The Evolving Role of Course Management System Providers in the Transformation of Education: An Interview with Blackboard's Matthew Pittinsky
The title describes the content. Blackboard's strategy in a nutshell: "I think the next big leap is from CMS to OS. Systems like Blackboard will be viewed as platforms that unite a wide range of academic technologies that traditionally have been fragmented... I view course management systems as operating systems for education because I believe that their value lies as much in the standardized user interface and open architecture for third-party developers as it does in the particular tools with which they ship." From a business point of view, this is a good strategy. More...
Learning Management Systems: Seeking Paradigms for Collaboration
Learning Management Systems: Seeking Paradigms for Collaboration
Phillip Long's otherwise reasonable discussion of ways people can influence the development of learning management systems (LMSs) is scored with an unwarranted piousness. More...
Fleet management providers on making fleets and fleet management more efficient
What has been the biggest operational efficiency game changer in the last couple of years. More...
Colleges use event management systems for any event
Event management systems have given schools greater control over everything from booking spaces to ordering food, linens and equipment. More...
Débat : les écoles de management françaises vont se réinventer, et voici comment
Depuis plusieurs mois, les Cassandres de tout bord noircissent l’horizon des grandes écoles de management. Une étude récente de la Fnege a contribué à questionner le devenir de nos écoles. Plus...
Complex Project Manager Competency Standards
Complex Project Manager Competency Standards
International Centre for Complex Project Manage ment (ICCPM), 2015/12/24
Scott Johnson dropped this 2012 post into my new OLDaily Facebook page (100 page PDF). More...
10 challenging ways to get the best from your SMEs
10 challenging ways to get the best from your SMEs
Donald Clark, Donald Clark Plan B, 2015/12/21
In his tweet Donald Clark says the "SME bridge into online learning production [is] often wobbly, even catastrophic." I wouldn't go quite so far as that, but I do appreciate the need to be clear about the role of the SME in learning design. More...
How Big is the LMS Market?
Techno-News Blog. The problem with numbers related to educational technology is that you just can’t trust them. Do a Google search for the size of the LMS market and you get some really big numbers, and wide discrepancies in the estimates. More...
Le défi du management : comment accompagner la profession ?
Pour autant, ces entreprises connaissent de vrais changements avec des artisans qui doivent agir sur tous les fronts : répondre aux normes réglementaires, produire pour des clients plus exigeants, gérer des équipes de salariés aux attentes diversifiées. Mais pour réussir, nombre de boulangers-ères pointent que le plus difficile n’est pas « de faire du pain », mais bien de gérer les relations entre salariés, avoir des équipes stables, motiver et impliquer au développement de leur entreprise. Plus...
Former les managers de demain... avec Opcalia et HEC !
A l'occasion de l'Université d'été du Medef qui s'est tenue fin août sur le campus d'HEC, Opcalia et HEC ont conclu un accord. Former les décideurs de demain, valoriser les alternances, accompagner les jeunes des quartiers prioritaires, développer l'innovation dans un contexte de transformation digitale profonde: telles sont les priorités des deux partenaires pour au moins deux ans. Plus...