The+Pros+and+Cons+of+Loosely+Coupled+Teaching

=Exercise= Briefly look at 2-3 examples of courses run on "loosely coupled technologies," that is, outside of a CMS using contemporary Web 2.0/social software tools and methods. Discuss the Pros and Cons of these examples.


 * Example 1** - [|David Wiley's Open Education grad course]
 * Syllabus wiki - http://www.opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Intro_Open_Ed_Syllabus
 * links to each participants blog / OPML file for easy interlinking - http://opencontent.org/opened.opml
 * Example of Participant Post - http://designedtoinspire.com/drupal/
 * Only 'central' discussion space - http://www.opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Intro_Open_Ed_Syllabus
 * Summary posts by David - e.g. http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/388

Your Feedback / My list of Pros? Cons?

 * Example 2** - [|Laura Gibb's Indian Mythology]
 * Class website - http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/
 * created with free /Open Source Seamonkey suite of tools
 * Evolving Encyclopedia for Epics of Ancient India - http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/index.htm
 * Students both read and write their blogs through free Bloglines tool
 * 'Storybook' projects - websites that students produce over the semester; persist for next term
 * Does use D2L for gradebook


 * Example 3** - Chris Lott's //[|CIOS 256 - Web Design with Dreamweaver and Fireworks]//
 * Course wiki
 * Instructor wordpress blog
 * Blogbridge Feedlibrary containing all class blogs
 * Personal Data Sheet (collect URLs and email addresses from students)
 * simple email form to submit URL of blog which gets added to class list
 * web-based chat room powered by lingr.com used as backchanel during classes
 * multiple instant message clients supported to contact the instructor