Category Archives: Usability and Human Factors

New Mentality Entering LMS Market

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Phil Hill

This is a guest post by Phil Hill from Delta Initiative, follow on Twitter  @PhilOnEdTech or his blog Since 2008 I have been sharing with clients the observation that the current generation of LMS solutions were conceived and designed circa 1996 – … Continue reading →

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What We Don’t Know About Learning Analytics

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Long-time e-Literate readers know that I have been a fan of the concept of learning analytics for a number of years now. But it became apparent at this year’s Learning Impact conference that learning analytics are the new hotness. Everybody … Continue reading →

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Social Software in an Academic Context is Hard

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

A couple of things have gotten me musing about social lately. The first was Dave Cormier’s thought-provoking blog post about how PLEs are supposed to disaggregate power, not people. The second was a private conversation with a friend who is … Continue reading →

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Instructure Canvas: A New LMS Entrant

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

We’re making progress on getting the Sakai conference keynote videos online, but while we wait for those to be ready for the kick-off to the conference post series, I’d like to take advantage of the unexpected lull to write a … Continue reading →

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Blackboard's iPad App and its implications

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

Ray Henderson has a post up about his sense of responsibility to customers regarding balancing innovation with mature products (careful refinements in features and support services to meet customer needs) versus innovation in new areas (bold thinking and experiments). It’s … Continue reading →

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