Learning Management Systems
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
Look at the Bigger Picture for Long-Term Improvement
A comprehensive learning system is essential to supporting the kinds of professional learning that change practices and improve results. A new report from ERS helps make the case.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
The Celebrations and Challenges of Leading Change
Friendswood (Texas) ISD works to create a districtwide plan of action to ensure all leaders and schools are engaged in effective professional learning.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
Put Professional Learning Front and Center in ESSA Plans
ESSA provides a powerful opportunity for states to rethink their learning systems to advance a coherent vision of continuous learning and improvement.
Education
Opinion
Learning Management Systems: What about Assessments?
Learning management systems boost personalized learning but seem to disconnect with the assessments required in certain topics. Is the next wave of LMS assessment integration?
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
Reimagine Professional Learning To Achieve Better Results
The appetite and will for professional learning system redesign is growing -- particularly among teachers.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Opinion
Important Lessons From a Software Giant
The key to success for any educational organization is rooted in these learning fundamentals.
Curriculum
Idaho's Failed Implementation of Pearson LMS Blasted in Report
A new state report uncovers serious functionality and management issues in implementing Pearson's learning management system, Schoolnet, in Idaho.
Data
Opinion
It's Time for Students to Own the Student Record: B2C LMS Companion
Secondary and postsecondary students should have cost-free access to a personal companion to the school's learning management system, a business to consumer (B2C) LMS that is a private portable profile. The B2C LMS companion would have goal-setting functionality, a cloud-based portfolio system, and links to social media.
Education
Opinion
Reclaiming Innovation and Ditching the Learning Management System
In an article in KQED MindShift, Justin Reich explains how he uses the open Web to power online learning and to leave the learning management system behind.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Next-Gen Learning in Brooklyn
In the heart of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle, Next Generation Learning Challenge grantee Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB) is personalizing learning for low-income students. Using their custom learning management system, the Brooklyn LAB team is generating actionable evidence that serves and informs both teaching and learning.
Special Report
Piecing Together a Smart LMS Strategy
This special report aims to give district leaders a better sense of what it takes to piece together a smart strategy for learning management systems.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Tech Advances Fuel LMS Identity Crisis
Big questions are facing school district leaders across the country about how a learning management system should best fit into the larger ed-tech ecosystem.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Tearing Down the Walls Between Software Silos
Technical hurdles, turf battles among vendors, and the glacial pace of technology adoption are preventing LMS software from becoming the hub of a fully integrated ed-tech ecosystem.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Pressure on LMS Companies to Provide Quality PD
Educators must grasp how learning management systems can help students, yet also acquire the skills to juggle myriad academic and managerial duties.