Canada has a long history with learning management systems.However, this post is not about Canadian companies, but rather the LMS that are used by Canadian colleges and universities.
Kunerango Is An Edtech Toolset For Individuals To Sell Online Courses
Kunerango is a platform for instructors to create branded online schools where they can sell courses, reckons there’s room for not-so-massive alternatives.
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/05/kunerango/
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Why Organizations Choose an Open Source Learning Management System
Why should an organization choose an open source Learning Management System as opposed to a homegrown or proprietary LMS? Kineo recently distributed a survey to organizations which reveals the reasons why they chose open source.
http://elearningindustry.com/why-organizations-choose-an-open-source-learning-management-system
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LearnDash: Learning Management System for WordPress
Instantly transform your site into a powerful learning management system with LearnDash’s WordPress LMS plugin. With a click of a button you can create and sell courses, setup quizzes, automatically award certificates, and download robust user activity reports.
A Checklist For Using Google’s New eLearning Course Builder
Google has entered the increasingly crowded eLearning fray with their new Course Builder software, an open source software that will allow educators to create courses of their own on any topic.
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/a-checklist-for-using-googles-new-elearning-course-builder/…
How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources
The resources below will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you …
Education Learning Management System Trends
Many in the education market are still in love with open source systems, such as Moodle. However, they often do not realize – until it is too late, that “free” isn’t really free because customization has to constantly exist, support, …
Why learning management systems are not going away
An interesting article on the future of the Learning Management Systems.
http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/04/04/why-learning-management-systems-are-not-going-away/…
Edmodo: From Social Network to Learning Platform
Edmodo is a free easy-to-use social learning platform–Facebook for schools with a lot of free content. “Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for classrooms connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices.”
http://gettingsmart.com/news/edmodo-from-social-network-to-learning-platform/…
Manage Classes in WordPress with ScholarPress Courseware
See how to use ScholarPress Courseware, a plugin which allows users to easily create course schedules, assignments, and bibliographies within WordPress.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/manage-classes-in-wordpress-with-scholarpress-courseware/38497…
Farewell to the Enterprise LMS, Greetings to the Learning Platform
When we look back on market changes, 2011 will stand out as the year when the LMS market passed the point of no return and changed forever. We are going from an enterprise LMS market to a learning platform market.…
Freeing the LMS: Pearson announced a free cloud-based LMS
In a move that could shake the e-learning industry, Pearson unveiled a new learning management system that colleges will be able to use for free, without having to pay any of the licensing or maintenance costs normally associated with the …
Envisioning the Post-LMS Era: The Open Learning Network
Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a symbol of the status quo that supports administrative functions more effectively than teaching and learning activities. Personal learning environments offer an alternative, but with their own limitations. An open learning network helps bridge …
Osmek: A Content Management System Built on the Cloud
Osmek is a new kind of CMS, built in the cloud so your content is available where and how you need it. It’s a beautiful interface for creating content, and a powerful set of APIs for retrieving it.
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