By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Why I Love the Open Learning XML Format and XBlocks
George Kroner, edutechnica, 2016/03/16
There's a bit of a sense in which I feel this is a post from ten years ago, but I am faced with the inescapable fact that learning management systems (LMSs) haven't really changed in that time. And they've been emplying the same disjointed design all that time:

  • learning tools separated from learning content
  • links everywhere with several clicks before actually reaching learning material
  • new tools just added to the bottom of ever-increasing dropdowns. More...