(photo by James Schiel)
I was particularly struck by the slide with this picture. It talks of Scrum being a process that provides for Transparency about what is going on in the project, with a set of rituals for Inspection to have people actually look at that information, then a process of Adaptation to make adjustments to what they are doing.
I thought this was a good framework for the concerns I raised in the blog post: How could use of Moodle integrated with a Khan Academy clone affect teachers’ knowledge and skills?
Moodle+Khan has great promise for "Transparency" as it generates and makes visible data on what the student is doing. The challenge is creating a system that promotes Inspection and Adaptation within the classroom context. A good UI will promote "Inspection", good in that it supports teachers actually looking at the data every day or for every class. Once they are inspecting the data, the next challenge is should and how can teachers change their daily teaching based on detailed up to the second assessment data on each student?
I don't think these are challenges that many educational technologies have mastered. I'm looking forward to working with the teachers using our systems to come up with answers this year.