EduGeek Journal

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Are you tired of the way LMS programs are going?We’ve formed a group at FaceBook to air gripes and discuss ideas for something new -  a continuation of our series on a new vision for Learning Management Systems.  Join the group and add to our discussion – you can find it here: FaceBook Group for [...]

This past week, Harriet and I began to present our ideas on a new vision for the Learning Management System at the TxDLA 2009 conference.  We will continue to present these at other conferences, including the Sloan-C Emerging Technology conference.  We had some rough ideas, but the common feedback we heard was: we need to [...]