1. CMS and Librarians Librarian05

2. CMS (course management software)provides an instructor with a set of tools anda framework that allows the relatively easy creation of online course content and thesubsequently teaching and management of that course including various interactionswith students taking the course. EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies CommitteeJohn Meerts, Institution : Wesleyan University10/20/03 3. Desire2Learn 4. Desire2LearnWhat Desire2Learn offers Course building capabilities Assessment/collaboration options Integrated social learning tools 5. My impression of D2L Use of various communication methods Ex. two-way voice, multipoint video, whiteboard Assessment options Ex. Quizzes, and question sets Integrated social learning tools Ex. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Blogs 6. Views on CMS Library integration onto coursemanagement systems is referred to theembedded librarian.(Hearn, 2005) 7. Librarians and CMS Many librarians have voiced their concernsabout the lack of library integration intocommercial CMS software packages andthe need for librarian involvement in theirdesign and implementation.(Buehler, 2004; Machevec, 2001; Shank & Dewald, 2003)Click sound for audio