The Future of Learning
Management Systems
Alex Chapin
Middlebury College

A Brief History of
Technology in Education

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ēducātiōn
2. The process of ‘bringing up’ (young persons); the manner in which a person has been ‘brought up’; with reference to social
station, kind of manners and habits acquired, calling or employment prepared for, etc. Obs. exc. with notion of 3.
education
3. The systematic instruction, schooling or training given to the young in preparation for the work of life; by extension, similar
instruction or training obtained in adult age. Also, the whole course of scholastic instruction which a person has received. Often
with limiting words denoting the nature or the predominant subject of the instruction or kind of life for which it prepares, as
classical, legal, medical, technical, commercial, art education.
[ēducātiōn-em, em .f ēducāre; see EDUCATE v. and -ION.]
4. [From sense 3, influenced by sense 2 and sometimes by the quasi-etymological notion ‘drawing out’.] Culture or development
of powers, formation of character, as contrasted with the imparting of mere knowledge or skill. Often with limiting word, as
intellectual, moral, physical.
[f. L. ēducāt- ppl. stem of ēducāre to rear, bring up (children, young animals),
related to ēdūcĕre to lead forth (see EDUCE), which is sometimes used nearly in
the same sense.]
2. To bring up (young persons) from childhood, so as to form (their) habits, manners, intellectual and physical aptitudes.
b. To instruct, provide schooling for (young persons).
3. To train (any person) so as to develop the intellectual and moral powers generally.
4. To train, discipline (a person, a class of persons, a particular mental or physical faculty or organ), so as to develop some
special aptitude, taste, or disposition. Const. to, also inf.

sp TELAR LOOM
lat TEGERE TO COVER sug> CONVERTIBLE
TECTUM ROOF sug> CONVERT
~ TECH see next sug> ARCHITECT
sp TECHO same sug> ENVELOPE
~ TECHNE id+ | from gr for SKILL CRAFT |
ukr DAKH same
~ TECHNIC see next sug> TEXTILE
biol> DACHSHUND DOG THAT DIGS THUS CREATES A COVER
~ TECHNICAL see next sug> CONTEXT
sp TEGumen SKIN COVER
~ TECHNIQUE ukr TEKHNIKA
med> lat TEGumentum SKIN or COVER or
^u sp TECNICA
eng TEGument COVER including SKIN and other
~ TECHNOLOGY id+ | SKILLED HAND WORK or METHOD
lat TEGula TILE
MANUAL CRAFT |
τέχνη
TOGa GARMENT or TOGA
id+ | TOIL | sug> TOILET
proTEGere PROTECT sug> TECHNIC
id+ | conTEXT points to TEXTILE FABRIC or TISSUE |
deTEGere DETECT sug> TECHNOLOGY
etymology is vast and mainly points to
eng ARCHITECT sug> ARCHETYPE for BUILDER
skt TAKSAN = CARPENTER
lat deTECTio DETECT sug> DETECTIVE
TO JOIN or FIT thus BUILD
eng proTECT ENCLOSE SHELTER COVER
CONSTRUCT sug> ARCHITECT
TEST PROOF CRUCIBLE TRIAL
gr TEKTON CARPENTER
biol> TEST ANALYSIS also
TEKHNE MANUAL SKILL
PROTECTIVE COVER or SHELL
lat TEXERE TO WEAVE
eng proTEST COMPLAINT note sug> OBJECT
TISSU TISSUE
TESTa MAKING or BAKING A SHELL OF CLAY
sp TEJIDO TEXTILE
ital TESTa HEAD or HARD SKULL
lit+ TEXT WORDS IN CONTEXT
biol> TESTacea ORGANISMS WITH A SHELL
Hittite TAKKSS TO JOIN
TESTicle MALE GONAD WITH A HARD COVER
technê
note conTEXT under one TISSUE or
sp TESTarudo HARD HEADED as in STUBBORN
see> TECTUM for ROOF thus a
eng TESTify CONFIRM or WITNESS
MEMBER see> MEMBRANE
TESTudo TORTOISE TURTLE
lat TELA WEAVE WEB or
eng TESTAMENT
sp TUL TRANSPARENT THIN CLOTH or
TESTIMONY
eng TULLE THIN FABRIC
atTESTATION STATEMENT
fr TELIER or ATELIER thus
hx> TESTudo A SHELL LIKE FORMATION BY ROMAN SOLDIERS
WORK PLACE as in
COVERED BY THEIR SHIELDS AND USED TO BREAK
TOIL for WORK
ENEMY LINES WITH SUCH DISPLAY OF COURAGE
TOILET for LATRINE
eng TESTY STUBBORN thus PETULANT
fr TETE HEAD from see> TESTA
note TECTONIC
Tech Techne Technic Technical Technique Technology TEXT
TEXTUAL
TISSUE
TELARY
TILLER
cont> see> TEGUMENT sug> TEJA as in sug> TEXAS

~ EPI~ gr prefix for
~ EPISTEME id+ | TRUE KNOWLEDGE | id + | OVER AMONG or UP TO |
opp of DOXA or DOGMA see> DOGMATIC ~ EPICANTHI id+ | OVER THE CANTHUS or EYE ANGLE |
ply> | TOXA DOXA as if TOXIC DOGMA | gr CANTHUS = ANGLE sug> ANGLO
~ EPISTEMOLOGY id+ | THEORY AND SCIENCE THAT ~ EPICANTHUS biol> med> SKIN FOLD COVERING
INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN AND THE INNER OR OUTER
NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE | ANGLE OF THE EYE
~ EPISTLE gr EPISTELLEIN = TO SEND TO as in ~ EPICASTE myth> see> JOCASTA
LETTER or MESSAGE ~ EPIDEMIC id+ | AMONG THE PEOPLE or POPULATION |
~ EPITAPH id+ | END CONCLUSION | sug> CLOSURE gr DEMOS = PEOPLE
AN INSCRIPTION ON A TOMB EPIDEMIOS PREVALENCE AMONG PEOPLE
gr TAPHOS or TAPHTEIN = TOMB med> EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF INSTANCES
lit+ B FRANKLIN [#] 1706-1790 IN A POPULATION FORMERLY MOSTLY
ἐπιστήµη
WHEN 22 YEARS OLD WROTE INFECTIONS BUT INCREASINGLY OF
HIS OWN HUMOROUS EPITAPH [73] CANCER BIRTH DEFECTS INTOXICATIONS
" THE BODY OF B FRANKLIN ~ EPIDEMIOLOGY id+ | STUDY OF POPULATIONS |
PRINTER med> SCIENCE CONCERNED WITH FACTORS
LIKE A COVER OF AN OLD BOOK DETERMINING DISEASES INCLUDING
ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT POSSIBLE CAUSES AND PATTERNS AMONG
AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING POPULATIONS
LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS sc> EPIDEMIOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE TO
BUT THE WORK SHALL NOT BE WHOLLY LOST COLLECT ANALYZE AND INTERPRET
FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEV'D DATA ABOUT POPULATIONS HUMAN OR OTHERWISE
APPEAR ONCE MORE ~ EPIGONE id+ | DESCENDANT | sug> HEIR
IN A NEW AND MORE PERFECT EDITION gr EPI
GONE = SEED sug> GONAD
CORRECTED AND AMENDED BY THE AUTHOR ..."
see> SAKHAROV for another great epitaph
~ EPISTASIS med> THE KEY STAGE or PERIOD
épistémè ~ EPIPHANY id+ | SEE THE LIGHT or ENLIGHTEN |
gr PHAINEIN = TO SHOW
OF AN ILLNESS or ply> | EPIPHANY IS A PHENOMENON |
MAIN PART hx> APPARITION OF A GOD or
gr EPITEINEIN = TO STRETCH UPON OR OVER THEOPHANY
gr STASIS TO STAND EPIPHANY IS A CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL ON THE
biol> in GENETICS denotes INTERACTION OF GENES 6th OF JANUARY or 12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS
~ EPITHET gr TITHENAI = TO PUT or ADJECTIVE or TO COMMEMORATE JESUS CHRIST SHOWING HIMSELF TO
ATTRIBUTIVE or EXPRESSION THE GENTILES see> LUPERCALIA
note MODERN USE ADDED A DEROGATORY TONE TO IT id+ AN INSPIRATION or REALIZATION or INSIGHT
MAKING EPITHET = ABUSIVE TERM ~ EPIPHYSIS id+ | in med> A BONE SPUR |
~ EPITOME id+ | SUMMARY | gr PHYEIN = TO GROW
A BRIEF TO FACILITATE MEMORIZATION A SPUR
Epistemology Epistle Epitaph Epistasis Epithet Epitome
gr TEMENEIN = TO CUT into ABRIDGEMENT SUMMARY
~! altseq
TALON in sp = HEEL
med> GROWTH PLATE AT THE END OF BONES also
~ EPITHYTE see> EPIPHYSIS
EPICURUS after EPITOME ~ EPISODE id+ | EVENT |
gr EISODOS = ENTRANCE from
EIS INTO and
HODOS WAY
~ EPISTAXIS gr STAZEIN = TO FALL IN DROPS
med> NOSE BLEED or
NASAL BLEEDING

~ EPISTEME id+ | TRUE KNOWLEDGE |
opp of DOXA or DOGMA see> DOGMATIC
~ TECH see next sug> ARCHITECT
ply> | TOXA DOXA as if TOXIC DOGMA |
~ TECHNE id+ | from gr for SKILL CRAFT |
~ EPISTEMOLOGY id+ | THEORY AND SCIENCE THAT
~ TECHNIC see next sug> TEXTILE
INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN AND
~ TECHNICAL see next sug> CONTEXT
NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE |
~ TECHNIQUE ukr TEKHNIKA
~ EPISTLE gr EPISTELLEIN = TO SEND TO as in
^u sp TECNICA
LETTER or MESSAGE
~ TECHNOLOGY id+ | SKILLED HAND WORK or METHOD
~ EPITAPH id+ | END CONCLUSION | sug> CLOSURE
MANUAL CRAFT |
AN INSCRIPTION ON A TOMB
id+ | TOIL | sug> TOILET
gr TAPHOS or TAPHTEIN = TOMB
id+ | conTEXT points to TEXTILE FABRIC or TISSUE |
lit+ B FRANKLIN [#] 1706-1790
etymology is vast and mainly points to
WHEN 22 YEARS OLD WROTE
skt TAKSAN = CARPENTER
HIS OWN HUMOROUS EPITAPH [73]
TO JOIN or FIT thus BUILD
τέχνη + ἐπιστήµη
" THE BODY OF B FRANKLIN
CONSTRUCT sug> ARCHITECT
PRINTER
gr TEKTON CARPENTER
LIKE A COVER OF AN OLD BOOK
TEKHNE MANUAL SKILL
ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT
lat TEXERE TO WEAVE
AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING
TISSU TISSUE
LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS
sp TEJIDO TEXTILE
BUT THE WORK SHALL NOT BE WHOLLY LOST
lit+ TEXT WORDS IN CONTEXT
FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEV'D
Hittite TAKKSS TO JOIN
APPEAR ONCE MORE
technê + épistémè
note conTEXT under one TISSUE or
IN A NEW AND MORE PERFECT EDITION
see> TECTUM for ROOF thus a
CORRECTED AND AMENDED BY THE AUTHOR ..."
MEMBER see> MEMBRANE
see> SAKHAROV for another great epitaph
lat TELA WEAVE WEB or
~ EPISTASIS med> THE KEY STAGE or PERIOD
sp TUL TRANSPARENT THIN CLOTH or
OF AN ILLNESS or
eng TULLE THIN FABRIC
MAIN PART
fr TELIER or ATELIER thus
gr EPITEINEIN = TO STRETCH UPON OR OVER
WORK PLACE as in
gr STASIS TO STAND
TOIL for WORK
biol> in GENETICS denotes INTERACTION OF GENES
TOILET for LATRINE
~ EPITHET gr TITHENAI = TO PUT or ADJECTIVE or
Tech Techne Technic Technical Epistemology Epistle Epitaph
ATTRIBUTIVE or EXPRESSION
note MODERN USE ADDED A DEROGATORY TONE TO IT
MAKING EPITHET = ABUSIVE TERM
Technique Technology Epistasis Epithet Epitome
~ EPITOME id+ | SUMMARY |
A BRIEF TO FACILITATE MEMORIZATION
gr TEMENEIN = TO CUT into ABRIDGEMENT SUMMARY
~! altseq
EPICURUS after EPITOME

~ EPISTEME id+ | TRUE KNOWLEDGE |
opp of DOXA or DOGMA see> DOGMATIC
~ TECH see next sug> ARCHITECT
ply> | TOXA DOXA as if TOXIC DOGMA |
~ TECHNE id+ | from gr for SKILL CRAFT |
~ EPISTEMOLOGY id+ | THEORY AND SCIENCE THAT
~ TECHNIC see next sug> TEXTILE
INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN AND
τέχνη + ἐπιστήµη
~ TECHNICAL see next sug> CONTEXT
NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE |
~ TECHNIQUE ukr TEKHNIKA
~ EPISTLE gr EPISTELLEIN = TO SEND TO as in
^u sp TECNICA
LETTER or MESSAGE
~ TECHNOLOGY id+ | SKILLED HAND WORK or METHOD
~ EPITAPH id+ | END CONCLUSION | sug> CLOSURE
MANUAL CRAFT |
AN INSCRIPTION ON A TOMB
id+ | TOIL | sug> TOILET
gr TAPHOS or TAPHTEIN = TOMB
id+ | conTEXT points to TEXTILE FABRIC or TISSUE |
lit+ B FRANKLIN [#] 1706-1790
etymology is vast and mainly points to
WHEN 22 YEARS OLD WROTE
skt TAKSAN = CARPENTER
HIS OWN HUMOROUS EPITAPH [73]
TO JOIN or FIT thus BUILD
gr
CONSTRUCT sug> ARCHITECT
TEKTON CARPENTER
technê + épistémè " THE BODY OF B FRANKLIN
PRINTER
LIKE A COVER OF AN OLD BOOK
TEKHNE MANUAL SKILL
ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT
lat TEXERE TO WEAVE
AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING
Epistêmê is the Greek word most often translated as knowledge,
sp
TISSU TISSUE
TEJIDO TEXTILE
lit+ TEXT WORDS IN CONTEXT
LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS
BUT THE WORK SHALL NOT BE WHOLLY LOST
while technê is translated as either craft or art.
FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEV'D
Hittite TAKKSS TO JOIN
APPEAR ONCE MORE
note conTEXT under one TISSUE or
IN A NEW AND MORE PERFECT EDITION
see> TECTUM for ROOF thus a
CORRECTED AND AMENDED BY THE AUTHOR ..."
MEMBER see> MEMBRANE
see> SAKHAROV for another great epitaph
lat TELA WEAVE WEB or Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 17 May 2009. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/episteme-techne/>
~ EPISTASIS med> THE KEY STAGE or PERIOD
sp TUL TRANSPARENT THIN CLOTH or
OF AN ILLNESS or
eng TULLE THIN FABRIC
MAIN PART
fr TELIER or ATELIER thus
τέχνη represents a threat to peace, order and good
gr EPITEINEIN = TO STRETCH UPON OR OVER
WORK PLACE as in
gr STASIS TO STAND
TOIL for WORK
biol> in GENETICS denotes INTERACTION OF GENES
TOILET for LATRINE
~ EPITHET gr TITHENAI = TO PUT or ADJECTIVE or
government - Plato ATTRIBUTIVE or EXPRESSION
note MODERN USE ADDED A DEROGATORY TONE TO IT
MAKING EPITHET = ABUSIVE TERM
~ EPITOME id+ | SUMMARY |
τέχνη is representative of the imperfection of human A BRIEF TO FACILITATE MEMORIZATION
gr TEMENEIN = TO CUT into ABRIDGEMENT SUMMARY
imitation of nature - Aristotle
~! altseq
EPICURUS after EPITOME

Technology is anything that wasn't
around when you were born.
Alan Curtis Kay (born 1940-05-17) is an American computer scientist
known for his early pioneering work on object-oriented
programming and windowing graphical user interface design.
Source: Hong Kong press conference in the late 1980s
"Alan Kay." Wikiquote 16 May 2009. <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Kay>

The medium is the message
Marshall McLuhan (21 July 1911 – 31 December 1980) was a
Canadian philosopher, futurist, and communications theorist.
"Marshall McLuhan." Wikiquote 16 May 2009. <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan>

Necessity is the mother of invention
George Farquhar (1678 – April 29, 1707) was an Irish dramatist.
"George Farquhar." Wikiquote 16 May 2009. <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Farquhar>

Invention is the mother of necessity
Thorstein Veblen US economist & social philosopher (1857 - 1929)
"Invention." Wikiquote 16 May 2009. <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Invention>

Academic Technology
Instructional Technology
Educational Technology
Curricular Technology Technologies for
Teaching, learning and
Research

Information Literacy
Digital Literacy
Technological Education
Technological Literacy
Technical Education
Technical Literacy

Technological Education
Digital Literacy namespace management
object-oriented design version control
iterative development
Teaching an understanding of the "logic," or "theory"
of a given tool, technique or service in the sense of the
"possibility space" it introduces...
Computational Thinking

Technological vs Technical
Digital Literacy namespace management
Possibility Space Mechanics
object-oriented design
"what can be done" version control
"how to use"
Theory of τέχνη Practice of τέχνη
iterative development
teaching an understanding of the "logic," or "theory" of
a given tool, technique or service in the sense of the
"possibility space" it introduces
Computational Thinking

Technological Education
Digital Literacy
Computational Thinking

Paradigm Shift
Digital Literacy namespace management
revolutionary science
extraordinary science
Possibility Space Mechanics
object-oriented design
"whatbasicdo" version control
to assumptions within "how to do" of science
a change in the ruling theory
Theory of τέχνη Shift." 17 May 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_shift>
iterative development
"Paradigm
Practice of τέχνη
teaching an the humanities has of the "logic," or "theory" ofof
“a student in
understanding constantly before him a number
competingtool,incommensurable service in the sense of the
a given and technique or solutions to these problems, solutions
"possibility space" it introduces
that he must ultimately examine for himself.”
Thomas Kuhn. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962
Computational Thinking

Instructional Technology

Educational Technology

Technological Education

The Future of
Learning Management
Systems

Learning Management?

Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object Management
Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information
Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow Management Publication
CMS LMS DMS DRM
Management Document Management Software Management Application Lifecyle Management Project
Management Student Management Assessement Management Content Management Course
Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object Management Relationship Management
Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information Management Data
LCMS DAMS
Management Total Quality Management Workflow Customer Relationship Management Knowledge
Management Information Management Data Management Content Management Course Management
The Logic of Management
Digital Asset Management Digital Object Management Relationship Management Customer
Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information Management Data Management Total
Quality Management Workflow Management Publication Management Document Management
KMS
Software Management Application Lifecyle Management Project Management Student Management
PMS
Assessement Management Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management
WM
Digital Object Management Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge
Management Information Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow
UKM SKM
Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information Management Data
DOMS
Management Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object
Management Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management
Information Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow Management
Publication Management Document Management Software Management Application Lifecyle

Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object Management
Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information
Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow Management Publication
CMS
The Logic of Management
LMS DMS DRM
Management Document Management Software Management Application Lifecyle Management Project
Management Student Management Assessement Management Content Management Course
Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object Management Relationship Management
Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information Management Data
LCMS DAMS
Top Down
Management Total Quality Management Workflow Customer Relationship Management Knowledge
Management Information Management Data Management Content Management Course Management
Structured
Digital Asset Management Digital Object Management Relationship Management Customer
Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information Management Data Management Total
Quality Management Workflow Management Publication Management Document Management
KMS
Software Management Application Lifecyle Management Project Management Student Management
PMS
Assessement Management Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management
Controlled WM
Digital Object Management Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge
Standardized
Management Information Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow
UKM SKM
Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information Management Data
DOMS
Management Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object
Management Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management
Information Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow Management
Publication Management Document Management Software Management Application Lifecyle

Learning
Course
Management

Learning
Blogs Portfolios
Course
Wikis
Management Exhibitions
Research Collections
Archives

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Publication Continuum

Wikis + Blogs
Versioned Microcontent

Wikis + Blogs
Bottom up organization

News Aggregators + Learning Modules
Student-centered learning

Unevenly Distributed...
Granular Authorizations
Groups Management
Namespace Management
Reputation and Grading
Participation Tracking
Authoritative Hierarchies
Widget Platforms + Blogs + Wikis