scooby

Re:Ask HN: How would you use the web to improve the college learning e... on Sunday June 28, 2009 @07:54PM (#678266)

Well, I didn't say "behind what exists on the web today." Blackboard has the dominant share of the commercial e-learning industry, and Moodle is popular as an open-source alternative.

Both of them are expensive to operate and out of range for many smaller schools.

And both of changed little in the past 5 years to enhance collaboration and sharing among students.

Re:Ask HN: Who/What would you have liked to have heard in college? on Sunday June 28, 2009 @02:20PM (#677907)

Peter Diamendes, founder of the XPrize. Just heard him a few weeks ago... he will blow anybody's mind.

Ask HN: How would you use the web to improve the college learning experience?

Posted by scooby on Sunday June 28, 2009 @02:18PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hey guys,If any of you are going to college now or have in the past 5 years, you'll be familiar with what technology schools provide to their students: Blackboard, Moodle, etc.And you've probably experienced frustration with how behind these platforms were compared to what exists on the web today.So my question is this: if you were to design a app/platform for enhancing learning for a course,...

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