Metrics for Knowledge Management and Content Management
As online learning merges with content management and knowledge management, the metrics for evaluating online learning will evolve. This article is a good guide to the metrics currently in use by the knowledge management community. More...

Content Management: Our Organized Future
According to the author, "Content management is the management of content (any digital item - video, audio, text, graphic, links to physical resources, etc.) to allow for contribution from varied sources with points of control to ensure quality." And in education, "digital content creation is far outpacing management." I don't completely agree: there's a lot of both content creation and content management; unfortunately they are separate systems with separate sets of objectives. More...

Getting a Handle on Learning Content Management Systems
I wish people would stop using the phrase "human capital" as the author does at the start of this article. It implies - as did its predecessor "human resources" - that people can be owned by corporations. I feel the same way when I'm told that "our people are our greatest asset." But I am not anyone's asset! I am an independent agent in a democratic society who has agreed to exchange some of my services in exchange for a compensation package including money, benefits and - yes - learning. More...

Assessing Learning Management Systems
This article examines some key issues "critical to the function of any enterprise management system." They are: high availability, scalability, usability, interoperability, stability, and security. It's not a bad list, but it's not a great one. More...