A Vision for Learning Platforms
in 2020
John Thomson - 7/18/14
Questions
Suggestions
Vaporware
Questions
What challenges do instructors face at the GSB?
What challenges to students face at the GSB?
What is the GSB’s "model?"
(eg: Harvard vs Yale Law)
Suggestion # 1
By focusing on current challenges, backed by data, we can align the platform with needs in 5 years or less.
Trends of today
- Mobile
- Wearable
- Modular
- Analytics
- Responsive
- Learner-
driven - Time-
independent - Content discovery
- Pushed
- Adaptive
- Personalized
…but these might not be the trends of tomorrow
Suggestion # 2
An instructor-facilitated Personal Learning Environment will shape the “LMS" of the future.
What does a PLE look like?
To reiterate...
Personal
- Course / time distinctions matter less
- Comment and collaboration matter more
- (Some) ownership matters less
- Access matters more
Where is the instructor?
Assumption:
GSB instructors focus on their students -
or they wouldn’t be here!
GSB instructors focus on their students -
or they wouldn’t be here!
Instructor needs?
- LMS + CRM
- Librarian + Instructional Designer
To reiterate...
Time
- Focus on facilitating learning
- Data on students readily available
- Design and content assistance /discovery
- Focus on facilitating learning
- Data on students readily available
- Design and content assistance /discovery
Back-end
Brought to you by alphabet soup!
- LTI
- SCORM
- LRMI
- RSS
- iCal
- Jabber
- Tin Can
- Caliper
- APIs
Back to trends
- Content is everywhere (students expect this)
- Connecting is easy
- Technology can help students & instructors with "high touch"
- Standards are breaking apart the monolithic LMS
- Yet, data is still an expectation
Thanks!
A Vision for Learning Platforms in 2020
By John Thomson
