The new Google CloudCourse project hasn’t gotten that much chatter online. At first glance around the project page, you can easily see why. There are only a handful of functions that basically just do what Google employees have found helpful around the office (because apparently the whole thing started as an internal project). This basically [...]
Okay, maybe the title is a bit over-dramatic. I just couldn’t come up with anything else snappier. Harriet and I have been presenting our Social Learning Environment Manifesto at a few conferences lately… and in many ways it does feel like we are trying to start a revolution. The reality is that we are just [...]
I began to blog about our “New Vision for Learning Management Systems” over a year ago. Since then, we have come across many new ideas, causing the New Vision to morph, change, and grow. Hopefully it will continue to change and grow. But I thought it would be a good idea to take a step [...]
14 Jan, 2010
Where Would Content Come From in an LMS-Free Future?Posted by: Matt Crosslin In: LMS New Vision
Despite my last rant, I know that most people in education know that we still need instructors of some sort. We all know that the “sage on the stage” concept has never proven to be effective. Technology is finally giving us a way to do something more effective… if not a swift kick in the [...]
22 Dec, 2009
Is FaceBook the Best Online Implementation of Educational Theory We Have So Far?Posted by: Matt Crosslin In: LMS New Vision
I have talked to many people that have taken a class online entirely through FaceBook. I can honestly say that none of them liked it. They found it really hard to go back and read things they missed, or to keep track of what was said in the class group. FaceBook groups and pages are [...]
03 Dec, 2009
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 [...]
16 Oct, 2009
New Vision LMS and Personal Learning EnvironmentsPosted by: Matt Crosslin In: LMS New Vision
I have to admit that I am not an expert in Personal Learning Environments. I really don’t follow much of the thought on them, not because they aren’t important, but mainly because I tend to focus on other areas of education. But when it comes to the “New Vision for Learning Management Systems” discussion, they [...]
10 Jul, 2009
What Do Educators Really Want in an LMS?Posted by: Matt Crosslin In: LMS New Vision| Learning Management Systems
If you were at the session that Harriet and I presented recently at the Sloan-C Emerging Technology conference, you probably saw us take a different approach to the session. Well, other than the play dough and Tupperware Shape-O-Ball toys we used. Props are just standard for us. No – what we first did was asked [...]
16 Jun, 2009
Opera Unite Brings In a New Idea Out of Left FieldPosted by: Matt Crosslin In: Current Events| LMS New Vision| Learning Management Systems
Okay… scratch my last post. What if the browser was your LMS? Think about it – what is the biggest problems with most social networking sites? Privacy and ownership of content. Huge battles are being fought over who owns what when you upload it and issues like “how private is your stuff anyways?” Opera released [...]
02 Jun, 2009
EduPunk Movement Gains More AttentionPosted by: Matt Crosslin In: LMS New Vision| Learning Management Systems
If you haven’t already read the interesting article on how some colleges are weighing using blogs instead of Blackboard at The Chronicle, check it out here:
Colleges Consider Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard
It has a fairly balanced look at both sides of the issue. The last paragraph proves my point that I have made over [...]
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