One of the most under-reported mechanics of any blended learning or eLearning environment is the learning management system (LMS). The infographic below lists the 20 most popular LMSs. It’s unclear exactly what the criteria were…
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How Digital Platforms Are Disrupting Learning
Media is becoming increasingly digitized, and we learn through, among other processes, consumption of media. It makes sense then that digital platforms just might be changing the way learning happens. A “platform” can be defined…
30 Criticisms Of eLearning That Just Might Be Myths
For as long as eLearning has been around, it has been haunted by the voices of those who aim to criticize its authenticity, viability, and quality. But is it true? Do students of traditional institutions…
Learnist For Teachers: Trending Boards For December 17
Every week, TeachThought will bring you relevant and trending learning boards from one of our favorite digital platforms, Learnist. In this week’s post, the theme is digital learning tools, from the flipped classroom to using…
30 Of The Top Education Startups Of 2012
While once it might have been shocking to see a classroom outfitted with computers, or considered revolutionary to be able to take a course online, today both of those things are pretty commonplace. As technology…
37 Blended Learning Resources You Can Use Tomorrow
Our recent post Are You Ready to Remix Your Curriculum? outlined some of the problems to be overcome in the remix revolution, as well as several of the reasons that it is an inevitable part of the…
24 Digital Tools That Represent New Ways To Study
The words “final exam” and “fun” rarely find themselves in close proximity, but with the advent of new game-based learning sites, that may be changing. There are numerous ways that you can now combine studying…
The Basic Audience And Benefits Of Online Learning
The search for employment in a difficult economy leads many people to pursue alternative careers or seek out ways to improve and broaden the scope of their job skills, with a view to making themselves…
4 Benefits Of Blended Learning
Often there seems to be an “either/or” approach to taking online and face-to-face (F2F) classes. Some students may want the full campus experience of pursuing a degree at a traditional brick and mortar institution, while…
Coursera: The Good, the Bad And The Ugly
With enrollment of more than 1 million students and 124 courses across 17 categories, Coursera is the largest of massive open online course (MOOC) education sites. It offers students the capability of taking college courses…
5 New Ways To Learn With Learnist
When we launched Learnist back in May, users had (and still have) the option to embed YouTube and Vimeo videos, Google Docs, Wikipedia articles, SlideShare decks and more, directly into their Learnboards — with the…
Fear & Mourning In The Age Of Digital Education
Fear & Mourning in the Age of Digital Education by Susan Lucille Davis was originally published on Getting Smart. Recently, with the full support of my administration, I hoped to introduce a number of digital initiatives…















