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4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not

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Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) Fifteen years ago, learning professionals were obsessed with the idea of re-usable, Lego-block type nuggets of learning content. Like storing your favorite dinner recipes on hand-written, color-coded index cards, managing learning content this way sounds like a good idea.

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The Role of a Learning Management System in a World Awash in Learning Content

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They can turn to Blogs, Twitter, wikis, social networks, video sites, etc. Read and comment on blog posts written by authorities on specific topics. Contribute ideas with colleagues using wikis. Some learning gurus are vehemently opposed to the very idea of curated content. I sent along the following. And much much more.

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The Role of a Learning Management System in a World Awash in Learning Content

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They can turn to Blogs, Twitter, wikis, social networks, video sites, etc. Read and comment on blog posts written by authorities on specific topics. Contribute ideas with colleagues using wikis. Some learning gurus are vehemently opposed to the very idea of curated content. I sent along the following. And much much more.

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What Buying a Bicycle Would Look Like if We Applied a Typical LMS Selection Strategy

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Then a tiny pedal-less balance bike sounds like a good idea. Are you lazy and exercise-averse but want to boast that you rode two hours last weekend? Then a bike with an electric motor may be a good choice. Are you three years old?

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The Biggest Myths in Learning and Development

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In the early 1960s, philosopher Abraham Kaplan and psychologist Abraham Maslow independently described the idea that being in possession of an instrument affects our perception. The idea, now commonly called the Law of the Instrument, is illustrated in the phrase ”if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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What content makes a Course in your LMS?

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We know what we know, and no one can convince us that other ideas and opinions have merit. Interacting with embedded external Web pages (Wikipedia, blogs, wikis, Google Docs, etc.). This mental rigidity permeates all aspects of life. Politics, of course, comes immediately to mind. But, we even see it in learning and development.

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What content makes a Course in your LMS?

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We know what we know, and no one can convince us that other ideas and opinions have merit. Interacting with embedded external Web pages (Wikipedia, blogs, wikis, Google Docs, etc.). This mental rigidity permeates all aspects of life. Politics, of course, comes immediately to mind. But, we even see it in learning and development.