Is an LMS the best tool for learning and teaching?

Would teachers create more innovative online environments if they had more flexible and modular tools they could integrate and shape into environments suitable to the particular needs and interests of their students? Would this be too inconsistent and confusing for students? It would certainly test teachers' skills (both technical and pedagogical) and would also increase their workload.

It is fair to say that the largest LMSs, such as Blackboard, could be described as Web 1.0 dinosaurs, even when their more recent releases do integrate some of the collaborative Web 2.0 technologies (such as wikis or blogs).

It seems to be the way the large LMSs are evolving, however the pace of Web 2.0 innovations is such that large LMSs may always stay a few years behind (Barbaux, 2005).













(Norman, 2005)
References

Blackall, L. (2005) Small Pieces in elearning, Available: http://teachandlearnonline.blogspot.com/2005/05/small-pieces-in-elearning.html

Dalsgaard, C. (2006) Social software: E-learning beyond learning management systems Available: http://www.eurodl.org/materials/contrib/2006/Christian_Dalsgaard.htm

Norman, D. (2005) Small pieces Available: http://edcommunity.apple.com/adc/tools/wp-content/smallpieces.png

Wilson, D. (2007) Is LMS a corporate competency, Learning reflections Available: http://elearnity.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Barbaux, M. (2006) Is an LMS the best tool for learning and teaching? Available:
http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/ecommunication/2006/08/is_an_lms_the_best_tool_for_le.html

RSS in Plain English - Video Tutorial

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My Podcast on Podomatic

I have attempted to podcast my first trial on podomatic. I tried using a trial software named Propaganda first inwhich, the file was too large to upload.

http://raghda.podomatic.com/

Video Podcast: CNN News for Students

The CNN Student News is a daily, ten-minute, commercial-free broadcast of the day's news geared
for middle and high school students. You can watch online.

CNN Student News is also a podcast. You can get the video episodes delivered to computers automatically each day in iTunes.


Every edition of CNN Student News has a transcript, quick guide, and ten questions posted here which makes it a great resource for teachers to integrate podcasting into the curriculum.


Read more about CNN Student News podcasts in this article by Craig Nansen.