Comments on: NITLE Camp 2010 Days 1 & 2

By: Jess Isler

Jess Isler — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:02:14 +0000

Yes, that ELI 7 things series paper is great. It’s almost uncannily aligned with your team’s recommendations—regarding both the suite of tools and the hub. Is the CT team moonlighting for Educause?

By: Alex Chapin

Alex Chapin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:37:48 +0000

Jess, Thanks for sharing the Curricular Technology team's initial recommendations for the future of curricular technology at Middlebury and reporting back reactions. A good source of information on alternatives to a single LMS is 7 Things You Should Know About LMS Alternatives. We have configured our instance of Moodle (a.k.a Measure) almost exclusively for online assessment and in this capacity it has served us well, providing placement, entrance and exit exams for many of the Language Schools as well as some academic departments. For more on this, see: Segue from Segue >Student Assessment That said, the assessments that have been created in Measure are simple knowledge assessments, examining what students know by means of multiple choice and cloze questions. These assessments usually have only one correct answer. Assessing information literacy or technology fluency is more challenging.

By: Jess Isler

Jess Isler — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:12:31 +0000

Definitely worth considering. The point is to ask: are there other natural places where we can hook in small aspects of assessment and in turn perform basic outreach and strengthen relationships across campus? Not just with the library and research, but also instructional technologies, and other technologies that we support.

By: Jess Isler

Jess Isler — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:53:31 +0000

I didn’t take notes, unfortunately, but I think Jason or Janet would be willing to share more info. about their poster topic.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:43:15 +0000

Jess,

Did you get any info from #6 poster session on infrastructure support?

By: Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:10:44 +0000

Assessment: I especially like the idea of surveying Midd alumni 5 years after they graduate — to see what literacy skills they still use, what they wish they had more of, etc.