The Future of Learning
Management Systems
Alex Chapin
Middlebury College

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
Computational Thinking
Technological Education
Technological Literacy
Technical Education
Digital Competency Technical Literacy

Technological vs Technical
commons-based peer producation
identity management
Possibility Space Mechanics
"what can be done" namespace management
"how to use"
object-oriented design
Theory of τέχνη Practice of τέχνη
version control
iterative development
computational thinking

Technological Education
identity management commons-based peer producation
namespace management
social bookmarking
Understanding of the "logic," or "theory" of a given
tool, technique or service in the sense of the
"possibility space" it introduces...
version control
iterative development
object-oriented design
computational thinking

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
HierarchicalDRM
Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management Information
Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow Management Publication
Top
CMSDown
LMS DMS
Management Document Management Software Management Application Lifecyle Management Project
Management Student Management Assessement Management Content Management Course
Authoritarian
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
Controlled WM Structured
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
Standardized DOMS
Management Content Management Course Management Digital Asset Management Digital Object
Management Relationship Management Customer Relationship Management Knowledge Management
Insular
Information Management Data Management Total Quality Management Workflow Management
Publication Management Document Management Software Management Application Lifecyle

Blogs Widgets
Wikis Aggregators
Bottom Up

Learning
Management

Research Exhibitions
Portfolios Learning
Management Collections
Courses
Marketing Archives
Communications

Build educational versions of
emerging technologies
Learning
Research Exhibitions
Management
Portfolios Courses Collections
OR
Archives
Adapt emerging technologies to
fit into the educational context

Criteria for Educational Adoption
Learning
Research Exhibitions
Open Standards | Proprietary Innovation
Management
Vibrant Community | Sustainable Business Model
Open Source | Closed Source |Collections
Portfolios Courses Community Souce
Archives

Criteria for Educational Adoption
Learning
Research Oriented
Object
Management Exhibitions
Portfolios Courses Collections
Service Oriented
Syndication Oriented
Archives

Challenges...
Learning
Research vs Popularity
Quality
Management Exhibitions
Portfolios Courses Collections
Administrative vs Academic
Archives

More Challenges...
Granular Authorizations Identity Management
Namespace Management Group Management
Reputation and Grading
Participation Tracking
Authoritative Hierarchies
Widget Platforms + Blogs + Wikis

Wikis + Blogs
Versioned Microcontent

Wikis + Blogs
Bottom up organization

News Aggregators + Learning Modules
Student-centered learning