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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Is an LMS Evaluation in Your Future?

It's gratifying to have two LMS evaluations and new LMS campus rollouts in my past. If an LMS search is in your future, I may be able to help. With such a highly fragmented learning management system (LMS) market, administrators may find it a daunting task to sort out all of the options available to meet student and faculty needs. A main purpose of this blog is to supply some links to evaluation resources, templates, and examples. Here's a link to the latest LMS evaluation we undertook at DeSales University: LMS evaluation report.
I invite you to listen to my Sept. 2013 webinar that explains the process and offers a few principles for assembling and leading a campus migration. I was asked by Blackboard Learn to share with its ANGEL community. I'd love to hear about your process and am happy to share resources. 
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BYOD and (K12) Education: The Harmful Materials Challenge by Steve King of Netswitch

"One of the central issues that school administrators are going to have to deal with when considering allowing students to bring their own devices into the classrooms is how to deal with CIPA (the Children’s Internet Protection Act) and certain Federal funding that goes along with compliance (E-Rate and certain types of LSTA funds)."