Week 3 LMO comments and reaponses

Week Reading Comments and Responses
@Amanda
Jayakanthan (2002) likens the influence of computer gaming industry on the youth today to the influence of music, religion and politics in previous decades

Hi Armanda,
I read the said article and was surprised at the great influence of computer and video games on people, much like the influence of Hollywood films and cinema. The statistics given even showed the financial revenue from games to be more than Hollywood filming industry. That is staggering and impressive. With this I am challenged to consider games more in the classroom



@Abbie
The primary purpose of Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) is to harness the power of technology to deliver and distribute education and training (ADL vision
Hi Abbie,
I did read the material and was fascinated with the advancement ADL is making in this field. However I am more interested in the Intelligence Tutoring technologies that mimic human beings, especially the three components of tutoring Technologies (students, Subject matter and pedagogue) and areas of further research
It is really an eye opener to me and I shall seek to apply in my classrooms.
@Abbie
According to Saul Carliner (2005):
“Analysts in the online learning industry comment that learning management systems are often the most expensive learning investment made by organizations. Costs can easily range from $500,000 to several million dollars.”Hi Abbie,

The cost of implementation of LMS seems prohibitive, especially in the light of the current economic depression in the country.
However like some one has observed: 'If education is costly, try ignorance.' All I am saying is that LMS hold the key to success in this 121st Century and we must not hold back.
Chuks.