“Small Pieces,
Loosely Joined”
and other good ideas for elearning
in Douglas County
02.09.09

What is the
web for?

It is for storing stuff.

It is for finding stuff.

It is for communicating
stuff too.

So, we just need ONE site
to hold all of our stuff.

“The future of the web is not about visiting sites.
It is about connecting resources.”
-Stephen Downes

We don’t need a place that holds everything.
We need a place that helps us to connect
everything.

The school and the
learning does not
equal the LMS.

So, What are the
Small Pieces of
Online Learning
and where do they
connect?

Content
(current state):

Content
(future state):

Information
(Current state):

Information
(Future state):

Web Conferencing
(Current state):

Web Conferencing
(Future state):

Social Networking
(Current and Future states):

Calendaring
(Current and Future states):

Chat
(Current and Future states):

Blogs
(Current and Future states):

Collaboration and portfolios
(Current and Future states):

Wikis:
(Current and Future states):

What are IT’s small
pieces?

How do we loosely
tie all of these
small pieces
together?

A Portal based upon the role
of the learner.

Giving access to the learning
network that they need.