With the discontinuation of WebCT, Hopkins looks into new alternative
Individual schools are allowed to decide which e-learning software to use. While many have chosen WebCT, both the Schools of Public Health and Education has created their own solution.
"There could be efficiencies but it's not likely to happen," Corb said, in response to a hypothetical situation in which the University deploys a unified system.
Teachers at various schools are given full control over their use of WebCT.
"It has been a very useful tool for the Spanish language section. We do use WebCT and we do need an online component to our courses, so as long as we have a way to put our courses online, then I guess it doesn't make any difference," Spanish Professor Ivette Gonzalez said.
"For some schools it's somewhat of a religious following; there is a big investment in [both] the Schools of Public Health and Education in their homegrown products so they're not too interested in employing something else. Other schools are satisfied with the products that they have, in the case of the School of Medicine," Corb said.
"Hopkins is one of the slowest institutions to get on the technology bandwagon. We were very far behind when we started this. I started using WebCT in June of 2000. By that point I had been teaching at other college and they already had Blackboard up and running," Basford said.
"There could be efficiencies but it's not likely to happen," Corb said, in response to a hypothetical situation in which the University deploys a unified system.
Teachers at various schools are given full control over their use of WebCT.
"It has been a very useful tool for the Spanish language section. We do use WebCT and we do need an online component to our courses, so as long as we have a way to put our courses online, then I guess it doesn't make any difference," Spanish Professor Ivette Gonzalez said.
"For some schools it's somewhat of a religious following; there is a big investment in [both] the Schools of Public Health and Education in their homegrown products so they're not too interested in employing something else. Other schools are satisfied with the products that they have, in the case of the School of Medicine," Corb said.
"Hopkins is one of the slowest institutions to get on the technology bandwagon. We were very far behind when we started this. I started using WebCT in June of 2000. By that point I had been teaching at other college and they already had Blackboard up and running," Basford said.
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