tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176233699373812631.post6764525616022264696..comments2024-03-27T07:18:47.946+00:00Comments on Kinda Learning Stuff: What's in a name?Sarah H-Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09659147785218309965noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176233699373812631.post-64443315188329181842012-05-16T08:56:10.329+01:002012-05-16T08:56:10.329+01:00At Bournemouth the Blackboard installation was cal...At Bournemouth the Blackboard installation was called 'myBU' (My-Bournemouth-University), so everything "was on myBU" or "look on myBU for that". This fitted the branding done across the services like 'SportBU' and 'AskBU'.<br /><br />Now I'm a University of Leicester it's just 'Blackboard'. I haven't been here long enough yet to know what the students call it, but would guess it's just Blackboard to them too (it's what they know, it's familiar, and it's what the staff call it).<br /><br />I haven't come across a student who uses the term VLE or Learning system, or something like that, unless it's been introduced AND explained to them first.<br /><br />I'd be interested what a decent Personal Learning Environment would be called, especially when it's made up of different systems from different 'providers'.<br /><br />All the best, DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176233699373812631.post-17785167398585173252012-03-29T19:21:19.563+01:002012-03-29T19:21:19.563+01:00At Sheffield our VLE is called 'MOLE' - My...At Sheffield our VLE is called 'MOLE' - My Online Learning Environment - we've got the same 'My this and that' naming convention. Everyone just calls it 'MOLE', i.e. it's on MOLE, did you look on MOLE, MOLE's slow today etc. No-one calls it Blackboard or even really the VLE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176233699373812631.post-31762534561854987902012-03-27T16:28:33.238+01:002012-03-27T16:28:33.238+01:00we're in the process of upgrading our Blackboa...we're in the process of upgrading our Blackboard system right now and recently had to choose a url for the system to live at. We arrived at mycourses which conveniently follow a mythis and mythat naming convention that we have for several internal services but it was also chosen because it is accurate in it's description.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063248975446548837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176233699373812631.post-78049577308774229832012-03-16T20:39:09.943+00:002012-03-16T20:39:09.943+00:00I think the wall around the environment is the key...I think the wall around the environment is the key. Having control over whether or not there's a wall at all is one of the major difference... but letting go some of that control is far harder than it might seem, I thinkSarah H-Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659147785218309965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176233699373812631.post-92143448712049627142012-03-11T20:32:42.712+00:002012-03-11T20:32:42.712+00:00Back when I had a 'real job' (i.e. before ...Back when I had a 'real job' (i.e. before teaching!) we were working on something called our Intranet. Same idea, different name, no less clunky...Amanda O'Dellnoreply@blogger.com