{"id":1449,"date":"2010-12-23T21:16:53","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T01:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-chuck.com\/csev-blog\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2011-12-17T12:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T16:35:00","slug":"using-edmodo-to-teach-open-source-software-development-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-chuck.com\/csev-blog\/2010\/12\/using-edmodo-to-teach-open-source-software-development-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Edmodo LMS To Teach SI791:Open Source Software Development Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am teaching a course next semester on open source software development<\/a> focusing on improving the user experience of Sakai 2.9. My students will be a combination of user experience experts, UI designers, information architects and software developers.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I am using Edmodo<\/a> rather than Sakai<\/a> as the primary learning management platform for the course. Part of my goal is to get us to “think outside the box” as we think about re-designing Sakai 2.9’s portal.<\/p>\n

I am really excited about the Social aspects of Edmodo and the fact that it has an excellent iPhone application<\/a>. I also like the way Edmodo handles private and public information – for example, you can follow the course materials and discussion (those we choose to publish) at the following URL:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.edmodo.com\/public\/si791-sak\/group_id\/161836<\/a><\/p>\n

Since this course will be very dynamic and we will evolve it together, the more conversation-oriented nature of Edmodo will be a great fit for this course.<\/p>\n

Members of the Sakai community are welcome to lurk in as members of the SI791 Edmodo site and even participate – send Dr. Chuck an E-Mail for the secret join code after you make your Edmodo account.<\/p>\n

The more I play with it, the more I am tempted to use it for my SI124 – Networked Thinking<\/a> course as well. <\/p>\n

I am less tempted to use Edmodo for my larger and more structured courses like SI539 – Design of Complex Web Sites<\/a> and SI502 – Networked Computing<\/a> since they are more book oriented, well-organized and pretty fast-paced in terms of material. Sakai still feels like a good tool to “manage” those courses.<\/p>\n

I think that using more than one LMS next semester will be fun both for me and for the students as a collective usability exercise.<\/p>\n

And yes, I see the irony in teaching a course about open source development working on an open source project but using a close-source cloud-hosted technology. And I do need to get used to type “Edmodo” (like the dragon) as compared to “Edmoto” (like a motocross bike).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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