[DG: Teaching & Learning] learning capabilities categories - updated

[Kenneth Robert Romeo]

Hello everyone,

In December, in response to a discussion we had in the weekly conference
call, several people, including myself, agreed to take a look at the
spreadsheet[http://goo.gl/mVzL], mainly to see if there were any
duplicates, and to start categorizing entries.  I did this by starting at
the last entry and moving up, and while I was doing it, I started making a
list of the functions I saw, and I posted a draft to the mailing list just
before the winter break.  Since the start of the year, I have been trying
to refine that list by first, simply going through my list and tightening
up the organization, rounding out some of the areas, and then trying to
categorize each row in the spreadsheet.  As I did so, it became apparent
that there were some missing categories, some duplicates, and some that
were unclear.  So I edited my list again, and then went through the list
again, re-categorizing a few. This iterative process (3 times so far) has
been useful for me to get a good look at everyone's entries, but it has
also made me realize that there is potential for a few more iterations,
condensing and refining the list of categories further.  The result is
here:  

http://goo.gl/Bwco

The categories in this list are simply a collection of the functionalities
found in the spreadsheet, plus a few more to, as I noted, hopefully round
out some areas.  Rather than approaching it from a higher level and trying
to assign themes to each of the entries, I chose to stay close to the
existing capabilities in Sakai and simply make an organized list of what I
saw.  Please understand that this is not to say that I don't think that
the current discussion of themes and workflows is also very important - it
allows us to think far beyond present capabilities, and to imagine
possible futures for pedagogy and research.  I hope that we can all
participate in and benefit from discussions of both points of view.  

Thank you,

Ken Romeo

[http://kenro.web.stanford.edu]

Academic Technology Specialist [http://ats.stanford.edu]

Stanford Language Center [http://language.stanford.edu]

 

 

p.s. Full disclosure:  I have extended the above comment a bit into a
blogpost [http://goo.gl/zx07].

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