Contribution to a conversation between criticism and defense of today's LMS. Keynote at Eduhubdays 2011, Lugano. #eduhub11

1. Do LMS have a Future?
A conversation between criticism and defense of today‘s LMS
Actors: Prof. Dr. Andrea Back - Florian Gnägi
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Eduhub days 2011, Lugano

2. Some teachers cheat the LMS: Why?
Teachers
LMS
Social platforms
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3. Agenda
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How we cheat and teach
Our frustrations with LMS
Concessions to the future
Recommended next steps

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syllabus: question – download: upload – closed: open
control: enable – structure: platform
Michael Wesch: Participation Platform

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Breaking out: Twitter – Posterous – Dropbox – TypeWith.me
Google Docs – TeamLab – Comindwork – Doodle – etc.
Andrea Back: Webtool Collection

6. Agenda
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How we cheat and teach
Our frustrations with LMS
Concessions to the future
Recommended next steps

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It seams to break IT- & Admin-Peoples‘ heart to give away rights.
Power & permissions to the people !

8. LMS licence policies are often costly, and restrictive
Web is Freemium: We can have it all !
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9. Unavailable – not best of breed – outdated – little teaching material
Task-Technology Fit & Tech-Fitness ?
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Social Platforms
LMS

10. Barriers: Login hurdles, unlinkable content, anti cross-boundary
Walled Gardens instead of Openness
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11. Content silos keep up barriers to interaction and connection,
collective intelligence, network & viral effects – and to self-marketing
Walled Gardens instead of Openness
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12. Pro and Con Arguments heard - then lets start the:
!
Open Discussion
?
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13. Agenda
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How we cheat and teach
Our frustrations with LMS
Concessions to the future
Recommended next steps

14. Either LMS or Social Platform
No !
It is NOT about
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15. Creating something new and letting it mature
Next Generation LMS
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16. Agenda
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How we cheat and teach
Our frustrations with LMS
Concessions to the future
Recommended next steps

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formal + open
Strategy for LMS operations, and the majority of end-users:
Gradual evolution to 2.0-ness

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Strategy for innovators and early adopters:
Don‘t wait for LMS perfect
Have fun in your learning journey with all the „wrong“ Web-tools

19. Fotos
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Slide 01: http://mackenziejohnson.com/id72.html
Slide 02: http://americanboimeko.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/why-do-we-cheat/
Slide 03: http://thecorner.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/08/28/outsider.jpg
Slide 04: http://www.netvibes.com/wesch#Digital_Ethnography
Slide 05: http://stunt-unit.bplaced.net/?p=144; and:
http://emilychang.com/2010/08/icons-of-the-web/
Slide 07: http://www.flickr.com/photos/svorhaben/492918632/
Slide 08: http://www.vanabbe.nl/press/pers_img/vvv_free_beer_bottles_2007.jpg
Slide 09: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3181769-survival-of-the-fittest.php
Slide 10:http://www.flickr.com/photos/heraklit/2536189689/
Slide 11: http://boyton.com.au/2010/06/02/are-you-surrounded-by-knowledge-silos/
Slide 14: http://www.iwebie.com/valuev-defeated-holyfield
Slide 15: http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/
2009/06/18/1125-feet-sex-bed-couple_sm.jpg; and: future-child-362
Slide 17: Business_Man_3 von advancedvisualconcepts.com (links im Bild);
BusinessMan von foto-dunke-de (rechts im Bild)
Slide 18: Chilly-card.de; Foto von D. Williamson

20. Recommended Readings
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Back, A.: Kolumne: Dem Miraculix unter den Lehrenden in seinen Kochtopf
geschaut. http://www.learningwaves.unisg.ch/?p=2864, Sept. 2010
Ebner, M.: Konzeption / Architektur von modernen Lernumgebungen. http://slidesha.re/husGv8,
Jan. 2011
Feldstein, M.: The Future of the LMS. Slides and Lecture Video: W(h)ither the LMS?.
http://mfeldstein.com/the-future-of-the-lms/, Sept. 15, 2010
Knight, J.: What is the future of the LMS? Social Media for Working and Learning.
http://bit.ly/dz6Wrj, May 4, 2010
Stöhr, A. (Gast-Hrsg.): Verlieren LMS im Web 2.0 an Bedeutung? Ausgabe 15 WissensWert
Blog Carnival mit 26 Beiträgen, http://wissenswert.iwi.unisg.ch/?p=1536, Sept. 2010
Wilkins, D.: A Defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of Social Learning). The Social
Enterprise Blog. http://bit.ly/9wxCYv, May 12, 2010
Also see: Social Bookmarks of Back, A. tagged „LMS“ and „eduhub“ on diigo:
http://www.diigo.com/user/andreaback/lms%20eduhub