag it in Delicious with the class tag. It would take an extra bit of effort to collect and track all of your students user names... ultimately, a system in something like Google that provides the "glue" to connection PLNs together in a logical way in the biggest piece we are missing in EdTech today. Some on Google - get with the program! Yeah – hashtags need to make it in to education. I know that you kind of do what you want with Delicious. Students can do whatever they want anywhere and then tag it in Delicious with the class tag. It would take an extra bit of effort to collect and track all of your students user names… ultimately, a system in something like Google that provides the “glue” to connection PLNs together in a logical way in the biggest piece we are missing in EdTech today. Some on Google – get with the program!

]]> By: Chris Duke http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2010/05/24/is-google-getting-in-to-the-lms-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 Chris Duke Tue, 25 May 2010 17:44:38 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=512#comment-2541 Matt, One idea I'm interested in seeing developed within a new approach to an LMS is relating assignment/gradebook items to specific hash tags. I don't know if you and I have discussed or if it's something you've mentioned previously. In addition to learners registering RSS feeds in which their assignments for the course may be posted or found, it would be ideal if I, as the instructor, could associate a specific tag with an assignment. i.e. #ITSC1401-RAM for an assignment in an intro to computers course that requires a post of some sort in which the learner describes their decision-making process when selecting how much RAM their next new computer should have. Any items in any of the feeds they've registered that have that tag will be listed as a submission for that assignment when I'm reviewing them. I've also thought for some time that Google could very easily enter the LMS market if they were to (a) add Blogger to the .EDU apps (b) add an integrated gradebook application and (c) tie a bow on it with all the necessary connections to student enrollment systems. Then imagine the number of Google tools that could be applied: search for plagiarism detection, voice & Talk for voice communication, sites etc. That's not exactly within the mission statement to "Make everything searchable" but I'm sure it could/would benefit the search business in some manner. -cmd Matt,

One idea I’m interested in seeing developed within a new approach to an LMS is relating assignment/gradebook items to specific hash tags. I don’t know if you and I have discussed or if it’s something you’ve mentioned previously.

In addition to learners registering RSS feeds in which their assignments for the course may be posted or found, it would be ideal if I, as the instructor, could associate a specific tag with an assignment. i.e. #ITSC1401-RAM for an assignment in an intro to computers course that requires a post of some sort in which the learner describes their decision-making process when selecting how much RAM their next new computer should have. Any items in any of the feeds they’ve registered that have that tag will be listed as a submission for that assignment when I’m reviewing them.

I’ve also thought for some time that Google could very easily enter the LMS market if they were to (a) add Blogger to the .EDU apps (b) add an integrated gradebook application and (c) tie a bow on it with all the necessary connections to student enrollment systems. Then imagine the number of Google tools that could be applied: search for plagiarism detection, voice & Talk for voice communication, sites etc.

That’s not exactly within the mission statement to “Make everything searchable” but I’m sure it could/would benefit the search business in some manner.

-cmd

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