Category Archives: LMOS

Learming Management Operating Systems

What is a Learning Platform?

While I have written (along with others) about the shift we are seeing in the LMS market, where it is moving from an enterprise LMSĀ market to a learning platform market, there has not really been a good definition of what … Continue reading

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Upcoming WCET Webcast: “Why the RFP Process Doesn’t Work in Today’s LMS Market”

I have written several articles (posted here at e-Literate, here at the Delta Initiative website, and as a guest post at WCET) about the significant changes that the LMS market is undergoing, moving from an enterprise-class, mini-ERP, system to a … Continue reading

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MOOCs: Two Different Approaches to Scale, Access and Experimentation

In part 1 of this series, I described a new landscape of educational delivery models. In part 2 I described the master course concept and how it presents a cultural barrier that most traditional institutions cannot cross, at least without … Continue reading

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Blackboard Confronts Erosion of Market Share, Makes a Major Change in Strategy

In a series of announcements that has the educational technology world buzzing, Blackboard reversed their strategy of their core LMS business. Blackboard acquired two Moodle hosting and service providers – MoodleRooms in the US and NetSpot in Australia. Blackboard created … Continue reading

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The Emerging Landscape of Educational Delivery Models

Part 2 in this series, on a key difference in educational delivery methods, can be found here. Traditional education or online education. In the past decade it seems that the dominant conversation has been around the potential for online learning, … Continue reading

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