Comments on: Say Hello to the Newest TLA on the Block – LMP http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/19/say-hello-to-the-newest-tla-on-the-block-lmp/ Learning and Educational Technology in Higher Education Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: djplaner http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/19/say-hello-to-the-newest-tla-on-the-block-lmp/comment-page-1/#comment-98 djplaner Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:34:46 +0000 http://www.masmithers.com/2009/11/19/say-hello-to-the-newest-tla-on-the-block-lmp/#comment-98 My first experience of something that could be classed as LMP, was Blackboard's spiel about their new LMS. It is/was destined to be the platform. My take on it was that the recognition that they could no longer sensibly provide all the tools required for e-learning. That they couldn't compete with freely available tools from the web/cloud. So to stay relevant the position themselves as the glue for the institution to use to integrate all those external services. Going by this comment by Martin Dougiamas (http://www.connectivism.ca/?p=192&cpage=1#comment-14391) it appears Moodle is being positioned that way. My first experience of something that could be classed as LMP, was Blackboard’s spiel about their new LMS. It is/was destined to be the platform.

My take on it was that the recognition that they could no longer sensibly provide all the tools required for e-learning. That they couldn’t compete with freely available tools from the web/cloud.

So to stay relevant the position themselves as the glue for the institution to use to integrate all those external services.

Going by this comment by Martin Dougiamas (http://www.connectivism.ca/?p=192&cpage=1#comment-14391) it appears Moodle is being positioned that way.

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