The Top 20 Most Popular LMS Software Solutions — from Capterra.com
© 2012 Capterra, Inc.
On 01/21/2013,
in CMS/LMS,
by Daniel Christian
On 12/13/2012,
in CMS/LMS,
by Daniel Christian
Stanford U. releases new open-source online-education platform –– from The Chronicle by Alisha Azevedo
Excerpt:
Stanford University is continuing a high-profile push into online education with a new open-source platform called Class2Go, which will host two massive open online courses, or MOOC’s, during the fall quarter. Beginning in October, non-Stanford and Stanford students alike will be able to use the platform to take classes on computer networking and on “Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries.”
Google launches open course builder — from techcrunch.com by
Also see:
- Stanford announces free online courses for fall
The university unveils two new homegrown software platforms to host the courses.
On 06/26/2012,
in CMS/LMS,
by Daniel Christian
On 06/22/2012,
in CMS/LMS, professional development,
by Daniel Christian
On 06/15/2012,
in CMS/LMS, learning ecosystem,
by Daniel Christian
From LMS to Learning Ecosystems — from GettingSmart.com by Tom Vander Ark
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
The sector is in the early stages of transitioning from LMS to learning platform ecosystems. As noted in the 10 Elements of the Post Textbook World content libraries will exist within ecosystems will include these elements:
Rebuilding the LMS for the 21st Century — from CampusTechnology.com by Jennifer Demski
Can the goals of 21st century learning be met by retooled legacy LMSs, or does the future belong to open learning platforms that utilize the latest technology?
From DSC:
I especially love the last quote:
“We’re doing a disservice to our students by pretending that the traditional LMS reflects the way that the world works. A phrase we use a lot on our campus is that we feel it is our responsibility to train our students for the world they’re going to inherit, not the world they live in now, and certainly not the world we grew up in.”
On 03/27/2012,
in CMS/LMS, open courseware and systems,
by Daniel Christian
Blackboard launches Open Source Services Group — from Blackboard
Company will support both commercial & open source systems
WASHINGTON – March 26, 2012 – Blackboard Inc. today announced the launch of Blackboard Education Open Source Services, a new effort to support clients using open source education technologies. With the announcement, the company will continue to focus on its flagship Blackboard Learn™ platform as well as ANGEL and Edline, while also helping institutions successfully manage open source learning management systems (LMS) including Moodle and Sakai.
The move complements Blackboard’s existing focus on supporting the entire education experience with products and services for learning management as well as mobility, real time collaboration, analytics, campus services and notification, and other needs. Blackboard already serves hundreds of institutions that use Moodle, Sakai and other LMS systems in tandem with these additional education-focused solutions. In extending its focus to include open source options, Blackboard can support a wider variety of approaches to online learning and help institutions increase the value they get from technology of all kinds.
On 03/27/2012,
in CMS/LMS,
by Daniel Christian
Blackboard acquires Moodlerooms, NetSpot — from Blackboard
Company now one of world’s largest education open source service providers Moodlerooms, NetSpot will continue to operate independently
WASHINGTON – March 26, 2012 – Blackboard Inc. announced a major investment in open source today with news that it has acquired Moodlerooms and NetSpot, two leading providers of open source online learning solutions to the education industry. Both organizations will continue to operate independently to support their clients.
Moodlerooms and NetSpot are official Moodle Partners, and each will continue their current programs to support clients with no changes to their leadership or their support and service models.
In addition, each team will also become part of Blackboard’s new Education Open Source Services group, dedicated to supporting the use and development of open source learning technologies globally.
Leaders from each company recently traveled to Perth, Australia to meet with Martin Dougiamas, founder of Moodle and Managing Director of Moodle Pty Ltd, and present their plans. The meeting included Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen and Chief Technology Officer Ray Henderson, Moodlerooms CEO Lou Pugliese and Chief Architect Tom Murdock, and NetSpot Managing Director Allan Christie.
Also see:
Blackboard speaks out on open source move — by Dian Schaffhauser
Excerpt:
Blackboard’s announcement that it had acquired Moodle service providers Moodlerooms and NetSpot to create a new business division focused on delivering open source services to educational customers may well be met with the same kind of astonishment Mac users showed in 1997 when Steve Jobs announced that Microsoft was investing $150 million in Apple. When long-time competitors are suddenly on the same team, you can’t help but ask, what’s going to happen to the game?
In this interview Blackboard Learn President Ray Henderson and Moodlerooms Chairman and CEO Lou Pugliese explain why Blackboard is getting into the open source business, what’s different about delivering services to those customers versus Blackboard’s traditional customers, and what might be next on the open source agenda for the No. 1 learning management system company in the world.
On 03/14/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, accreditation, active learning, adult learning, analytics, Apple, blended learning, business side of he, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, content development, aggregation, repositories, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, distance education, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, lifelong learning, love of learning, machine-to-machine communications, marketplaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multi-touch, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), new business models, online learning, online media, online tutoring, passions, personalized/customized learning, reinvent, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, student-related, surviving, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, TVs, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The vision below involves:
(click on the image below to access it)
- The convergence of the telephone, the television, and the computer
- Cloud-based education stores/marketplaces/exchanges
- Second screen devices and machine-to-machine communications
- Social networking/learning
- Smart classrooms/learning spaces
- Content recognition/synchronization applications
- Apps as “channels”
- Web-based learner profiles
- Video overlays
- New business models in higher ed
- New jobs/needs for the future
- A new way for employers to hire highly-effective employees/contractors/consultants
- …and more
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On 02/14/2012,
in 24x7x365 access, accreditation, adjunct faculty, analytics, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future, game-changing environment, innovation, internet, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, platforms, social learning / networks, student-related,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
- Tie this type of cloud-based platform in with learning analytics, new types of certifications/assessments/badges, web-based learner profiles, and the ability to continue building your own cloud over a lifetime, and you may find yourself enjoying a very powerful learning ecosystem!!!
On 11/18/2011,
in CMS/LMS, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, higher education, innovation, instructional design, new business models, online media, publishing, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
We really need a much more granular approach — like an iTunes for academic content.
On 11/15/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, analytics, Augmented Reality (AR), career development, CMS/LMS, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, digital learning, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, economics, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, Europe, game-changing environment, online learning, pace of change, personalized/customized learning, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/15/2011,
in CMS/LMS, digital learning, digital textbooks, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, internet, mobile learning, online learning, personalized/customized learning, project-based learning, social learning / networks,
by Daniel Christian
Graphic from:
- The education technologies that educators believe can have the biggest impact on student learning (survey results) — by K. Walsh on November 13, 2011