Thursday, December 3, 2009 (12:28 pm)
The Web is Changing. Time to Dethrone the LMS!
Posted by: Matt Crosslin In: LMS New Vision
Earlier this year, Harriet and I went to a few conference presenting on “Will Web 3.0 Change the Way We Educate?“ It was a fun presentation that involved play dough, audience participation, and our New Vision for the Learning Management System.
As we were getting ready to present another round of conferences in 2010, we realized that the term “Web 3.0″ is soooo 2009. So we updated the presentation:
TITLE: The Web is Changing. Time to Dethrone the LMS!
ABSTRACT: Rapid changes in online learning concepts – such as learning communities, personal learning environments and complexity – are driving a need to dismantle the Learning Management System as we know it. LMS software programs and instructional design theories are in danger of becoming obsolete if they don’t evolve. Students need a place to connect and collaborate at complex levels rather than hide inside a “walled garden.” Two colleagues at UT Arlington will present a new paradigm that is intended as an innovative alternative to the existing LMS concept as we know it.
We really just noticed that the typical “Web 3.0 concepts” weren’t driving the need for change as much as some of the concepts mentioned above are. The main gist of the presentation will still stay the same, of course – we would like to see LMS/CMS/VLE concept go away, to be replaced by a Social Learning Environment or a Personal Learning Network Aggregator of some kind. And there will be even more play dough!
We also plan to have a few new things, like an interesting viral video that will mock the LMS mercilessly and even a working model of New Vision to also show everyone.
First up on our conference schedule will be the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference in February. Stop by and say “Hi” to us if you are there!
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