Dear List
I feel that our 'VLE' list is in danger of becoming the
official 'Standards and Compliance' debate list. Surely,
(apologies for repeating myself) at the end of the day, the
only thing that really matters is whether or not students
and teachers are using ICT to enhance their teaching and
learning?
Again I have to agree that 'it would be nice'
to "Standardise" VLEs and tell vendors what to do when
developing their products. However, I and many of you, live
in the real (Virtual) world where commercialism rules and
evolution of products is market driven. Instead of getting
wrapped up in our own self inflicted 'issues' with
compliance and standardisation, we should really be
encouraging those colleagues who have had minimal exposure
to these technologies, to have a go!
Who are we anyway to impose 'standards' and
demand 'compliance' when we are not the ONLY consumers of
VLEs? Or are we once again, attempting to justify our own
jobs whilst neglecting the 'real' end users - the
students...
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